The Publications Office of the European Union is the official provider of publishing services and data, information and knowledge management services to all EU institutions, bodies and agencies. This makes it the central point of access to EU law, publications, open data, research results, procurement notices, and other official information.
5-637: Its mission is to support EU policies and make a broad range of information publicly available as accessible and reusable data. The overall aim is to facilitate transparency, economic activity, and the dissemination of knowledge. As such, it is the central provider of access to publications of the European Union including legal publications (prominently the Official Journal of the European Union ), public procurement notices, open data and applications. The Publications Office's main audience
10-609: A significant role in several of the EU's political priorities: democracy, the economy, and digital transformation. The Publications Office of the European Union is managed by its director-general and senior management on the basis of the strategic guidelines set by the management committee. Official Journal of the European Union The Official Journal of the European Union (the OJEU )
15-680: Is the official gazette of record for the European Union (EU). It is published every working day in all of the official languages of the member states of the EU . Only legal acts published in the Official Journal are binding . It was first published on 30 December 1952 as the Official Journal of the European Coal and Steel Community , then renamed Official Journal of the European Communities with
20-441: Is the public (individuals and businesses). Thanks to its work, a wide range of official EU information is available to the public as findable, accessible, interoperable and reusable (FAIR) data — essential in today's data-driven economy. The Publications Office thus supports transparency, economic activity, the development of modern technologies such as artificial intelligence, and access to knowledge in general. This means it plays
25-574: The establishment of the European Community , before taking its current title when the Treaty of Nice entered into force on 1 February 2003. Since 1998, the journal has been available online via the EUR-Lex service. On 1 July 2013, published issues of the Official Journal began to have legal value only in electronic form, per Article 5 of Regulation (EU) No 216/2013. From this date,
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