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(7.12.2018)

A B C D E F G H I J L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y

A

• abbreviations, Preamble, 1.2.2, 1.2.3, 2.1, 3.2.1, 3.5.2, 5.9.4, 10.1.1, 10.5, 10.8, A3
  • alphabetical list, A4
  • countries, 3.4.3, 7.1, A5
  • currencies, 3.4.5, 7.3, A5
  • euro, 7.3.1, 7.3.3
  • institutions and bodies, Preamble, 3.4.2, 9.5.1
  • languages, Preamble, 3.4.4, 7.2.1, A8
  • Latin, 10.7
• acronyms, Preamble, 10.8
  • alphabetical list, A4
• acts, see legislative acts
• addresses
  • Eircode, 9.1.4, 9.1.5
  • electronic, 9.2
  • postal, 9.1
• adjectives
  • of countries, A5
  • of nationality, A5
• agencies (decentralised organisations), 9.5.3
  • emblems, A2
  • ISBN, 4.4.1
  • multilingual list, A9
  • see also Euratom agencies and bodies and executive agencies
• alphabetical order
  • agencies, 9.5.3
  • country listing, 7.1.1, 7.1.2
  • indexes, 5.5.5
  • languages, 7.2.1, 7.2.2
• annexes, 2.6, 2.7, 3.2.2(c), 3.2.3, 3.3
• apostrophe, 10.1.12
• artistic material, 5.4.4, 5.11, see also illustrations
  • models, 4.1.2
• assent (Council), 1.3.2
• asterisk (in footnotes), 4.2.3, 8
• author code, 4.4.1
• author’s corrections, 4.1.3
• author’s rights, 5.4.1, 5.4.2, 5.4.4
• author services, Preamble

B

• barcode, 4.4.1, 5.1.1
• bibliographies, see references
• billion, 6.5, 10.5
• black and white
  • photographs, 5.11
• blank page, 4.2.4, 5.1.1, 5.5.1
• bold-face type, 4.2.2, 5.8
• box headings, 5.12
• brackets (round), 1.2.2, 1.3.2, 2.1, 5.6, 5.9, 5.12, 6.4, 8.1, 10.1.7
• brackets (square), 1.2.2, 5.10, 10.1.7
• bullets, 5.6, 5.7

C

• calendar years, 10.1.11
• calendered paper, 5.11
• calls for tenders, 1.1, 1.3.3
• camera-ready documents, 4.2.4
• capital cities (list), A5
• capital letters, see upper case
• captions (illustrations), 5.11
• cases, 1.3.2, 5.9.3
• catalogue number, 4.1.1, 4.1.2, 4.4.4, 5.1.1
• CELEX, Preamble
• chronological order, indexes, 5.5.5
• citation, 3.4, see also references
  • COM documents, C
• citations, 2.2(a), 2.7, 3.2.1, 3.2.2(b)
• civil titles, A3
• coedition, 4.4.1
• collections, 4.3.2
• monographic, 4.3.3
• collective ISBN, 4.4.1
• collective title, 4.3.2
• colon, 2.7, 3.5.1, 5.7, 10.1.4
• colophon, 5.1.1
• colour, 5.11
  • graphics guide (European flag), A1
  • on covers, 5.1.2
  • photographs, 5.11
• COM documents, C
• comma, 2.2, 3.2.1, 3.2.3, 3.5.1, 5.7, 10.1.6
  • decimal, 6.5
• Commission
  • documents (COM, JOIN, SEC, SWD), C
  • directorates-general, 9.6
  • emblem, A2
  • title, 9.5.1
  • see also institutions and bodies
• Committee of the Regions, see European Committee of the Regions
• committees, 3
• common foreign and security policy (CFSP), 1.2.1, 1.2.2, 1.2.3(b)(d)
• common position, 1.3.2, 1.3.3
  • see also positions at first reading
• compass points, 10.4
• contents, 1.2.3, 1.3.3, 4.1.2, 4.1.3, 4.2.3, 5.1.1, 5.5.3
• continuing resources, 4.3, 4.3.2, 4.4, 4.4.1, 4.4.2
• ongoing integrated resources, 4.3.2
• contractions, 10.8, A3
• Conventions signed between Member States (CMS), 1.2.2
• copyright, 4.1.2, 5.4
  • agencies, 5.4.1(b)
  • artistic material, 5.4.4
  • institutions and bodies, 5.4.1
  • note on the year, 5.4.1(c)
• costs, 4.1.3, 4.2.1
• Council
  • emblem, A2
  • title, 9.5.1
  • see also institutions and bodies
• countries, 3.4.3, 7.1
  • candidate or acceding countries, 7.1.1
  • list, A5
• Court of Auditors
  • emblem, A2
  • title, 9.5.1
  • see also institutions and bodies
• Court of Justice and General Court
  • cases, 1.3.2, 5.9.3
  • ECLI (European case-law identifier), 4.5, 5.9.3
  • emblem, A2
  • title, 9.5.1
  • see also institutions and bodies
• cover, 4.1.2, 5.1
  • catalogue number, 4.4.4
  • components, 5.1.1
• currencies, 3.4.5, 7.3
  • candidate or acceding countries, 7.3.2, A7
  • euro, 7.3.1, 7.3.2, 7.3.3
  • ISO codes, 7.3.2, A5
  • list, A5

