Official Journalstructure of a legal actcitations and recitals (preamble)upper case

2.2. Preamble

Preamble means everything between the title and the enacting terms of the act.

Preamble means everything between the title and the enacting terms of the act.

2.2.1. Citations
Citations indicate the legal basis for the act and, where applicable, the preparatory acts, the transmission of the draft legislative act to national parliaments and the procedure followed.
2.2.2. Recitals
Recitals set out the reasons for the contents of the enacting terms (i.e. the articles) of an act.

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