ETS 148 – Regional or Minority Languages, 5.XI.1992 __________________________________________________________________________________ i 2 to set up a supervisory body or bodies responsible for monitoring the measures taken and progress achieved in establishing or developing the teaching of regional or minority languages and for drawing up periodic reports of their findings, which will be made public. With regard to education and in respect of territories other than those in which the regional or minority languages are traditionally used, the Parties undertake, if the number of users of a regional or minority language justifies it, to allow, encourage or provide teaching in or of the regional or minority language at all the appropriate stages of education. Article 9 – Judicial authorities 1 The Parties undertake, in respect of those judicial districts in which the number of residents using the regional or minority languages justifies the measures specified below, according to the situation of each of these languages and on condition that the use of the facilities afforded by the present paragraph is not considered by the judge to hamper the proper administration of justice: a in criminal proceedings: i to provide that the courts, at the request of one of the parties, shall conduct the proceedings in the regional or minority languages; and/or ii to guarantee the accused the right to use his/her regional or minority language; and/or iii to provide that requests and evidence, whether written or oral, shall not be considered inadmissible solely because they are formulated in a regional or minority language; and/or iv to produce, on request, documents connected with legal proceedings in the relevant regional or minority language, if necessary by the use of interpreters and translations involving no extra expense for the persons concerned; b in civil proceedings: i to provide that the courts, at the request of one of the parties, shall conduct the proceedings in the regional or minority languages; and/or ii to allow, whenever a litigant has to appear in person before a court, that he or she may use his or her regional or minority language without thereby incurring additional expense; and/or iii to allow documents and evidence to be produced in the regional or minority languages, if necessary by the use of interpreters and translations; c in proceedings before courts concerning administrative matters: i to provide that the courts, at the request of one of the parties, shall conduct the proceedings in the regional or minority languages; and/or 6