
Unit 10 - Numerical Referencing
Using OSCOLA: EU legislation
EU Treaties and Legislation
Primary legislation from the EU comes in the form of treaties. When citing EU treaties give the title of the treaty followed by the year of publication, the Official Journal series and the issue and page numbers.
Example:
- Treaty of Lisbon amending the Treaty on European Union and the Treaty establishing the European Community [2007] OJ C306/01
Secondary legislation from the EU comes in a variety of forms including Regulations, Directives and Decisions. When citing EU legislation for the first time, note the Legislation type, its number and title, then publication details from the Official Journal (OJ) of the European Union. The OJ citation is given in the order: [year] OJ series Number/Page.
Example:
- Council Directive 2001/29/EC on the harmonisation of certain aspects of copyright and related rights in the information society [2001] OJ L167/10
In subsequent footnotes a short form of the legislation title may be used, provided warning is given in brackets in the initial footnote.
Example:
- 1 Council Directive 93/104/EC concerning certain aspects of the organisation of working time [1993] OJ L307/18 (Working Time Directive)
- 4 Working Time Directive, art 2
SMILE - OSCOLA referencing by Cathie Jackson, Ian Bradley, Matthew Davies and Lynn Goodhew, Information Services, Cardiff University adapted by Marion Kelt Glasgow Caledonian University is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.
Based on a work at https://ilrb.cf.ac.uk/citingreferences/oscola/tutorial/.