Glossary
Official Journal of the European Union
The Official Journal of the European Union (OJ) is the EU’s gazette; since 1 July 2013 its electronic edition is the authentic, legally binding publication of EU legislation.
The L series publishes legislation; the C series publishes information, notices and preparatory documents. Regulation (EU) No 216/2013 made the electronic edition authentic.
Since October 2023 the L series is published act by act rather than in daily issues.
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EUR-Lex
EUR-Lex is the official online portal to EU law, run by the Publications Office of the European Union, giving free access to the Official Journal, legislation, case law and preparatory acts.
Consolidated text
A consolidated text is a version of an act that merges the original with all its later amendments and corrigenda into one readable document; in most systems it is for information only, though some countries publish official consolidations.
CELEX number
A CELEX number is the unique document identifier EUR-Lex assigns to every EU legal document, encoding its sector, year, document type and sequence number.
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