0000930413-13-005767.txt : 20131213 0000930413-13-005767.hdr.sgml : 20131213 20131213100304 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000930413-13-005767 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 497J PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20131213 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20131213 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20131213 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: VAN ECK FUNDS CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000768847 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: NY FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 497J SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 002-97596 FILM NUMBER: 131275190 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 335 MADISON AVENUE - 19TH FLOOR CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10017 BUSINESS PHONE: 212-293-2000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 335 MADISON AVENUE - 19TH FLOOR CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10017

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Van Eck Funds

335 Madison Avenue, 19th Floor

New York, New York 10017

December 13, 2013

VIA EDGAR

Securities and Exchange Commission

100 F Street, N.E.

Washington, D.C. 20549

Re:

Van Eck Funds (the “Registrant”)
File Nos. 002-97596 and 811-04297
Post-Effective Amendment No. 118

Dear Sir or Madam:

On behalf of the Registrant and pursuant to Rule 497(j) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), I hereby certify that (i) the prospectus and statement of additional information contained in Post-Effective Amendment No. 118 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A, filed on December 6, 2013, constituting the most recent amendment to this Registration Statement (the “Amendment”), that would have been filed pursuant to Rule 497(c) under the Securities Act would not have differed from that contained in the Amendment, and (ii) the text of the Amendment was filed electronically with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 6, 2013, accession number 0000930413-13-005715.

If you have any questions or comments concerning the filing, please contact me at 212-293-2029.

Very truly yours,

/s/ Jonathan R. Simon

Jonathan R. Simon

Vice President and Assistant Secretary