Official Journal of the European Union

The Official Journal of the European Union ( OJ Abbr. ) Is the official publication of the European Union. Comparable in function, it is the Federal Law Gazette in Germany and Austria.

The Official Journal of the European Union appears with the entry into force of the Treaty of Nice since February 1, 2003 every day in the official languages ​​of the European Union. It is the only periodical in the world that is published daily in so many languages. The Official Journal is published by the Publications Office of the European Union.

Precursor to the Official Journal of the European Union was the publication by the service of the European Community for Coal and Steel, published since 1952 Official Journal of the European Coal and Steel Community. The first edition of the Official Journal of the European Coal and Steel Community was launched in four languages ​​( German, French, Italian and Dutch) and first appeared on December 30, 1952., With the founding of the European Communities, it was renamed in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

The Official Journal in its present form consists of two related series:

The L series includes legislation such as regulations, directives and decisions, recommendations and opinions of the institutions of the European Union. In OJ. L is also published the Directory of Community legislation in force.

The C series contains Information and Notices, the most important are probably the summaries of judgments of the European Court of Justice and Court of First Instance to call.

After all, with the S series a so-called supplement that contains notices of public contracts.

In the series C, it is also a part containing only electronically published documents, the so-called Official Journal C E.