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 directive |serial= |date= |description= |eurlextag= }}

All parameters, vertical layout
{{cite EU directive
| serial      = 
| date        = 
| description = 
| eurlextag   = 
}}

Required parameters edit

  • serial: Serial number of legislation, for example "2011/95/EU"
  • date: Official publication date of legislation e.g. 13 December 2011
  • description: Official description of legislation. The wording "Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council of <dd mmm yyyy>" should be omitted.
  • eurlextag: CELEX number at EUR-Lex. e.g. 32011L0095

See also edit