D

• dash, 10.1.8
  • in manuscript, 4.2.3
  • subdivisions, 2.3, 2.7, 5.6, 5.7
• dates, 1.2.2, 2.5, 3.2.2, 3.4.1, 3.7, 10.5
• decimals, 4.2.3, 6.5
• decisions, 1.2.1, 1.2.3, 2.3
  • CFSP, 1.2.1, 1.2.3(b)(d)
  • EEA/EFTA, 1.2.3(c), 1.3.2, 1.3.3
  • European Parliament and Council, 1.2.1, 1.2.2, 1.2.3
• dedication, 5.5.1
• definitions, 3.6
• digital object identifier, see DOI
• directives, 1.2.1, 1.2.3, 2.3
  • European Parliament and Council, 1.2.3
• directorate-general, 5.1.1, 5.3.1, 10.4
  • Commission, 9.6
• divisions of text, 5.6
• DOI, 4.1.1, 4.1.2, 4.4, 4.4.2, 4.4.3
• drawings, line, 5.11

E

• EAN (European article numbering), 4.4.1
• ECLI (European case-law identifier), 4.5, 5.9.3
• email, 9.2
• ecu, 7.3.1
• EEA/EFTA, 1.2.3(c), 1.3.3
• Eircode, 9.1.4, 9.1.5
• electronic addresses, 9.2
• ellipsis, 5.10, 10.1.10
• emblems, 5.1.1, A2
  • covers, 5.1.1
  • European emblem, A1
• emphasis, 5.8
• enumeration, page layout, 4.2.4
• EU/EC/EEC, 1.2.2, 1.2.3, 3.4.1
• EUR-Lex, Preamble
• Euratom agencies and bodies, 9.5.5
• euro, 7.3.1, 7.3.2, 7.3.3
• European Central Bank
  • emblem, A2S
  • publications, Preamble, 1.2.1, 1.2.2, 1.2.3
  • title, 9.5.1
  • see also institutions and bodies
• European Committee of the Regions
  • documents (CdR), C
  • emblem, A2
  • title, 9.5.1
  • see also institutions and bodies
• European Data Protection Supervisor
  • emblem, A2
  • title, 9.5.1
  • see also institutions and bodies
  European Development Fund notices, Preamble, 1.1
• European Economic and Social Committee
  • documents (CES/CESE), C
  • emblem, A2
  • title, 9.5.1
  • see also institutions and bodies
• European Investment Bank
  • emblem, A2
  • title, 9.5.1
  • see also institutions and bodies
• European Public Prosecutor’s Office
  • title, 9.5.1
  • see also institutions and bodies
  European Union, 10.9
• executive agencies, 9.5.4
  • emblems, A2
• exclamation mark, 10.1.3

F

• fabrication, see print production
• figures, 2.2(b), 4.2.3, 6.5, 10.5
  • writing, 4.2.3, 7.3.1, 7.3.3
• fixed space (protected), see hard space
• folio, 4.2.3
• footnotes, 2.2(a), 3.1, 3.2.1, 3.2.2, 3.2.4, 4.1.3, 5.9, 5.12, 6.4, 8
  • number, 4.2.3
• foreign words, 10.7
• foreword, 5.5.2
• format, C
• formatting (electronic), 4.2.2, 4.2.3
• forward slash, 10.1.11
• four-colour process, A1
• full stop, 2.2(b), 3.3, 5.7, 8.2, 10.1.1, 10.5, 10.8

