1.Notifications shall be submitted using the Form CO as set out in Annex I. Under the conditions set out in Annex II, notifications may be submitted using a Short Form CO as set out in that Annex. Joint notifications shall be submitted on a single form.
2.The forms referred to in paragraph 1 and all relevant supporting documents shall be submitted to the Commission in accordance with Article 22 and the instructions published by the Commission in theOfficial Journal of the European Union.
3.Notifications shall be drafted in one of the official languages of the Union. For the notifying parties, this language shall also be the language of the proceeding, as well as that of any subsequent proceedings relating to the same concentration. Supporting documents shall be submitted in their original language. Where the original language of a document is not one of the official languages of the Union, a translation into the language of the proceedings shall be attached.
4.Where notifications are made pursuant to Article 57 of the Agreement on the European Economic Area, they may also be submitted in one of the official languages of the EFTA States or the working language of the EFTA Surveillance Authority. If the language chosen for the notifications is not an official language of the Union, the notifying parties shall simultaneously supplement all documentation with a translation into an official language of the Union. The language which is chosen for the translation shall determine the language used by the Union as the language of the proceedings for the notifying parties.