EUR-Lex
Sign in to saveEUR-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.
Key facts
- Website.name
- EUR-Lex website
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- 200px|frameless|Eur-Lex logo
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- Access to European Union law
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- Main page of the EUR-Lex
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- Screenshot of EUR-Lex's portal
- Website.collapsible
- yes
- Website.commercial
- No
- Website.type
- Public service website and EU legal documents
- Website.registration
- Not required
- Website.language
- Official languages of the EU
- Website.content_license
- Open
- Website.author
- Publications Office of the EU
- Website.launch_date
- 2001
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Encyclopedic overview
20 sectionsContents
- History
- Content
- Official Journal of the European Union
- EU law
- Preparatory documents and lawmaking procedures
- EU case-law
- Other documents
- CELEX number and other identifiers
- CELEX number
- ECLI
- ELI
- Functionalities
- Search
- Text display and formats
- Saved documents and searches
- Preferences
- Access to national law of EU member states (N-Lex)
- See also
- References
- External links
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.
== History == Data processing of legal texts at the European Commission started way back in the 1960s, still using punch cards at the time. A system was being developed to capture relationships between documents and analyse them to extract and re-use metadata, but also to make retrieval easier.
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