Summary tables
These tables summarise the content and numbering of the Official Journal and the distinctive elements and numbering of different types of acts, and are followed by model that shows the structure of an act.
Content of the series
| L(1) | C(2) | S |
|---|---|---|
Legislative acts (L I) Non-legislative acts (L II) Other acts (L III) |
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.) |
Series supplemented by the L … I (discontinued as of 1 October 2023) (see Section 1.1).
Series supplemented by the C … A (discontinued as of 1 October 2023), the C … E (discontinued as of 1 April 2014) and the C … I series (discontinued as of 1 October 2023) (see Section 1.1).
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 |
Under heading | Signatory |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| European Parliament + Council | Regulation | Legislative (ordinary legislative procedure) | First 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) | First 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 |
|
| Decision | Legislative (ordinary legislative procedure) | First 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 |
|
| Decision (e.g. mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund) | Non-legislative | First citation: Having regard to the Treaty …, no citation about legislative procedure |
L II | The President of the European Parliament + The President of the Council |
|
| European Parliament | Regulation | Legislative (special legislative procedure) | First 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 | First citation: Having regard to the Treaty …, and in particular Article … thereof, no citation about legislative procedure |
L II | The President of the European Parliament | |
| European Council | Decision | Non-legislative | First citation: Having regard to the Treaty …, and in particular Article … thereof, no citation about legislative procedure |
L II | The President of the European Council |
| Council | Regulation | Legislative (special legislative procedure) | First 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 | First 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 | First citation: Having regard to the Treaty …, + second 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) | First 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 | First 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 | First citation: Having regard to the Treaty …, + second 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) | First 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 | First citation: Having regard to the Treaty …, and in particular Article … thereof, In the case of CFSP decisions, First 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 | First citation: Having regard to the Treaty …, + second 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 | First 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 | First citation: Having regard to the Treaty…, + second 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 | First citation: Having regard to the Treaty …, + second 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 | First 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 | First citation: Having regard to the Treaty…, + second 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 | First citation: Having regard to the Treaty …, + second 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 | First 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) | |||||
| Delegated Decision | Non-legislative | First citation: Having regard to the Treaty …, + second 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) | |||||
| Implementing Decision | Non-legislative | First citation: Having regard to the Treaty …, + second 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) | |||||
| European Central Bank | Regulation | Non-legislative | First citation: Having regard to …, and in particular … no citation about legislative procedure |
L II | The President of the European Central Bank |
| Decision | Non-legislative | First citation: Having regard to …, and in particular … no citation about legislative procedure |
L II | The President of the European Central Bank | |
| Guideline | Non-legislative | First citation: Having regard to …, and in particular … no citation about legislative procedure |
L II | The President of the European Central Bank |
Numbering of Official Journals
| Date | Number |
|---|---|
| From 1952 to 30.6.1967 (pagination for a whole year and year included) | OJ 106, 30.12.1962, p. 2553/62 |
| From 1.7.1967 (each number starts with page 1) | OJ 174, 31.7.1967, p. 1 |
| From 1968 (OJ L and C created) | OJ L 76, 28.3.1968, p. 1 OJ C 108, 19.10.1968, p. 1 |
| From 1978 (OJ S created) | OJ S 99, 5.5.1978, p. 1 |
| From 1991 to 30.9.2023 (OJ C … A) | OJ C 194 A, 31.7.2008, p. 1 |
| From 31.8.1999 to 31.3.2014 (OJ C … E) | OJ C 189 E, 26.7.2008, p. 1 |
| From 1.1.2016 to 30.9.2023 (L … I and C … I) | OJ L 11 I, 16.1.2016, p. 1 OJ C 15 I, 16.1.2016, p. 1 |
| From 1.10.2023 (introduction of the act-by-act publication of the Official Journal) | OJ L, 2023/2387, 2.10.2023, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2023/2387/oj OJ C, C/2023/90, 2.10.2023, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2023/90/oj |
Numbering of acts (L series)
| Date | Number |
|---|---|
| From 1952 to 31.12.1962 | Regulation No 17 |
| From 1.1.1963 to 31.12.1967 | Regulation No 1009/67/EEC |
| From 1.1.1968 to 31.10.1993 | Regulation (EEC) No 1470/68 |
| From 1.11.1993 to 31.12.1998 | Regulation (EC) No 3031/93 |
| From 1.1.1999 to 30.11.2009 | Regulation (EC) No 302/1999 Regulation (EC) No 1288/2009 |
| From 1.12.2009 to 31.12.2014 | Regulation (EU) No 1178/2009 |
| From 1.1.2015 | Regulation (EU) 2015/475 |
| Acts | Date | Number |
|---|---|---|
| Directives (L I and L II) |
Until 31.12.2014 | Directive 2010/13/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council Council Directive 2010/12/EU Commission Directive 2010/29/EU |
| From 1.1.2015 | Directive (EU) 2015/254 of the European Parliament and of the Council Council Directive (EU) 2015/121 Commission Directive (EU) 2015/565 |
|
| Decisions (L I) |
Until 31.12.2014 | Decision No 284/2010/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council |
| From 1.1.2015 | Decision (EU) 2015/601 of the European Parliament and of the Council | |
| Decisions (L II) |
Until 31.12.2014 | Commission Decision 2010/261/EU Decision 2010/204/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council Council Decision 2010/231/CFSP |
| From 1.1.2015 | Commission Decision (EU) 2015/119 Decision (EU) 2015/468 of the European Parliament and of the Council Council Decision (CFSP) 2015/76 |
| Acts | Date | Number |
|---|---|---|
| Recommendation | Until 31.12.2014 | 2009/1019/EU |
| From 1.1.2015 | (EU) 2015/682 | |
| Guideline | Until 31.12.2014 | 2009/1021/EU (ECB/2009/28) |
| From 1.1.2015 | (EU) 2015/732(ECB/2015/20) |
Recommendations are published:
- in the L series (non-legislative acts – 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);
- in the C series (resolutions, recommendations and opinions – C I): European Parliament recommendations for the attention of the Council, Council recommendations, Commission recommendations, European Central Bank recommendations;
- in the C series (preparatory acts – C III): European Central Bank recommendations (Articles 129 and 219).
| Acts | Date | Number |
|---|---|---|
| Decision of the EEA Joint Committee | Until 31.12.2014 (numbered by author only) | No 38/2010 |
| From 1.1.2015 (double numbering) | No 159/2014 [2015/94] | |
| Decision of the EFTA Surveillance Authority | Until 31.12.2014 (numbered by author only) | No 133/09/COL |
| From 1.1.2015 (double numbering) | No 30/15/COL [2015/1813] No 226/17/COL [2018/564] |
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| Recommendation of the EFTA Surveillance Authority | Until 31.12.2014 (numbered by author only) | No 119/07/COL |
| From 1.1.2015 (double numbering) | No N/YY/COL [YYYY/N] |
Structure of an act
