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ELI coordinator

Hélder de Sousa Santos, legal expert at the Office for Official Publications, National Printing Office and Mint/ Imprensa Nacional-Casa da Moeda (INCM)

For information, contact: helder.santos@incm.pt.​​

Status of ELI implementation

Portugal has implemented the 1st pillar of ELI since 19 December 2016: http://data.dre.pt/eli/diario/241/2016/0/pt/html​​ .

On the 27th of July 2017, Portugal implemented Pillar II of the European Legislation Identifier (ELI) at the level of the official journal Diário da República and legal acts, in accordance with the metadata ELI ontology​​ , version 1.1.

The ELI is applied to all types of legal acts published in the official journal Diário da República, 1st series, as of January 2, 1991, the date from which Decree-Law No. 1/91​​ has determined the identification of all the legal acts by a proper number and the date of publication.

The Portuguese official journal can be accessed on https://dre.pt/​​ .

Short explanatory note

Between January 2, 1991 (pursuant to Decree-Law 1/91​​ and the original version of Law No. 74/98​​ ) and June 30, 2006, the first series of the official journal Diário da República was divided into two Parts:

• Part A (see for example http://data.dre.pt/eli/diario/1a/125/2006/0/pt/html​​ ), and
• Part B (see for example http://data.dre.pt/eli/diario/1b/125/2006/0/pt/html​​ ).

However, article 3 of Law 26/2006, of June 30 (http://data.dre.pt/eli/lei/26/2006/06/30/p/dre/pt/html​​ ), revoked the division of the first series of the Diário da República in Part A and in Part B in stating that the Diário da República comprised only the first and the second series as of July 2006.

Therefore,

As of July 3, 2006, http://data.dre.pt/eli/diario/1/126/2006/0/pt/html​​ , the first series of the official journal began to be published without the division into two Parts.

Below we present twelve examples of URI patterns for the official journal Diário da República for illustration of this explanatory note.

PILAR I

URI TEMPLATE STRUCTURE

Portugal has 3 types of URIs: the first for the official journal Diário da República, the second to identify the legal act and the third to the consolidated legislation. See examples of each bellow.

FIRST TYPE OF URI

URI template for the official journal Diário da República

http://data.dre.pt/eli/diario/{series}/{number in the year}/{year}/{supplement}/{language}/{fileformat}

Where:

• “series”: series and part of the official journal (series 1, part 1A, part 1B).
• “number in the year”: number of the official journal in the year.
• “year”: year of publication of the official journal.
• “supplement”: number of the supplement of the official journal.
• “language”: language of the legal act (Portuguese only).
• “fileformat”: format of the official journal (HTML and PDF).

We present below twelve examples of URI patterns for the official journal Diário da República.

• Example 1

  Official journal Diário da República No. 1, Series I-A, 2 January 1991 (the first edition of Part A of the 1st series with ELI)

  Where: “1a” identifies the series and part, “1” identifies the number of the official journal in the year, “1991” identifies the year of publication of the official journal, and “0” means that it is not a supplement.

  Full URI: http://data.dre.pt/eli/diario/1a/1/1991/0/pt/html​​

• Example 2

  Official journal Diário da República No. 1, Series I-B, 2 January 1991 (the first edition of Part B of the 1st series with ELI)

  Where: “1b” identifies the series and part, “1” identifies the number of the official journal in the year, “1991” identifies the year of publication of the official journal, and “0” means that it is not a supplement.

  Full URI: http://data.dre.pt/eli/diario/1b/1/1991/0/pt/html​​

• Example 3

  1st supplement to the official journal Diário da República No. 7, Series I-A, 9 January 1991 (edition of the first supplement with ELI)

  Where: “1a” identifies the series and part, “7” identifies the number of the official journal in the year, “1991” identifies the year of publication of the official journal, and “1” means that it is the first supplement to the official journal.

  Full URI: http://data.dre.pt/eli/diario/1a/7/1991/1/pt/html​​

• Example 4

  Official journal Diário da República No. 125, Series I-A, 30 June 2006 (the latest edition with Part A)

  Where: “1a” identifies the series and part, “125” identifies the number of the official journal in the year, “2006” identifies the year of publication of the official journal, and “0” means that it is not a supplement.

  Full URI: http://data.dre.pt/eli/diario/1a/125/2006/0/pt/html​​

• Example 5

  Official journal Diário da República No. 125, Series I-B, 30 June 2006 (the latest edition with Part B)

  Where: “1b” identifies the series and part, “125” identifies the number of the official journal in the year, “2006” identifies the year of publication of the official journal, and “0” means that it is not a supplement.

