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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

See also