42As regards, first, maintaining the balance between the interests of economic operators and the public interest as regards the cost of the procedure for recognition of the unitary effect of the European patent, it must be observed that while the Union is committed to the preservation of multilingualism, the importance of which is stated in the fourth subparagraph of Article 3(3) TEU and in Article 22 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, it has been stated, in paragraph 36 of this judgment, that the high costs attached to the issue of a European patent covering the territory of all Member States constitute an obstacle to patent protection within the European Union, and consequently it was essential that the translation arrangements for the EPUE should be demonstrably cost-effective.
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