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HOW TO REFERENCE EUROPEAN UNION LEGISLATION

 

European Union legislation is varied; it includes directives, treaties, agreements, etc. These can be found on the Eur-lex website, the repository of EU legislation and documents.

 

In-text citation

 

Include the name of the document, its number and the year in brackets all in italics (in keeping with EU conventions).

 

Example

Recently, the European Union has issued a regulation regarding the conversion rate to the euro in Latvia (Council Regulation (EU) 870 2013).

 

Reference

 

Provide the full title of the document that includes the year and the name of the legislation, all in italics (in keeping with EU conventions), then write 'available from', the URL and the date of access.

 

Example

Council Regulation (EU) No 870 (2013) of 9 July 2013 amending Regulation (EC) No 2866/98 as regards the conversion rate to the euro

for Latvia. [online] available from < http://eur- lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2013:243:0001:0001:EN:PDF> [26 September 2013]

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Based on Deane, M. (2006) Coventry University Harvard Reference Style Guide. Unpublished booklet. Coventry: Coventry University. Version 3.0.4. September 2016. Produced in collaboration with Ray Summers (Illustrations), edited by Catalina Neculai with the assistance of Lisa Ganobcsik- Williams and Erik Borg, and with input from the Coventry University Harvard Reference Style Working Party.

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