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eGovernment in the European Union May 2015eGovernment Services for AdministrationsImportant services to the European Public SectorName:ObjectiveFurtherinformation:MT@EC - Machine Translation ServiceMachine Translation Servicehttp://ec.europa.eu/isa/actions/02-interoperability-architecture/2-8action_en.htmDescription:http://ec.europa.eu/isa/documents/publications/brochure-mt@eca5-v3_en.pdfDocuments used by the European Commission, other EuropeanInstitutions and public administrations in the multilingualenvironment of the European Union need to be available in differentnational languages. The sheer volume of content makes this animpossible task to achieve using human translators alone.With MT@EC, the Commission has launched a new system based onStatistical Machine Translation (SMT) that provides an improvedmachine translation service in terms both of quality of output andnumber of supported languages. A total of 552 language pairscovering all of the EU official languages are currently provided. Theservice run by the Commission guarantees continuity and quality ofservice, as well as respect of confidentiality and other legal aspectsrelated to trust in information exchange.MT@EC offers:‣ web-user interface: accessible for humans via a standard webbrowser‣ machine-to-machine interface: accessible for machines via aweb service protocol.Name:Policy area:Furtherinformation:Description:Animal Disease Notification System (ADNS)Health & Food Safetyhttp://ec.europa.eu/food/animal/diseases/adns/index_en.htmThe operational objective of the Animal Disease Notification System(ADNS) is to ensure rapid exchange of information between thecompetent national authorities responsible for animal health and theCommission on outbreaks of important infectious animal diseases.Related information is inserted into the system by the designatedcompetent authorities of the participating Member States.[40]