Other provisions

1. Information transmitted between the authorities pursuant to Articles 6 to 10 shall be expressed in:

the official languages or one of the languages of the Member State of the authority to which the information is sent, which corresponds to one of the languages of the Community institutions; or

another language of the Community institutions that that Member State has indicated it can accept;

with the exception of:

the full text of decisions taken by the deciding authority, where the use of languages shall be governed by the law of its Member State;

reports drawn up following a hearing in accordance with Article 9(1)(b), where the use of languages shall be determined by the assisting authority, subject to the requirement that it corresponds to one of the languages of the Community institutions.

2. Services rendered by the assisting authority in accordance with Articles 1 to 10 shall not give rise to a claim for any reimbursement of charges or costs from the applicant or from the deciding authority.

3. Application forms and any other documentation transmitted in accordance with Articles 6 to 10 shall be exempted from authentication or any equivalent formality.

CHAPTER II

NATIONAL SCHEMES ON COMPENSATION

COUNCIL DIRECTIVE 2004/80/EC of 29 April 2004 relating to compensation to crime victims