Legal provisions of COM(2011)162 - Electronic publication of the Official Journal of the EU - Main contents
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dossier | COM(2011)162 - Electronic publication of the Official Journal of the EU. |
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document | COM(2011)162 ![]() |
date | March 7, 2013 |
Article 1
2. Without prejudice to Article 3, only the Official Journal published in electronic form (hereinafter ‘the electronic edition of the Official Journal’) shall be authentic and shall produce legal effects.
Article 2
2. The electronic edition of the Official Journal shall display information regarding its publication date.
3. The electronic edition of the Official Journal shall be made available to the public on the EUR-Lex website in a non-obsolete format and for an unlimited period. Its consultation shall be free of charge.
Article 3
The moment at which such a disruption occurs shall be established by the Publications Office.
2. Where it is necessary to publish the Official Journal when the information system of the Publications Office is not operational pursuant to a disruption as referred to in paragraph 1, only the printed edition of the Official Journal shall be authentic and shall produce legal effects.
Once the information system of the Publications Office is restored, the corresponding electronic version of the printed edition referred to in the first subparagraph shall be made available to the public on the EUR-Lex website for information purposes only and shall contain a notice to that effect.
3. Once the information system of the Publications Office is restored, the EUR-Lex website shall provide information on all printed editions that are authentic and that produce legal effects in accordance with the first subparagraph of paragraph 2.
Article 4
(a) | publishing it and guaranteeing its authenticity; |
(b) | implementing, managing and maintaining the information system producing the electronic edition of the Official Journal, and upgrading that system in line with future technical developments; |
(c) | implementing and extending the technical facilities to ensure accessibility for all users to the electronic edition of the Official Journal; |
(d) | setting up internal security and access rules with regard to the information system producing the electronic edition of the Official Journal; |
(e) | preserving and archiving the electronic files and handling them in line with future technological developments. |
2. The Publications Office shall exercise the responsibilities set out in paragraph 1 in accordance with Decision 2009/496/EC, Euratom.
Article 5
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.