Referencing with EU Style Using Zotero
Referencing a legal document
Referencing a legal document
An EU directive
In-text citation
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit (Directive 2007/2/EC (INSPIRE), 2007).
Reference in the bibliography
Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 March 2007 establishing an Infrastructure for Spatial Information in the European Community (INSPIRE), (25 April 2007), OJ L 108, pp. 1–14, http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2007/2/oj.
Bibliographic metadata in Zotero
An EU regulation
In-text citation
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit (Regulation (EU) 2021/691 (EGF), 2021).
Reference in the bibliography
Regulation (EU) 2021/691 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 April 2021 on the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers (EGF) and repealing Regulation (EU) No 1309/2013, (28 April 2021), OJ L 153, pp. 48–70, http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2021/691/oj/eng.
Bibliographic metadata in Zotero
Legal documents
Zotero 'Item Type' – 'Statute'.
In this type of document, the EU style includes the creator of the document in the title, following the formatting of EU legal documents.
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Zotero fields |
Bibliographic element |
Status |
observations |
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Name of Act |
Title |
Required |
should include the creator(s) of the document
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Code |
Container title |
Required if... |
... applicable |
| Date Enacted |
Date of publication |
Required |
the three date-parts (y-m-d) will be displayed if present |
| Pages
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Start and end pages number |
Required if... |
... applicable |
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URL |
Digital locator |
Required if... |
... applicable |
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Short title |
Title |
Required |
this field is used in in-text citations, it should include the numbering of the act and a relevant abbreviation of the title (such as the ‘nickname’ of the act) |
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Extra |
[can assume several] |
Optional |
can be used to add additional bibliographic elements that are not included by default |