  Full URI: http://data.dre.pt/eli/diario/1b/125/2006/0/pt/html​​

• Example 6

  1st supplement to the official journal Diário da República No. 125, Series I-B, 30 June 2006 (the latest edition of a supplement under the legal framework of the division of the 1st series in Part A and in Part B)

  Where: “1b” identifies the series and part, “125” identifies the number of the official journal in the year, “2006” identifies the year of publication of the official journal, and “1” means that it is the first supplement to the official journal.

  Full URI: http://data.dre.pt/eli/diario/1b/125/2006/1/pt/html​​

• Example 7

  Official journal Diário da República No. 126, Series I, 3 July 2006 (the 1st edition under the unification of the 1st series)

  Where: “1” identifies the series, “126” identifies the number of the official journal in the year, “2006” identifies the year of publication of the official journal, and “0” means that it is not a supplement.

  Full URI: http://data.dre.pt/eli/diario/1/126/2006/0/pt/html​​

• Example 8

  1st supplement to the official journal Diário da República No. 126, Series I, 3 July 2006 (edition of the 1st supplement under the unification of the 1st series)

  Where: “1” identifies the series, “126” identifies the number of the official journal in the year, “2006” identifies the year of publication of the official journal, and “1” means that it is the first supplement to the official journal.

  Full URI: http://data.dre.pt/eli/diario/1/126/2006/1/pt/html​​

• Example 9

  Official journal Diário da República No. 249, Series I, 29 December 2017

  Where: “1” identifies the series, “249” identifies the number of the official journal in the year, “2017” identifies the year of publication of the official journal, and “0” means that it is not a supplement.

  Full URI: http://data.dre.pt/eli/diario/1/249/2017/0/pt/html​​

• Example 10

  1st supplement to the official journal Diário da República No. 249, Series I, 29 December 2017

  Where: “1” identifies the series, “249” identifies the number of the official journal in the year, “2017” identifies the year of publication of the official journal, and “1” means that it is the 1st supplement to the official journal.

  Full URI: http://data.dre.pt/eli/diario/1/249/2017/1/pt/html​​

• Example 11

  2nd supplement to the official journal Diário da República No. 249, Series I, 29 December 2017

  Where: “1” identifies the series, “229” identifies the number of the official journal in the year, “2017” identifies the year of publication of the official journal, and “2” means that it is the 2nd supplement to the official journal.

  Full URI: http://data.dre.pt/eli/diario/1/249/2017/2/pt/html​​

• Example 12

  Official journal Diário da República No.1, Série I, 2 January 2018

  Where: “1” identifies the series, “1” identifies the number of the official journal in the year, “2018” identifies the year of publication of the official journal, and “0” means that it is not a supplement.

  Full URI: http://data.dre.pt/eli/diario/1/1/2018/0/pt/html​​

SECOND TYPE OF URI

URI template for legal acts

http://data.dre.pt/eli/{type}/{number}/{year}/{month}/{day}/{region}/dre/{language}/{fileformat}

Where:

• “type”: identifies the single legal act published in the official journal.
• “number”: number of the legal act.
• “year”: year of publication of the legal act.
• “month”: month of publication of the legal act.
• “day”: day of publication of the legal act.
• “region”:
  • “p” for a not defined region (Portugal).

  Example: http://data.dre.pt/eli/dec-lei/2/2018/01/09/p/dre/pt/html​​

  • “m” for the Autonomous Region of Madeira.

  Example: http://data.dre.pt/eli/declegreg/2/2018/01/09/m/dre/pt/html​​

  • “a” for the Autonomous Region of the Azores.

  Example: http://data.dre.pt/eli/declegreg/1/2018/01/03/a/dre/pt/html​​

• “language”: language of the legal act (Portuguese only).
• “fileformat”: format of the official journal (HTML and PDF).

We present below seven examples of URI patterns for legal acts.

• Example 1

  Forty-first amendment to the Penal Code, approved by Decree-Law No. 400/82, of 23 September, transposing Directive 2014/62/UE of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 on the protection of the euro and other currencies against counterfeiting by criminal law, and replacing Council Framework Decision 2000/383/JAI.

  Where: “lei” means the acronym of the legal act, “39” is the number of the legal act, “2016” is the year of publication of the legal act, “12” is the month of publication of the legal act, “19” is the day of publication of the legal act and “p” is the identifier for an undefined region (Portugal).

  Full URI: http://data.dre.pt/eli/lei/39/2016/12/19/p/dre/pt/html​​

• Example 2

  It establishes the regime of the special career of superior technician of the areas of diagnosis and therapeutics.

  Where: “dec-lei” means the acronym of the legal act, “111” is the number of the legal act, “2017” is the year of publication of the legal act, “08” is the month of publication of the legal act, “31” is the day of publication of the legal act and “p” is the identifier for an undefined region (Portugal).

