the templates vs templates

Both 'the templates' and 'templates' can be correct depending on the context. 'The templates' is used when referring to specific, known templates, while 'templates' is used in a more general sense. The choice between them depends on whether you are talking about specific templates or templates in a general sense.

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the templates

This phrase is correct when referring to specific, known templates.

Use 'the templates' when you are referring to specific templates that are known or have been previously mentioned.

Examples:

I have already filled in the details in the templates.
The templates provided by the company are very useful.

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According to the templates used for articles on implementing powers.
An option to facilitate data validation is to be built in to the templates.
Those requirements should be complemented by the templates and formats set out in this Regulation.
Both blocks of ratios do not have any further link to the templates CA1, CA2 or CA5.
Display information about the templates, variables, callstack entries, stylesheets and entities present
Institutions shall only submit those parts of the templates related to:
Minimum set of information included in the templates
NCBs may transmit to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) supplementary statistics on the balance sheet of the MFI sector via the ECB in accordance with the templates specified in this Guideline.
A translation of the user manual as well as of the templates will facilitate the application procedure that businesses have to undergo in order to obtain the Ecolabel.
The data shall be presented according to the templates provided for in Annex XIIIc to this Regulation as from 2015 for the year 2014.
This Annex complements the instructions included in the form of references in the templates in Annexes III and IV.
This Annex contains additional instructions in relation to the templates included in Annex I of this Regulation.
Templates in Annexes III and IV include implicit validation rules which are laid down in the templates themselves through the use of conventions.
In other words, the update of the templates and instructions is required in order to include all the elements necessary for the calculation of the ratio.
The document follows the labelling convention set in the following table, when referring to the columns, rows and cells of the templates.
The instructions and the validation rules follow the labelling convention set in the following paragraphs, when referring to the columns, rows and cells of the templates.
All relevant fields of the templates shall be completed to enable clear identification of the product(s) and risk(s) involved and to provide the traceability information.
The data points identified in the templates shall be drawn up in accordance with the recognition, offsetting and valuation rules of the relevant accounting framework, as defined in Article 4(1)(77) of CRR.
For internal approaches for market risk, an institution shall submit to its competent authority the information specified in the templates of Annex VII, in accordance with the portfolio definitions and instructions contained in Annexes V and VI, respectively.
To provide further information in the case of new technologies and new concepts, additional entries should be inserted in the templates for type-approval certificates for systems, components or separate technical units.

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templates

This phrase is correct when referring to templates in a general sense.

Use 'templates' when you are talking about templates in a general or unspecified way.