Summary tables
Content of the series
| L | C (1) | S |
Legislative acts (L I) Non-legislative acts (L II) Other acts (L III) Acts adopted before 1 December 2009 under the EC Treaty, the EU Treaty and the Euratom Treaty (L IV) |
Resolutions, recommendations and opinions (C I) Information (C II) Preparatory acts (C III) Notices (C IV) Announcements (C V) |
Public contracts (calls for tender): works, supplies, services (open, restricted, accelerated procedures) Notices by European Union institutions, bodies, offices and agencies or Union programmes (e.g. European Development Fund, European Investment Bank, etc.) |
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Series supplemented by the C … A and C … E (see Section 1.1 ‘C series’).
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Distinctive elements of regulations, directives and decisions (L I and L II)
| Institution | Act | Nature of the act | Identifying components – legislative acts/non-legislative acts | Published under heading | Signatory |
| European Parliament + Council | Regulation | Legislative (ordinary legislative procedure) | 1st citation: Having regard to the Treaty …, and in particular Article … thereof, + citation: Acting in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure |
L I | The President of the European Parliament + The President of the Council |
| Directive | Legislative (ordinary legislative procedure) | 1st citation: Having regard to the Treaty …, and in particular Article … thereof, + citation: Acting in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure |
L I | The President of the European Parliament + The President of the Council |
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| Decision | Legislative (ordinary legislative procedure) | 1st citation: Having regard to the Treaty …, and in particular Article … thereof, + citation: Acting in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure |
L I | The President of the European Parliament + The President of the Council |
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| Decision (e.g. mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund) | Non-legislative | 1st citation: Having regard to the Treaty …, no citation about legislative procedure |
L II | The President of the European Parliament + The President of the Council |
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| European Parliament | Regulation | Legislative (special legislative procedure) | 1st citation: Having regard to the Treaty …, and in particular Article … thereof, + citation: Acting in accordance with a special legislative procedure |
L I | The President of the European Parliament |
| Decision | Non-legislative | 1st citation: Having regard to the Treaty …, and in particular Article … thereof, no citation about legislative procedure |
L II | The President of the European Parliament | |
| Council | Regulation | Legislative (special legislative procedure) | 1st citation: Having regard to the Treaty…, and in particular Article … thereof, + citation: Acting in accordance with a special legislative procedure |
L I | The President of the Council |
| Regulation (based directly on the Treaties) | Non-legislative | 1st citation: Having regard to the Treaty …, and in particular Article … thereof, no citation about legislative procedure |
L II | The President of the Council | |
| Implementing Regulation | Non-legislative | 1st citation: Having regard to the Treaty …, + 2nd citation: Having regard to …, and in particular Article … thereof, no citation about legislative procedure |
L II | The President of the Council | |
| Directive | Legislative (special legislative procedure) | 1st citation: Having regard to the Treaty …, and in particular Article … thereof, + citation: Acting in accordance with a special legislative procedure |
L I | The President of the Council | |
| Directive (based directly on the Treaties) | Non-legislative | 1st citation: Having regard to the Treaty…, and in particular Article … thereof, no citation about legislative procedure |
L II | The President of the Council | |
| Implementing Directive | Non-legislative | 1st citation: Having regard to the Treaty …, + 2nd citation: Having regard to …, and in particular Article … no citation about legislative procedure |
L II | The President of the Council | |
| Decision | Legislative (special legislative procedure) | 1st citation: Having regard to the Treaty …, and in particular Article … thereof, + citation: Acting in accordance with a special legislative procedure |
L I | The President of the Council | |
| Decision (based directly on the Treaties, including CFSP Decisions) | Non-legislative | 1st citation: Having regard to the Treaty …, and in particular Article … thereof, In the case of CFSP decisions: 1st citation: Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in particular Article … thereof, no citation about legislative procedure |
L II | The President of the Council | |
| Implementing Decision | Non-legislative | 1st citation: Having regard to the Treaty …, + 2nd citation: Having regard to …, and in particular Article … thereof, no citation about legislative procedure |