  Full URI: http://data.dre.pt/eli/dec-lei/111/2017/08/31/p/dre/pt/html​​

• Example 3

  Amends the inland transport of dangerous goods and transposes Directive (UE) 2016/2309

  Where: “dec-lei” means the acronym of the legal act, “111-a” is the number of the legal act published in supplement, “2017” is the year of publication of the legal act, “08” is the month of publication of the legal act, “31” is the day of publication of the legal act and “p” is the identifier for an undefined region (Portugal).

  Full URI: http://data.dre.pt/eli/dec-lei/111-a/2017/08/31/p/dre/pt/html​​

• Example 4

  Proceed to the ninth amendment to the Public Procurement Code, approved by Decree-Law No. 18/2008, of January 29, and transposes Directives 2014/23/UE, 2014/24/UE and 2014/25/UE, all of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014, and Directive 2014/55/Ue of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014.

  Where: “dec-lei” means the acronym of the legal act, “111-b” is the number of the legal act published in supplement, “2017” is the year of publication of the legal act, “08“ is the month of publication of the legal act, “31” is the day of publication of the legal act and “p” is the identifier for an undefined region (Portugal).

  Full URI: http://data.dre.pt/eli/dec-lei/111-b/2017/08/31/p/dre/pt/html​​

• Example 5

  Amends the contributory scheme for self-employed workers

  Where: “dec-lei” means the acronym of the legal act, “2” is the number of the legal act, “2018” is the year of publication of the legal act, “01” is the month of publication of the legal act, “09” is the day of publication of the legal act and “p” is the identifier for an undefined region (Portugal).

  Full URI: http://data.dre.pt/eli/dec-lei/2/2018/01/09/p/dre/pt/html​​

• Example 6

  Approves the Budget of the Autonomous Region of the Azores for 2018

  Where: “declegreg” means the acronym of the legal act, “1” is the number of the legal act, “2018” is the year of publication of the legal act, “01” is the month of publication of the legal act, “03” is the day of publication of the legal act and “a” is the identifier for the Autonomous Region of the Azores.

  Full URI: http://data.dre.pt/eli/declegreg/1/2018/01/03/a/dre/pt/html​​

• Example 7

  Approves the Budget of the Autonomous Region of Madeira for 2018

  Where: “declegreg” means the acronym of the legal act, “2” is the number of the legal act, “2018” is the year of publication of the legal act, “01” is the month of publication of the legal act, “09” is the day of publication of the legal act and “m” is the identifier for the Autonomous Region of Madeira.

  Full URI: http://data.dre.pt/eli/declegreg/2/2018/01/09/m/dre/pt/html​​

THIRD TYPE OF URI

URI template for consolidated legislation

http://data.dre.pt/eli/{type}/{number}/{year}/{region}/cons/{date}/{language}/{fileformat}

Where:

• “type”: identifies the single legal act published in the official journal.
• “number”: number of the legal act.
• “year”: year of publication of the legal act.
• “region”:
  • “p” for a not defined region (Portugal).

  Example: http://data.dre.pt/eli/lei/7/2009/p/cons/20171002/pt/html​​

  • “m” for the Autonomous Region of Madeira.

  Example: http://data.dre.pt/eli/declegreg/21/2009/m/cons/20121221/pt/html​​

  • “a” for the Autonomous Region of the Azores.

  Example: http://data.dre.pt/eli/declegreg/16/2012/a/cons/20131121/pt/html​​

• “cons”: consolidation.
• “date”: ‘yyyy’ for the year, ‘mm’ for the month and ‘dd’ for the day of consolidation.
• “language”: language of the legal act (Portuguese only).
• “fileformat”: format of the consolidation (HTML and PDF).

We present below six examples of URI patterns for consolidation.

• Example 1

  Penal Code

  Where: “dec-lei” means the acronym of the legal act, “48” identifies the number of the legal act, “1995”identifies the year of publication of the legal act and 20170823 identifies the date of publication of the latest amendment to the consolidated legislation.

  Full URI: http://data.dre.pt/eli/dec-lei/48/1995/p/cons/20170823/pt/html​​

• Example 2

  Code of Civil Procedure

  Where: “lei” means the acronym of the legal act, “41” identifies the number of the legal act, “2013” identifies the year of publication of the legal act and 20170616 identifies the date of publication of the latest amendment to the consolidated legislation.

  Full URI: http://data.dre.pt/eli/lei/41/2013/p/cons/20170616/pt/html​​

• Example 3

  Labour Code

  Where: “lei” means the acronym of the legal act, “7” identifies the number of the legal act, “2009”identifies the year of publication of the legal act and 20171002 identifies the date of publication of the latest amendment to the consolidated legislation.