G

• Gaelic/Irish, Preamble, 3, 7.2.4
• gender neutral language, 10.6
• graphic designers, 4.1.2
• graphics, 4.2.3
• graphs, 5.5.3, 5.11

H

• hard space, 4.2.3, 6.4
• headings, 5.6, 5.12, 10.1.4
  • levels, 4.2.2
  • styles, 4.2.3
  • see also title, running
• hyphen, 4.2.3, 10.1.8

I

• identifiers, 4.4, 4.5
• European case-law identifier (ECLI), 4.5, 5.9.3
• illustrations, 4.2.3, 5.11
  • copyright/reproduction rights, 5.4.4
• indent, 2.2(b), 2.3, 2.7, 3.3, 4.2.4
• index, 4.1.3, 5.5.5
• institutions and bodies
  • author services, Preamble
  • emblems, A2
  • ISBN, 4.4.1
  • listing order, 9.5.1
  • multilingual list, A9
  • official titles, 9.5.1
  • see also agencies and interinstitutional services
• integrated/ing resources, 4.4.1, 4.4.2
• interference effects, 10.3.3
• interinstitutional services, 9.5.2, 9.6
  • emblems, A2
  • multilingual list, A9
• internet addresses, 9.2
• introduction, 5.5.2
• introductory phrase, 2.7, 3.5.1, 5.7
• inverted commas, see quotation marks
• Irish/Gaelic, Preamble, 3, 7.2.4
• ISBD, 4.3
• ISBN, 4.1.1, 4.1.2, 4.3, 4.3.1, 4.3.3, 4.4, 4.4.1, 4.4.2, 4.4.3, 5.1.1, 5.3.1
• barcode, 4.4.1
• collective ISBN, 4.4.1
• ISO codes
  • countries, 7.1.1, 7.1.2, A5, A6
  • currencies, 7.3.1, 7.3.2, 7.3.3, A7
  • languages, 7.2.1, 7.2.3, A8
• ISSN, 4.1.1, 4.1.2, 4.3, 4.3.2, 4.3.3, 4.4, 4.4.2, 4.4.3, 5.1.1
• italics, 3.1, 5.8, 10.7

J

• justice and home affairs (JHA), 1.2.2

L

• languages, Preamble, 3, 3.4.4, 7.2
  • candidate or acceding countries, 7.2.1
• Latin
  • abbreviations and phrases, 10.7
  • scientific names, 10.7
• layout, 5
• leaders, 5.5.3
• legal notice (author), 5.4.3
• legislation, 2, 5.9.1, 10.4
• legislative acts, 2, see also Official Journal
• legislative drafting, Preamble, 3
• Legiswrite, Preamble
• listed points, 3.5.1, 5.7
• listing order
  • countries, 7.1.1, 7.1.2
  • currencies, 7.3.2
  • languages, 7.2.1, 7.2.2, 7.2.3
  • treaties, 3.4.1
• logo, see emblems
• lower case, 2.1, 10.4, 10.8
  • in listings, 5.6, 5.7
  • in titles, 4.2.3

M

• manuscript, 4.1.1-4.1.3, 4.2, 6.1-6.3
  • camera-ready, 4.2.4
  • electronic, 4.2, 6.2
  • pagination, 4.1.3, 4.2.4
  • preparation, 4.1.3, 6.1
  • typing, 4.2.3
    • tables, 4.2.3, 5.12
• markers, 4.2.2, 4.2.3
• markup protocol, 4.2.2, 4.2.3
• mathematics, 10.1.3, 10.2.1, 10.3.2
• measurement (units of), 10.8, A3
• Member States, 7.1.1, 7.1.2, 10.9
• metadata, 4.4.1
• mobile (telephone), 9.3
• models, 4.1.2
• monographs, 4.3, 4.3.1, 4.3.2, 4.3.3
• multilingual publications, 4.2.3, 5.12, 7.2.1, 7.2.3, 9.1.3, 9.1.4, 9.1.5

