5.3.1. Components

The components on the verso of the title page always include the place of publication, the name of the publisher, the year of publication, copyright details and identifiers.

The following items feature on the verso of the title page, in this order:

• in a printed publication, the words Printed by [printer] in [country] and, if appropriate, ecolabel(s) and/or a note relating to the printed paper product (see Section 5.3.2),
• if appropriate, the words ‘Manuscript completed in [month] [year]’,
• if appropriate, the words ‘Revised edition’, ‘Corrected edition’ or ‘[First/Second/nth] edition’,
• if appropriate, any disclaimers regarding the liability of the author service (legal notice) (see Section 5.4.4),
• the place of publication (the seat of the Publications Office), the name of the publisher and the year of publication (within the meaning of Decision 2009/496/EC, Euratom of 26 June 2009, the publisher is the Publications Office of the European Union),
• copyright details (with any explanation/authorisation on publication reproduction) (see also Sections 5.4.1 and 5.4.2),
• if appropriate, copyright relating to illustrations, if this is not indicated directly next to the illustration (see Section 5.4.3),
• identifiers (ISBN, DOI, etc.) (see also Section 4.4).

Verso of the title page

1. Information relating to the printed paper product

2. Manuscript/edition information

3. Legal notice (author)

4. Place and year of publication, actual publisher

5. Copyright

6. Identifiers