Key words
The following words may be used to identify this type of reference:
Always present:
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Council Regulation of...
,EC Commission Regulation of...
,EC Council Regulation...
,EEC Commission Regulation
,Council Regulation (EC)...
, orEEC Council Regulation...
The long title of the legislation usually includes a number in the format nn/YY
or nnnn/YYYY
. Where:
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legisNum
- is the value preceding '/'
-
date
- is the value following '/'
For Decisions and Directives the numbering is in opposite format, with year information first.
Variations include:
- Commission Regulation 99/63
- Council Regulation (EC) No. 2027/97
- Regulation (EC) No. 2027/97
- Regulation No. 2027/97
- Regulation 2027/97
- Reg (EC) 2027/97
- Reg 2027/97
- Regulation 2027 of 1997
European Regulations often appear in their own table of legislation, such as:
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Table of EC Regulations
,Regulations
(in a book about EC law),Table of EC Legislation, Regulations
,Table of European Regulations
etc.