# Commission Decision of 12 December 2011 on the reuse of Commission documents (2011/833/EU), Article 8: Formats for documents available for reuse

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

1. Documents shall be made available in any existing format or language version, in machine-readable format where possible and appropriate.
2. This shall not imply an obligation to create, adapt or update documents in order to comply with the application, nor to provide extracts from documents where it would involve disproportionate effort, going beyond a simple operation.
3. This Decision does not create any obligation for the Commission to translate the requested documents into any other official language versions than those already available at the moment of the application.
4. The Commission or the Publications Office may not be required to continue the production of certain types of documents or to preserve them in a given format with a view to the reuse of such documents by a natural or legal person.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2011/833/article/8 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2011-833/article-8
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