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EUR-Lex is the official online database of European Union law and other public documents of the European Union (EU), published in 24 official languages of the EU. The Official Journal (OJ) of the European Union is also published on EUR-Lex. Users can access EUR-Lex free of charge and also register for a free account, which offers extra features.
The European Legislation Identifier (ELI) ontology is a vocabulary for representing metadata about national and European Union (EU) legislation. It is designed to provide a standardized way to identify and describe the context and content of national or EU legislation, including its purpose, scope, relationships with other legislations and legal basis.
A regulation is a legal act of the European Union [1] which becomes immediately enforceable as law in all member states simultaneously. [2] [3] Regulations can be distinguished from directives which, at least in principle, need to be transposed into national law.
Legal Acts of the European Union are laws which are adopted by the Institutions of the European Union in order to exercise the powers given to them by the EU Treaties. They come in five forms: regulations, directives, decisions, recommendations and opinions. [1] Regulations and directives can be either legislative or non-legislative acts.
European Union law is a system of rules operating within the 27 member states of the European Union (EU). It has grown over time since the 1952 founding of the European Coal and Steel Community, to promote peace, social justice, a social market economy with full employment, and environmental protection.
Regulation 995/2010 covers the legal obligations of "operators who place timber and timber products on the market". It is being replaced from 2023 by the Regulation on deforestation-free products. [17] Regulation (EU) No 1095/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the European Securities and Markets Authority. [18]
Since 1998, the journal has been available online via the EUR-Lex service. [citation needed] On 1 July 2013, published issues of the Official Journal began to have legal value only in electronic form, per Article 5 of Regulation (EU) No 216/2013. [3] [4] From this date, the printed version has lost its legal value. [5]
The European Union adopts legislation through a variety of legislative procedures. The procedure used for a given legislative proposal depends on the policy area in question. Most legislation needs to be proposed by the European Commission and approved by the Council of the European Union and European Parliament to become law.