N

• No (number), use of, 1.2.2, 10.5, 10.8
• notice number, 1.3.2
• notices of invitation to tender, 1.3.3
• notices of open competitions, 1.3.2
• number
  • catalogue, 4.1.1, 4.1.2, 5.1.1
  • edition, 5.2, 5.9.4
  • ISBN, see ISBN
  • ISSN, see ISSN
  • of volume, 5.1.1, 5.9.4, 5.5.5
  • serial, 5.2
  • telephone, 9.3
• numbering
  • decimal system, 5.6, see also decimals
  • of footnotes, 4.2.3, 8
  • paragraph, 5.6
  • special, 1.3.2
  • see also Official Journal and pagination
• numbers, 4.2.3, 6.5, 10.5, 10.8
  • ordinal, 10.5, A3
  • see also decimals
• numerals
  • Arabic, 2.3, 4.2.3, 5.7
  • Roman, 5.1.1, 5.7
• NUTS regions, A10

O

• Official Journal, Preamble, 1-3.7
  • footnotes, 3.1, 3.2.
  • general structure, 1.1
  • listing of bodies and institutions, Preamble
  • numbering of acts and documents, 1.2.2, 1.3.2
  • pagination, 3.1
  • publication procedure, Preamble
  • reference works, Preamble
  • references to, 3.1
  • rules on drafting documents, 3
    • references to the Official Journal, 3.1
    • titles and references to acts, 3.2
      • titles, 3.2.1
      • referring to other acts, 3.2.2
      • references to subdivisions of acts, 3.2.3
      • references to amendments to an act, 3.2.4
    • amending articles, 3.3
    • order of citation, 3.4
    • lists, 3.5
    • definition of an expression or of a word, 3.6
    • agreements and protocols, 3.7
  • series:
    • L series, 1.2
      • Classification of acts, 1.2.1
      • Numbering of acts, 1.2.2
      • Contents, 1.2.3
    • C series, 1.3
      • Classification of documents, 1.3.1
      • Numbering of documents, 1.3.2
      • Contents, 1.3.3
    • S series, Preamble, 1.1, 3.1
  • structure of a legal act, 2
    • title, 2.1
    • citations and recitals (preamble), 2.2
    • articles (enacting terms), 2.3
    • concluding formulas in regulations, 2.4
    • date and signature, 2.5
    • annexes, 2.6
    • subdivisions of acts, 2.7
  • treaty, treaties, references to, 3.4.1
• Ombudsman
  • emblem, A2
  • title, 9.5.1
  • see also institutions and bodies
• open competitions, 1.1, 1.3.2
• opinions, 1.1, 1.3.1, 1.3.3
• order to print, 4.1.1, 4.1.2

P

• page
  • blank, 4.2.4, 5.1.1
  • layout, 4.2.3
  • recto, 4.2.4
  • specimen, 4.1.2
  • title, 5.2
  • title (verso), 5.3
  • verso, 4.2.4
• pagination, 4.1.3, 4.2.4, 5.5.3, 5.7, 10.5
• pamflets, 4.1.2
• paper (type of paper, note), 5.3.2
• paragraph, 2.3, 2.7, 3.2.3, 3.3, 4.2.4
• brackets, see brackets (round)
• Parliament
  • emblem, A2
  • title, 9.5.1
  • see also institutions and bodies
• percentages, 10.2.1, 10.5
• periodicals, 4.1.1, 4.3.2, 5.1.1, 5.9.4, 5.5.5
  • cover, 5.1.1
• photographs, 5.11
  • colour, 5.11
• place of publication, 5.3.1, 5.9.4
• plurals, 10.2.1, 10.3.2
• POD, 4.1.1
• positions at first reading, Council, 1.1, 1.3.2, 1.3.3
• postal codes, 9.1
• preface, 5.5.2
• presentation of publications, 4.2.2
• print production, 4.1.2
• proof
  • author’s corrections, 4.1.3
  • correction marks, 6.3
  • reading, 4.1.3, 6.1, 8
• proper names, foreign, 10.7
• protocol order
  • countries, 7.1.1
  • institutions and bodies, 9.5.1
  • languages, 5.12, 7.2.1
  • OJ C series, publications, 1.3.3
• publication procedure
  • Official Journal, Preamble
• publication title, 4.1.2
• publication types, 4.3
• see also publications
• publications
  • electronic, 4.4, 4.4.1, 4.4.2
  • loose-leaf, 4.4.1
  • monographic, 4.4.1, 4.4.2
  • online, 4.4.1, 4.4.2
  • periodicals, 5.1.1, 5.5.5
  • serial, 4.4, 4.4.2, 5.1.1, 5.5.5
• Publications Office, 4.1.1, 4.1.2, 4.1.3
  • emblem, A2
• publisher
  • actual, 5.3
  • formal, 4.4.1, 5.1.1, 5.2, 5.9.4
    • emblem, 5.1.1
    • identification number, 4.4
• punctuation, 3.5.1, 4.1.3, 4.2.3, 6.4, 6.5, 8.2, 10.1
  • in figures, 4.2.3, 6.5
  • of listed points, 3.5.1
  • word-processing, 6.4
  • see also specific punctuation marks

