Publications Office of the European Union
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Seat	Luxembourg
Website	publications.europa.eu

The Publications Office of the European Union (Publications Office) is an interinstitutional office whose task is to publish the publications of the institutions of the European Communities and the European Union (see Decision No 2009/496/EC, Euratom).

The Publications Office publishes the daily EU Official Journal in 22 languages (23 when Irish

Irish language

Irish , also known as Irish Gaelic, is a Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family, originating in Ireland and historically spoken by the Irish people. Irish is now spoken as a first language by a minority of Irish people, as well as being a second language of a larger proportion of...

 is required) and produces (or co-produces) publicity for EU initiatives and activities.

It publishes or co-publishes the publications in the context of the activities of communication of the institutions.

Moreover, the Publications Office offers a number of online services giving free access to information on EU law (EUR-Lex), EU publications (EU Bookshop), public procurement (TED), and EU research and development (CORDIS).

External links

Publications Office of the European Union

EU-Bookshop All the EU publications you are looking for

EUR-Lex - Access to European Union law

CORDIS - The Community Research and Development Information Service

Ted - Online version of the 'Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union', dedicated to European public procurement.

See also

• Official Journal of the European Union
  Official Journal of the European Union
  The Official Journal of the European Union is the official gazette of record for the European Union . It is published every working day in all of the official languages of the member states. Only legal acts published in the Official Journal are binding.It was first published on 30 December 1952 as...
  
  
• EUR-Lex
  EUR-Lex
  EUR-Lex is a service providing legal texts of the European Union on its official website europa.eu. Replacing the earlier service CELEX, EUR-Lex provides direct free access to European Union law. The system makes it possible to consult the Official Journal of the European Union and it includes...
  
  
• Community Research & Development Information Service