Types of documents in EUR-Lex
Sectors and descriptors
You can use this table to build CELEX numbers. The Celex number is the unique identifier of each document in EUR-Lex, regardless of language. Read more in FAQ 1.12.
All documents (except from sectors 0 and 7) may have one or more corrigenda. A corrigendum has the same Celex number as the original act, with a suffix "R(xx)", where "xx" is the sequential number of the corrigendum.
Sector 1:
Treaties
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| 1 | K | Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC Treaty) (1951) |
| A | Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community (EURATOM Treaty) (1957); EURATOM Treaty Lisbon consolidated version 2010 |
| E | Treaty establishing the European Economic Community (EEC Treaty) (1957); EC Treaty Maastricht cons. version 1992; EC Treaty Amsterdam cons. version 1997; EC Treaty Nice consolidated version 2002; EC Treaty Athens consolidated version 2006; Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union consolidated version 2008; Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union consolidated version 2010 |
| F | Merger Treaty 1965 and Treaty amending budgetary provisions 1970 |
| B | Accession Treaty 1972 (UK, Denmark, Ireland, Norway) |
| R | Treaty amending certain financial provisions 1975 and Treaty amending certain provisions of the protocol on the statute of the European Investment Bank 1975 |
| H | Accession Treaty 1979 (Greece) |
| I | Accession Treaty 1985 (Spain, Portugal) |
| G | Greenland Treaty 1985 |
| U | Single European Act 1986 |
| M | Treaty on the European Union, Maastricht (1992); EU Treaty Amsterdam consolidated version 1997; EU Treaty Nice consolidated version 2002; EU Treaty Athens consolidated version 2006; EU Treaty Lisbon consolidated version 2008; EU Treaty Lisbon consolidated version 2010 |
| N | Accession Treaty 1994 (Austria, Sweden, Finland, Norway) |
| D | Treaty of Amsterdam 1997 |
| C | Treaty of Nice 2001 |
| T | Accession Treaty 2003 (Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia, Slovakia) |
| V | Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe (2004) |
| S | Treaty, act and protocols concerning the accession of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania (2005) |
| P | Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union (2007); Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union (2010) |
| L | Treaty of Lisbon 2007 |
Sector 2:
International agreements
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| 2 | A | Agreements with non-member States or international organisations |
| D | Acts of bodies created by international agreements |
| P | Acts of parliamentary bodies created by international agreements |
| X | Other acts |
Sector 3:
Legislation
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| 3 | E | CFSP: common positions; joint actions; common strategies (title V of EU Treaty) |
| F | Police and judicial co-operation in criminal matters (title VI of EU Treaty) |
| R | Regulations |
| L | Directives |
| D | Decisions (with or without addressee) |
| S | ECSC Decisions of general interest |
| M | Non-opposition to a notified concentration |
| J | Non-opposition to a notified joint venture |
| B | Budget |
| K | Recommendations ECSC |
| O | Guidelines ECB |
| H | Recommendations |
| A | Opinions |
| G | Resolutions |
| C | Declarations |
| Q | Institutional arrangements: Rules of procedure; Internal agreements |
| X | Other documents published in OJ L (or pre-1967) |
| Y | Other documents published in OJ C |
Sector 4:
Complementary legislation
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| 4 | A | Agreements between Member States |
| D | Decisions of the representatives of the governments of the Member States |
| X | Other acts published in OJ L |
| Y | Other acts published in OJ C |
Sector 5:
Preparatory acts
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| 5 | Council and MS | AG | Council common positions |
| KG | Council assents ECSC |
| IG | Member States – initiatives |
| XG | Other acts of the Council or Member States |
| European Commission | PC | COM – legislative proposals |
| DC | Other COM documents (green papers, white papers, communications, reports, etc.) |
