Template:Cite EU directive/doc

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 note 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


 * All parameters, vertical layout

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 " 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