Template:Cite EU regulation/doc

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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[edit]

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[edit]

When copying all parameters, in either horizontal or vertical layout, delete those you don't need.

All parameters, horizontal layout

{{cite EU regulation |serial= |date= |description= |eurlextag= }}

All parameters, vertical layout

{{cite EU regulation
| serial      = 
| date        = 
| description = 
| eurlextag   = 
}}

Required parameters[edit]

serial: Serial number of legislation, for example "1346/2000"
date: Official publication date of legislation e.g. 29 April 2002
description: Official description of legislation. The wording "Council Regulation of <dd mmm yyyy>" should be omitted.
eurlextag: CELEX number at EUR-Lex. e.g. 32000R1346

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