| JC | JOIN documents |
| SC | SEC and SWD documents |
| EC | Proposals of codified versions of regulations |
| FC | Proposals of codified versions of directives |
| GC | Proposals of codified versions of decisions |
| XC | Other acts of the Commission |
| European Parliament | AP | Legislative resolutions of the EP |
| BP | Budget (EP) |
| IP | Other resolutions of the EP |
| DP | Internal decisions of the EP |
| XP | Other acts of the EP |
| Court of Auditors | AA | COA Opinions |
| TA | COA Reports |
| SA | COA Special reports |
| XA | Other acts of the Court of Auditors |
| European Central Bank | AB | ECB Opinions |
| HB | ECB Recommendations |
| XB | Other acts of the ECB |
| European Economic and Social Committee | AE | EESC Opinions on consultation |
| IE | Other opinions of the European Economic and Social Committee |
| AC | EESC Opinions |
| XE | Other acts of the EESC |
| Committee of the Regions | AR | COR Opinions on consultation |
| IR | Other opinions of the COR |
| XR | Other acts of the COR |
| ECSC Commitee | AK | ECSC Consultative Committee Opinions |
| XK | Other acts of the ESCS Committee |
| Other organs | XX | Other acts (other bodies) |
Sector 6:
Jurisprudence
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| 6 | Court of Justice | CJ | Judgment |
| CO | Order |
| CC | Opinion of the Advocate-General |
| CS | Seizure |
| CT | Third party proceeding |
| CV | Opinion |
| CX | Ruling |
| CD | Decision |
| CP | View |
| CN | Communication: new case |
| CA | Communication: judgment |
| CB | Communication: order |
| CU | Communication: request for an opinion |
| CG | Communication: opinion |
| General Court (pre-Lisbon: Court of First Instance) | TJ | Judgment |
| TO | Order |
| TC | Opinion of the Advocate-General |
| TT | Third party proceeding |
| TN | Communication: new case |
| TA | Communication: judgment |
| TB | Communication: order |
| Civil Service Tribunal | FJ | Judgment |
| FO | Order |
| FT | Third party proceeding |
| FN | Communication: new case |
| FA | Communication: judgment |
| FB | Communication: order |
Sector 7:
National implementing measures
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| 7 | L | National measures to implement directives |
National implementing measures have the same Celex number as the implemented directive, except the sector is "7" instead of "3".
Sector 8:
National case law
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| 8 | BE | Belgium |
| BG | Bulgaria |
| CZ | Czech Republic |
| DK | Denmark |
| DE | Germany |
| EE | Estonia |
| IE | Ireland |
| EL | Greece |
| ES | Spain |
| FR | France |
| IT | Italy |
| CY | Cyprus |
| LV | Latvia |
| LT | Lithuania |
| LU | Luxembourg |
| HU | Hungary |
| MT | Malta |
| NL | Netherlands |
| AT | Austria |
| PL | Poland |
| PT | Portugal |
| RO | Romania |
| SI | Slovenia |
| SK | Slovakia |
| FI | Finland |
| SE | Sweden |
| UK | United Kingdom |
| XX | Other countries, EFTA Court, European Court of Human Rights |
Sector 9:
Parliamentary questions
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| 9 | E | Written questions |
| H | Questions at question time |
| O | Oral questions |
Sector 0:
Consolidated documents
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| 0 | Consolidated texts: non-official documents integrating acts of sector 3 with their amendments and corrections |
Consolidated documents have the same Celex number as their basic acts, except the sector is "0" instead of "3".
Sector C:
Official Journal C series
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| C | Other documents published in the Official Journal C series |
These documents don't have a descriptor. They are indentified by the year, the OJ number and a sequential number of publication in the OJ. For example C2009/321/04 is the 4th document of OJ C 321 from 2009.
Sector E:
EFTA documents
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| E | A | International agreements |
| C | Acts of the EFTA Surveillance Authority |
| G | Acts of the EFTA Standing Committee |
| J | Decisions, orders, consultative opinions of the EFTA Court |
| P | Pending cases of the EFTA Court |
| X | Information and Communications |
| O | Other acts |
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