European Legislation (ELI) Identifier

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The European Legislation Identifier (ELI) was created as a standard reference to European Union and Member State legislation.

1.Location

1.1.Document Page

Open the document information for: the GDPR →

The ELI is displayed as:

http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2016/679/oj

This is a URL for the Regulation. It can also be found on EUR-Lex using:

https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=eli:reg:2016:679:oj

2.Construction

The GDPR’s ELI has these parts:

http://data.europa.eu/eli/ | reg | 2016 | 679 | oj

reg identifies a regulation; 2016 its year; 679 its number, without leading zeros.

dir identifies directives; dec, decisions; reg_impl, implementing regulations; reg_del, delegated regulations.

For more detailed information: ELI Guidance →

2.1.Consolidated Version

Replace /oj with a consolidation date to open that version:

http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2016/679/2016-05-04

This is useful for finding the legislation as consolidated on a particular date.