Q

• question mark, 10.1.2
• quotation marks, 3.3, 3.6, 4.2.3, 5.9.4, 5.10, 10.1.9
• quotations, 4.2.3, 4.2.4, 5.10, 10.7

R

• recitals, 2.2(b), 2.7, 3.2.2(c)
• recommendations 1.1, 1.2.1, 1.2.3(b), 1.3.1, 1.3.3, 2.2(a)
• recycled paper, 5.3.2
• references, 5.9, see also Official Journal
  • bibliographical, 5.9.4
  • cases, 4.5, 5.9.3
  • legislation, 3.2., 5.9.1
  • Official Journal, 3.1
  • other publications, 5.9.1
  • reference works, Preamble, 11
  • subdivisions of acts, 2.7, 3.2.3
  • treaties, 3.4.1, 5.9.2
• regions, A10
• regulations, 1.2.1, 1.2.3, 2.4

S

• selling price, 4.1.1, 5.1.1
• semicolon, 2.2(b), 3.5.1, 10.1.5
• serial publications, 4.3.2, 4.3.3
• series, 5.1.1, see also Official Journal and periodicals
• SGML (standard generalised markup language), 4.2.2
• solidus (oblique, slash), see forward slash
• special opinions and reports (Court of Auditors), 1.3.2, 1.3.3
• spelling, Preamble, 10.3
• State aid, 1.3.2, 1.3.3
• States, see countries
• statistical symbols, A3
• structure of documents, 4.2.2
• structure of publications, 5
• subdivision of legislative acts, 2.7
• subheadings, 5.7
• subject classification, 5.5.5
• subtitle, 4.2.4, 5.1.1, 5.2
  • see also subheadings
• Supplement to the Official Journal, Preamble, 1.1
• symbols, 6.4, 10.8, A3

T

• table of contents, see contents
• tables, 4.2.3, 5.5.3, 5.12
  • multilingual, 5.12, 7.1.2
  • rules, 5.12
• TED database, Preamble, 1.1
• telephone numbers, 9.3
• temperatures, 6.4, 10.5
• text correction, 4.1.3
• time, 10.5
• title, 4.1.1, 4.1.2, 5.1.1
  • identification number, 4.4.1
  • in bibliography, 5.9.4
  • in contents, 5.5.3
  • in index, 5.5.5
  • of a collection or series, 5.1.1, 5.2
  • of acts, 2.1, 3.2
  • official titles (institutions, bodies, agencies), 9.5
  • on spine, 4.1.2, 5.1.1
  • page, 4.2.4, 5.2, 5.3
  • running, 5.5.5
  • use of italics in, 10.7
  • see also subheadings and subtitle
• translations, 4.2.2
• treaties, 3.4.1
  • references to, 5.9.2
• typing
  • conventions, 4.2.3
• typographic preparation, 4.1.2

U

• underlining, 5.8
• units, 5.12, 10.8, A3
• upper case, 2.2, 10.4, 10.8
  • in listings, 5.6, 5.7
  • in titles, 4.2.3
  • numbering, 5.6
• URL, 9.2

V

• verbs, 10.2
  • singular or plural, 10.2.1
  • spelling, 10.3.1

W

• word processing, 4.2.2, 4.2.3
  • punctuation and spacing, 6.4
• word splits, 4.2.3

Y

• year
  • of issue, 5.1.1
  • of publication, 1.3.2, 5.1.1, 5.2, 5.9.4, see also Preamble
• yearbooks, 4.3.2, 4.3.3
• years, 4.2.3, 10.1.11, 10.5, see also Preamble