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The Official Journal of the European Union is the official publication for EU legal acts.

It is published by the Publications Office of the European Union daily from Monday to Friday in 24 official EU languages.

In urgent cases, the Official Journal is published on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays.

EUR-Lex contains electronic versions of all Official Journals since the first edition.

From 1 July 2013 only the electronic editions of the Official Journal are authentic and produce legal effects.

From 1 October 2023, the Official Journal is no longer a collation of acts with a table of contents. Each act is published individually as an authentic Official Journal in its PDF format.

You can buy a non-authentic printed version of an Official Journal issue via the Portal of the Publications Office​ . As these printed versions are created on demand, they incur printing and postage fees.

See more at Official Journal of the European Union.

The ‘Official Journal’ box on the homepage contains links to the latest published editions. There you can see at a glance how many acts of the L and C series are available for the day.

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There you can run a search by indicating a date range or specific references like the year of publication, the series and the document number of the OJ you are looking for.

The most recently published acts are also directly available.

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For Official Journals published up to 30/09/2023, EUR-Lex displays the references of the Official Journals published on a specific date for the L and C series. Click on them to access the related OJ pages.

For Official Journals published from 01/10/2023, EUR-Lex displays the number of Official Journals for each series on a specific date. Click on the links to access the daily view of the related series.

Using the menu on the left-hand side, you can access the following specific pages related to the Official Journal:

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For more information on these pages, go to the help pages menu and click on the dedicated links.