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This CEN Workshop Agreement defines the generic language-neutral locale for Europe, in the form of a Narrative Cultural Specification, plus generic language-dependent locales for each for the official and treaty languages of the European Union and EFTA. It is intended to be used in European institution, and also as an base for modification for national specifications, that only deviate relatively little. The components of the CAW are intended for registration with the cultural registration standard ISO/IEC 15897.