  Full URI: http://data.dre.pt/eli/lei/7/2009/p/cons/20171002/pt/html​​

• Example 4

  Public Procurement Code

  Where: “dec-lei” means the acronym of the legal act, “18” identifies the number of the legal act, “2008”identifies the year of publication of the legal act and 20171130 identifies the date of publication of the latest amendment to the consolidated legislation.

  Full URI: http://data.dre.pt/eli/dec-lei/18/2008/p/cons/20171130/pt/html​​

• Example 5

  Social Action Code of the Azores

  Where: “declegreg” means the acronym of the legal act, «16» is the number of the legal act, «2012» identifies the year of publication of the legal act and 20131121 identifies the date of publication of the latest amendment to the consolidated legislation.

  Full URI: http://data.dre.pt/eli/declegreg/16/2012/a/cons/20131121/pt/html​​

• Example 6

  Adapts to the Autonomus Region of Madeira the new Labor Code

  Where: “declegreg” means the acronym of the legal act, «21» is the number of the legal act, «2009» identifies the year of publication of the legal act and 20121221 identifies the date of publication of the latest amendment to the consolidated legislation.

  Full URI: http://data.dre.pt/eli/declegreg/21/2009/m/cons/20121221/pt/html​​

PUBLISHING FORMATS

The official journal Diário da República is available in HTML format (by default) and PDF.

The supplements of the official journal are available in HTML (default) and PDF format.

Legal acts are available in HTML format (by default) and PDF.

Consolidated legislation is available in HTML format (by default) and PDF.

Vocabularies are available in SKOS format in the following lists:

• Lista de Regiões​​ /List of Regions
• Lista de Tipos de Atos​​ /List of Types of Acts
• Lista de Emissores​​ /List of Issuers

PILAR II

METADATA ELEMENTS

According to the metadata ELI ontology version 1.1​​ for the description of the legislation, the elements that describe the essential characteristics of a resource are the following:

HOW TO VIEW THE METADATA

Example (using Chrome browser):

• Open the official journal Diário da República or a legal act with ELI (as January 2, 1991).

Example: http://data.dre.pt/eli/dec-lei/1/2018/01/08/p/dre/pt/html​​

• Right-click on the ELI text and select “Inspect”:

• In the HTML area that opens, expand the div class="eli-act-document-metadata" (or "eli-journal-document-metadata"):

• Expand the subsequent divs (which correspond to LegalResource, LegalExpression and LegalFormat) to view its contents:

DESIGNATIONS OF LEGAL ACTS AND ACRONYMS

(*) As of July 1, 2007, the legislative orders began to be published in the 2nd series of the official journal Diário da República, pursuant to article 3 of Law No. 26/2006 (http://data.dre.pt/eli/lei/26/2006/06/30/p/dre/pt/html​​ , proceeds to the second amendment of Law No. 74/98 http://data.dre.pt/eli/lei/74/1998/11/11/p/dre/pt/html​​ , publication, identification and form of legal acts to be published in the official journal Diário da República).

The Law No. 43/2014 http://data.dre.pt/eli/lei/43/2014/07/11/p/dre/pt/html​​ amends and republishes the Law no. 74/98.

The ELI is not applied to the legal acts published in the 2nd series of the official journal Diário da República.

ACCESSIBILITY — IMPLEMENTATION OF THE DIRECTIVE (EU) 2016/2102

At the request of citizens with disabilities and according to Directive (EU) 2016/2102 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 October 2016 http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2016/2102/oj​​ , the mouse position on the acronym ELI — for example the official journal of 20 October 2017 http://data.dre.pt/eli/diario/1/203/2017/0/pt/html​​ — will return the descriptive “European Legislation Identifier” and the screen reading tools used by citizens with disabilities associate the description “European Legislation Identifier” with the acronym ELI.

The code added is as follows:

<abbr title="European Legislation Identifier">ELI</abbr>

Exemplification:

Creates a double underline in the acronym ELI:

Placing the mouse on the acronym ELI, the user recognizes and reads the descriptive “European Identifier of the Legislation”:

ELI VALIDATOR

The ELI Validator Tool is available, which allows you to validate the content of the pages that contain the ELI metadata: http://labs.sparna.fr/eli-validator/validate​​ .

To validate the ELI content you can use the URL of the official journal Diário da República (or legal act) or you can copy the source of the respective page.

IMPLEMENTATION ROADMAP

Portugal will implement the second pillar of the ELI at the Consolidation level and complete the implementation of the third pillar of the ELI during the year 2018.

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