Preface Joint Practical Guide of the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission for persons involved in the drafting of legislation within the Community institutions
Contents
General principles
Different parts of the act

  7.  Standard structure of acts

  8.  Title

  9.  Citations

10.  Recitals

11. Numbering of recitals

12. Normative nature

13. Subject matter and scope

14. Definitions

15. Standard structure of enacting terms

Internal and external references
Amending acts
Final provisions
Annex - Models
List of reference documents
Alphabetical index
  

11. Each recital shall be numbered.

11.1. This practice is justified by obvious considerations of clarity of legislation and ease of reference, both before and after adoption of the text.

11.2. For the same reasons, this practice is of universal application, that is to say, it applies not only to legislative acts of general application, but also to all acts of the institutions drafted in solemn form (title, preamble, enacting terms).

11.3. The presentation is as follows:

‘Whereas:

(1) [Begin with a capital letter] …

(2) [Begin with a capital letter] …’.

11.4. A sole recital is not numbered.

 

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General principles  |  Different parts of the act  |  Internal and external references |  Amending acts |  Final provisions |  Annex - Models |  List of reference documents | Alphabetical index