How to cite a european union document

Bluebook (22d ed.) citation format, B21 / R21.9.

Bluebook (22d ed.) citation format for a european union document, governed by B21 / R21.9. Worked example, required elements, and the rules that apply.

Council and Commission acts, COM and SEC documents, Parliament debates and documents, reports, and press releases. Founding treaties are treaties; EU court cases are international tribunals.

Example

Council Directive 90/476, art. 5, 1990 O.J. (L 266) 1, 2 (EC).

Governing rules

B21 / R21.9

• 21 — international materials.
• 21.3 — jurisdiction not evident from context.
• 21.9 — European Union.

Required elements

• Kind

Optional elements

• Act, or issuing body — R21.9(a)(ii): the institution, the type of legislation and the number.
• Title — The act’s full name, or the document’s title.
• Subdivision
• Pincite (at …)
• COM / SEC number
• Official Journal or Parliament citation — R21.9(a)(i): the O.J. from 1973 with series and issue; the J.O. or O.J. Spec. Ed. before. Eur. Parl. Deb. (378) 4; Eur. Parl. Doc. (COM 258) 5.
• Page or paragraph in the journal
• Date
• Jurisdiction parenthetical — R21.3 / R21.9(a)(ii): EC, EU, Euratom — where it is not clear from context.
• Speaker (debates)
• URL
• On file with

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