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About European Legislation Identifier (ELI)

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Narodne novine ELI implementation


Narodne novine has made an effort to implement the ELI scheme on top of its publishing and search web. Please read more here.


What is ELI?*


The European Legislation Identifier (ELI) is a system to make legislation available online in a standardised format so that it can be accessed, exchanged and reused across borders. This initiative, taken jointly by EU countries and institutions, is enshrined in the Council Conclusions of 6 November 2017 on the European Legislation Identifier (2017/C 441/05). **

ELI is based on a voluntary agreement between the EU countries. It includes technical specifications on:

  • web identifiers (URIs) for legal information
  • metadata specifying how to describe legal information
  • a specific language for exchanging legislation in machine-readable formats

ELI is funded under Action "Facilitating the exchange of legislation data in Europe", which falls under the Interoperability Solutions for European Public Administrations (ISA²) Programme.

* This content has been transferred from https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli-register/about.html

** The Council conclusions of 6 November 2017 on the European Legislation Identifier are built on an initial version of the Council Conclusions published on 26 October 2012 (2012/C 325/02).


ELI's advantages*


ELI has the following advantages:

  • Better-quality, more reliable legislation data: ELI helps improve the quality and reliability of legal information online through the use of persistent identifiers and structured metadata.
  • Greater interoperability: ELI encourages interoperability among information systems by structuring legislation in a standardised way, while taking account of the specific features of different legal systems.
  • Better access to legislation: Thanks to search engine optimisation, ELI makes it easier to locate legal data, which can thus be more widely used.
  • It promotes the development of new services: Making legislation available in a structured way helps develop value-added services.
  • Cost savings: ELI makes information flows more effectively and shortens the time taken to publish legislation.
  • It promotes transparency: By improving access to legal information, ELI makes it easier to follow up on work done by governments and promotes greater accountability.

* This content has been transferred from https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli-register/about.html