L II | The President of the Council | |
| Commission | Regulation (based directly on the Treaties) | Non-legislative | 1st citation: Having regard to the Treaty …, and in particular Article … thereof, no citation about legislative procedure |
L II | The President of the Commission |
| Delegated Regulation | Non-legislative | 1st citation: Having regard to the Treaty…, + 2nd citation: Having regard to …, and in particular Article … thereof, no citation about legislative procedure |
L II | The President of the Commission | |
| Implementing Regulation | Non-legislative | 1st citation: Having regard to the Treaty …, + 2nd citation: Having regard to …, and in particular Article … thereof, no citation about legislative procedure |
L II | The President of the Commission | |
| Directive (based directly on the Treaties) | Non-legislative | 1st citation: Having regard to the Treaty…, and in particular Article … thereof, no citation about legislative procedure |
L II | The President of the Commission | |
| Delegated Directive | Non-legislative | 1st citation: Having regard to the Treaty…, + 2nd citation: Having regard to …, and in particular Article … thereof, no citation about legislative procedure |
L II | The President of the Commission | |
| Implementing Directive | Non-legislative | 1st citation: Having regard to the Treaty …, + 2nd citation: Having regard to …, and in particular Article … thereof, no citation about legislative procedure |
L II | The President of the Commission | |
| Decision (based directly on the Treaties) | Non-legislative | 1st citation: Having regard to the Treaty …, and in particular Article … thereof, no citation about legislative procedure |
L II | The President of the Commission | |
| Member of the Commission (if addressees) |
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| Delegated Decision | Non-legislative | 1st citation: Having regard to the Treaty …, + 2nd citation: Having regard to …, and in particular Article … thereof, no citation about legislative procedure |
L II | The President of the Commission | |
| Member of the Commission (if addressees) |
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| Implementing Decision | Non-legislative | 1st citation: Having regard to the Treaty …, + 2nd citation: Having regard to …, and in particular Article … thereof, no citation about legislative procedure |
L II | The President of the Commission | |
| Member of the Commission (if addressees) |
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Numbering of Official Journals
| Date | Number |
| From 1952 until 30.6.1967 (pagination for a whole year and year included) | OJ 106, 30.12.1962, p. 2553/62 |
| As from 1.7.1967 (each number starts with page 1) | OJ 174, 31.7.1967, p. 1 |
| As from 1968 (OJ L and C created) | OJ L 76, 28.3.1968, p. 1 OJ C 108, 19.10.1968, p. 1 |
| 1978 (OJ S created) | OJ S 99, 5.5.1978, p. 1 |
| 1991 (OJ C … A created) | OJ C 194 A, 31.7.2008, p. 1 |
| 31.8.1999 (OJ C … E created) | OJ C 189 E, 26.7.2008, p. 1 |
Numbering of acts (L series)
| Regulations | |
| Date | Number |
| From 1952 to 31.12.1962 | Regulation No 17 |
| 1.1.1963 to 31.12.1967 | Regulation No 1009/67/EEC |
| 1.1.1968 to 31.10.1993 | Regulation (EEC) No 1470/68 |
| 1.11.1993 to 31.12.1998 | Regulation (EC) No 3031/93 |
| 1.1.1999 to 30.11.2009 | Regulation (EC) No 302/1999 Regulation (EC) No 1288/2009 |
| Since 1.12.2009 | Regulation (EU) No 1178/2009 |
| Directives, decisions | ||
| Acts | L I (Legislative acts) |
L II (Non-legislative acts) |
| Directive | Directive 2010/13/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council Council Directive 2010/12/EU |
Commission Directive 2010/29/EU |
| Decision | Decision No 284/2010/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council | Commission Decision 2010/261/EU Decision 2010/204/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council Council Decision 2010/231/CFSP |
| Recommendations, guidelines (L II) | |
| Acts | Number |
| Recommendation | 2009/1019/EU |
| Guideline | 2009/1021/EU |
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NB:
Recommendations are published: —
under L II: Council recommendations (Articles 121, 126 and 140 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union), Commission recommendations (Article 292), European Central Bank recommendations (Article 292).
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under C I: European Parliament recommendations for the attention of the Council, Council recommendations, Commission recommendations, European Central Bank recommendations.
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under C III: European Central Bank recommendations (Articles 129 and 219).
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| EEA decisions, EFTA decisions and recommendations | |
| Acts | Number |
| Decision of the EEA Joint Committee | No 56/95 No 119/2009 |
| Decision of the EFTA Surveillance Authority | No 133/09/COL |
| Recommendation of the EFTA Surveillance Authority | No 119/07/COL |
Structure of an act
