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This template is used to cite online sources in Wikipedia articles. For general information about citations in Wikipedia articles, see Wikipedia:cite sources.
A general discussion of the use of templates for adding citation of open-source web content to Wikipedia articles is available at citation templates.
Usage
Please notice that none of the parameters should be capitalised, to avoid the article being tagged as having a broken citation. Use "type", "number", etc. - not "Type", "Number", etc.
All parameters
When copying all parameters, in either horizontal or vertical layout, delete those you don't need.
- All parameters, horizontal layout
{{cite EU directive |serial= |year= |date= |description = |eurlextag= }}
- All parameters, vertical layout
{{cite EU directive
| serial =
| year =
| date =
| description =
| eurlextag =
}}
Required parameters
- serial: Serial number of legislation for example "80/181/EEC"
- date: Official publication date of legislation e.g. 29 April 2002
- description: Official description of legislation. The wording "COUNCIL DIRECTIVE of <dd mmm yyyy>" should be omitted.
Optional parameters
- year: Formal publication year of legislation, if different from date
- eurlextag: Tag for EUR-Lex database e.g. OJ:L:2002:118:0001:0054:EN:PDF