National languages in the EU: between a legally protected value and an obstacle to the functioning of the single market
Issue Date
2018-02Author
Hojnik, Janja
Publisher
University of Maribor, Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures
Type
Article
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Scholarly/refereed, publisher version
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Namen prispevka je prikazati, kako pravo EU, zlasti preko sodne prakse Sodišča
EU, rešuje primere konflikta med enotnim trgom EU, ki predstavlja temeljno načelo
prava EU, in prizadevanji držav članic po ohranitvi različnih jezikov, ki predstavljajo
oviro za delovanje enotnega trga. Izpostavljen je zlasti vpliv tržnega prava EU na
uporabo jezika pri prodaji blaga (bodisi v smislu oznak na proizvodih na trgovskih
policah bodisi pri oglaševanju tega blaga v trgovinah in v medijih). Predstavljena je
problematika zahtev po znanju jezika v okviru svobode gibanja delavcev, vključno s
problematiko uporabe izvirnega imena v drugih državah članicah EU. Izpostavljena
je tudi problematika vpliva skupne valute na jezikovno raznolikost držav članic.
Utemeljevanje je podprto z uporabo uveljavljenih
metod pravne znanosti.
The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate how EU law, in particular through the
case law of the EU Court of Justice, solves cases of conflict between the single
market of the EU, which constitutes a fundamental aim of the EU, and the efforts
of the Member States to maintain different languages, which constitute an obstacle
to the functioning of the single market. The impact of the EU market in particular
on the use of language in the sale of goods (either in terms of labels on the products
displayed in stores, either in the advertising of the goods in stores and in the media)
is pointed out. Moreover, the problem of language in the context of freedom of
movement of workers, including the issue of the use of the original name in other
EU Member States, is emphasised. Finally, the landmine problem of the common
currency impact on the linguistic diversity of the Member States is discussed.
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