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German translation of an EU directive apparently differs from the English, possibly leading to German ATMs not giving receipts? (europe.pub)
submitted 1 week ago by ciferecaNinjo@fedia.io to c/Law@europe.pub
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Investigation needed.. but apparently the English and German versions of a directive materially differ. And it might explain why many German ATMs do not give receipts.

Is it safe to assume the original version of an EU directive is in English?

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[-] ciferecaNinjo@fedia.io 2 points 1 week ago

I can understand that a transposition of a directive might be flexible. But in the case at hand, I believe the German translation of the directive was not even true to the intended directive. So it seems some intent was lost before the German transposition was even drafted.

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