European Legislation Identifier (ELI) 

ELI is a system to make legislation available online in a standardised format, so that it can be accessed, exchanged and reused across borders.  

What are the advantages of ELI?

The ELI identifier and associated metadata guarantees easier access to legal information and facilitates its exchange and reuse. In particular, the ELI system:

promotes interoperability between legal systems;

drives transparency and openness;

allows users to access the legislation easily;

makes searching across legislation in different legal systems more efficient;

improves the effectiveness of legal publishing workflows;

allows the smart reuse of legal data and creates opportunities for the development of new services by the private sector.