My RSS alerts

By creating RSS alerts on EUR-Lex you can stay informed about new updates related to EU documents such as legislation, international agreements, preparatory documents or case-law.

1. On the page displaying the document you are interested in, click Create an RSS alert in the left menu.




If you have not signed in yet, the system will ask you to do so.

2. In the box that pops up, give a name to your RSS alert (compulsory), add a comment (optional) and choose the updates you want to be informed about:
• modifications to the document,
• subsequent preparatory acts changing the document,
• case-law affecting the document,
• consolidated versions of the document,
• documents related to the document,
• documents mentioning the document,
• documents whose legal basis is the document (for instance implementing and delegated acts).



By default, the first four options are selected.

3. Click Save to create the RSS alert.

Each time EUR-Lex publishes a new document related to your alert, it will be added to the related RSS feed.

The system counts each alert you create (RSS alerts and email alerts) as one saved search and adds it to the total number of saved searches in your personal space. You can have a maximum of 50 saved searches.

You can also use predefined RSS alerts for a number of predefined categories of documents (e.g. all Parliament and Council legislation, Commission proposals and related documents) and Official Journal editions.

You can create RSS alerts to stay informed about any new updates on EUR-Lex related to a specific lawmaking procedure.

1. On the page that displays the procedure you want to follow, click Create an RSS alert in the left menu.




If you have not signed in yet, the system will ask you to do so.

2. In the box that pops up, give a name to your RSS alert (compulsory), add a comment (optional).
3. Click Save to create the RSS alert.

Each time EUR-Lex publishes a new document related to your alert, it will be added to the related RSS feed.

The system counts each alert you create (RSS alerts and email alerts) as one saved search and adds it to the total number of saved searches in your personal space. You can have a maximum of 50 saved searches.

You can create RSS alerts related to searches.

This is particularly useful if you want to be informed about new updates concerning a specific topic, a specific type of document, a specific institution or body, etc.

Each time EUR-Lex publishes a document that matches the criteria of your search, it will be added to the related RSS feed.

1. Run your search

You can search in different ways on EUR-Lex, depending on your needs.

With the advanced search you can build precise search queries based on a wide range of criteria, like themes from the EuroVoc thesaurus (e.g. “environmental protection”), types of documents, authors and types of dates.




2. In the results list, click Create in my RSS alerts.



3. In the box that pops up, give a name to your RSS alert (compulsory), add a comment (optional).
4. Click Save to create the RSS alert.

To get further insight on how to create RSS alerts from searches, please take a look at the following two detailed examples based on concrete use cases.

How to create an RSS alert on documents related to restrictive measures applied by the European Union

How to create an RSS alert on documents related to avian influenza

The system counts each alert you create (RSS alerts and email alerts) as one saved search and adds it to the total number of saved searches in your personal space. You can have a maximum of 50 saved searches.

You can create RSS alerts related to your saved searches.

1. Click My EUR-Lex at the top right-hand corner of any EUR-Lex page and then Sign in.
2. Click My saved searches.



3. Select one or more searches using the checkboxes and click Set selected as RSS alerts.

All the searches linked to an RSS alert are flagged with a specific icon .

The system counts each alert you create (RSS alerts and email alerts) as one saved search and adds it to the total number of saved searches in your personal space. You can have a maximum of 50 saved searches.

1. Click My EUR-Lex at the top right-hand corner of any EUR-Lex page and then Sign in.
2. Click My RSS alerts.



3. A table lists all your RSS alerts.



4. To see a list of the latest documents related to an RSS alert, click its name in the table.
5. Click View search to see a summary of the search criteria related to an RSS alert.