Official Journal of the European Union

Official Journal of the European Union

Type	Daily official journal
Publisher	European Union
Founded	30 December 1952 (1952-12-30)
Language	Official languages of the EU member states
Headquarters	European Union
Website	Official website

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The Official Journal of the European Union (the OJEU) is the

member states of the EU. Only legal acts published in the Official Journal are binding.^[1]

History

It was first published on 30 December 1952 as the Official Journal of the

entered into force on 1 February 2003.^[2]

Since 1998, the journal has been available online via the
European law) extended with a trusted time stamp.^[6]^[7]

Publication

The journal comprises three series:[8]

The L series (= Legislation) contains
directives
, decisions, recommendations, and opinions.

The C series (= Courts) contains reports and announcements, including the judgments of the European Court of Justice and the General Court (formerly known as the Court of First Instance).

The S series (= Supplement) contains invitations to tender for public contracts, along with other notices issued by the European Development Fund and other agencies.

See also

EUR-Lex

Directive (European Union)

European Documentation Centre

European Union law

Community acquis

Public journal

List of government gazettes

Official Journal of the European Patent Office

Publications Office of the European Union

Tenders Electronic Daily

References

^ "Official Journal of the European Union". Practical Law Glossary. Thomson Reuters. Retrieved 7 June 2020.

^ "Official Journal – History". Interinstitutional Style Guide. Publications Office of the European Union. 2020. Retrieved 7 June 2020.

^ Regulation (EU) No 216/2013 of 7 March 2013 on the electronic publication of the Official Journal of the European Union

^ Rehberg, Jeanne. "European Union Research: Official Journal". New York University Law Library. Retrieved 7 June 2020.

^ "About the electronic edition of the Official Journal - EUR-Lex". eur-lex.europa.eu. Retrieved 22 June 2020.

^ Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 of 23 July 2014 on electronic identification and trust services for electronic transactions in the internal market and repealing Directive 1999/93/EC

ISBN 978-3-319-22388-9
.

^ "Structure of the Official Journal". Interinstitutional Style Guide. Publications Office of the European Union. 2019. Retrieved 7 June 2020.

External links

Online version of the Official Journal

Online version of the OJEU Supplement ("Tenders Electronic Daily")

Explanation of the Official Journal of the European Union from the EU Publications Office

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