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Single crystals of the compounds up to 500 \u03bcm in size were obtained by the halide-flux method at 1120 K from elements taken in a ratio of Eu\/RE\/Cu\/Te = 1:1:1:3. In the series of compounds, the changes in lattice parameters were in the ranges a = 4.3129(3)\u20134.2341(3) \u00c5, b = 14.3150(9)\u201314.1562(9) \u00c5, c = 11.2312(7)\u201310.8698(7) \u00c5, V = 693.40(8)\u2013651.52(7) \u00c53. In the structures, the cations Eu2+, RE3+ (RE = Ho, Tm, Sc), and Cu+ occupied independent crystallographic positions. The structures were built with distorted copper tetrahedra forming infinite chains [CuTe4]7\u2212 and octahedra [RETe6]9\u2212 forming two-dimensional layers along the a-axis. These coordination polyhedra formed parallel two-dimensional layers CuRETe32\u2212\u221e2. Between the layers, along the a-axis, chains of europium trigonal prisms [EuTe6]10\u2212 were located. Regularities in the variation of structural parameters and the degree of distortion of coordination polyhedra depending on the ionic radius of the rare-earth metal in the compounds EuRECuCh3 (RE = Ho, Er, Tm, Lu, Sc; Ch = S, Se, Te) were established. It is shown that with a decrease in the ionic radius ri(RE3+) in the compounds EuRECuTe3, the unit-cell volume, bond length d(RE\u2013Te), distortion degree [CuTe4]7\u2212, and crystallographic compression of layers [RECuTe3]2\u2212 decreased. The distortion degree of tetrahedral polyhedra [CuCh4]7\u2212, as well as the structural parameters in europium rare-earth copper tellurides EuRECuTe3, were higher than in isostructural quaternary chalcogenides. Ab initio calculations of the crystalline structure, phonon spectrum, and elastic properties of compounds EuRECuTe3 (RE = Ho, Tm, and Sc) ere conducted. The types and wave numbers of fundamental modes were determined, and the involvement of ions in IR and Raman modes was assessed. 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