1.3.2. Numbering of documents

With the exception of corrigenda, documents published in the C series are assigned a notice number by the Publications Office.

Notice number

With the exception of corrigenda, documents published in the C series are assigned a notice number by the Publications Office.

The notice number consists of:

  1. the letter ‘C’ corresponding to the C series,
  2. the year of publication, comprising four digits,
  3. the sequential number, based on a yearly sequence, and comprising as many digits as necessary.

C/YYYY/N

This number is placed under the title, centred and between brackets.

The notice number is identical to the Official Journal number that appears in the header of the Official Journal.

info:
Before 1 October 2023

The notice number consisted of:

  1. the year of publication:

    1. up to 31 December 1998, the last two digits,
    2. since 1 January 1999, all four digits;
  2. the Official Journal number;
  3. a number indicating the order of publication in the Official Journal:

98/C 45/01

2010/C 2/08

Special numbering

decisionsEEA/EFTA

Certain documents contain their own numbering in the title:

  • positions of the Council under the ordinary legislative procedure:

    Position (EU) No 11/2010 of the Council at first reading

    NB:

    Under the codecision procedure, there used to be ‘Common Positions of the Council’:

    Common Position (EC) No 14/2005 of the Council

  • State aid:

    State Aid C 32/09

    NB:

    Take care with numbering: C 55/99, C 55/2000 (four digits for the year 2000), C 55/01, etc.

  • cases of the Court of Justice, of the General Court and of the Civil Service Tribunal:

    Case C-187/10 (Court of Justice)

    Case T-211/10 (General Court – since 15 November 1989)

    Case F-29/10 (Civil Service Tribunal – from 23 July 2005 to 31 August 2016)

    before 15 November 1989 (solely for the Court of Justice): Case 84/81

    NB:

    The Civil Service Tribunal, established in 2004, ceased to operate on 1 September 2016 after its jurisdiction was transferred to the General Court.

  • opinions of the Court of Auditors:

    Opinion No 01/2022 (before 1 January 2022: Opinion No 1/2021)

  • cases of the EFTA Court:

    Case E-5/10

  • notices of open competitions (published in the C … A series until 30 September 2023):

    EPSO/AD/177/10

  • vacancy notices:

    COM/2010/10275

  • Decisions of the Administrative Commission for the coordination of social security systems:

    Decision No H8 of 17 December 2015 (updated with minor technical clarifications on 9 March 2016) concerning the methods of operation and the composition of the Technical Commission for Data Processing of the Administrative Commission for the Coordination of Social Security Systems

  • amending budgets of the agencies:

    Statement of revenue and expenditure of the European Medicines Agency for the financial year 2010 – Amending Budget No 1

  • calls for proposals:

    Call for proposals IX-2011/01 – ‘Grants to political parties at European level’

NB:

Until 23 July 2002 (expiry date of the ECSC Treaty), there were ‘assents’ of the Council:

Assent No 22/96

Assent No 6/2002