Publications Office of the European Union

The Publications Office of the European Union ( EUR - OP, French Office of publications de l'Union européenne, English Publications Office of the European Union) is the publishing house of the institutions and the European Union ( EU) other facilities. The Office has settled the rank of General of the European Commission and is in Luxembourg. As an autonomous body is the Office since 1969, but had a precursor in the publication service of the European Coal and Steel since 1952. The Publications Office is a publishing house, which is committed to offering its clients, the departments of the institutions and other bodies of the European Union, and its customers, the citizens of Europe and of European interest in the issues from other parts of the world, high-quality services.

The Office publishes daily the Official Journal of the European Union in all official languages ​​of the EU and in Gaelic. It also offers several online services giving free access to information on EU law ( EUR -Lex ), EU publications ( EU Bookshop ), the EU public procurement (TED ) and EU-funded research and development ( CORDIS ).

Office is headed by Martine Reichert.

Legal basis

The Office The legal framework on the inter-institutional agreement (OJ L 183 of 22 July 2000, p 12).