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1line_bw   Goodwin Procter LLP
Counsellors at Law
Exchange Place
Boston, MA 02109
T: 617.570.1000
F: 617.523.1231

 

April 30, 2014

  

Van Eck Funds 

335 Madison Avenue, 19th Floor

New York, New York 10017

 

Re:Van Eck Funds
 Post-Effective Amendment No. 122 to Registration Statement on Form N-1A
 File Nos. 002-97596; 811-04297

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

Reference is hereby made to Post-Effective Amendment No. 122 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A of Van Eck Funds (the “Registrant”), being filed pursuant to Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Registration Statement”), together with the exhibits indicated as being filed therewith.

 

We hereby consent to the references to our firm as legal counsel for the Registrant in the Registration Statement. This consent shall not constitute an acknowledgment that we are within the category of persons whose consent is required by Section 7 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder.

 

Sincerely,

 

/s/ GOODWIN PROCTER LLP

 

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