EU Legislation

EU Legislation. When ruminating on this heady topic you'll be wanting to know about an EU Directive, or an EU Regulation, or an EU Decision, most likely. And I bet you'll be wondering about naming conventions and nomenclature of the various different varieties of EU Legislation.

No? Well, let me tell you anyway.

EU Regulations

To cite an EU Regulation use the tag {{eureg|number|year|regulating body}}

This section covers regulations adopted either jointly by the European Parliament and the Council (ordinary legislative procedure), or individually by one of the two institutions, with the participation of the other institution (special legislative procedure):

These acts are numbered as follows: abbreviation (in parentheses), followed by the sequential number and the year:

Regulation (EU) No 641/2010

EU Directives

To cite an EU Directive use the tag {{eudirective|number|year|regulating body}}

These numbers are assigned by the General Secretariat of the Council. The number is assigned following adoption, unlike all other acts, which receive a number assigned by the Publications Office at the time of publication.

These acts are numbered as follows: the year, followed by the sequential number and the abbreviation:

• Directive 2010/13/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council
• Council Directive 2010/24/EU

EU Decisions

This section covers decisions adopted either jointly by the European Parliament and the Council (ordinary legislative procedure), or individually by the Council, with the participation of the European Parliament (special legislative procedure). These acts are numbered as follows: sequential number, followed by the year and the abbreviation:

Decision No 477/2010/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council