Legal provisions of COM(2020)257 - Amendment of Regulation (EU) No 216/2013 on the electronic publication of the Official Journal of the EU

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dossier COM(2020)257 - Amendment of Regulation (EU) No 216/2013 on the electronic publication of the Official Journal of the EU.
document COM(2020)257 EN
date February 20, 2024

Contents

Article 1

Regulation (EU) No 216/2013 is amended as follows:

(1) Article 2 is amended as follows:

(a)paragraph 1 is replaced by the following:

‘1.    The electronic edition of the Official Journal shall be published under technical conditions ensuring the authenticity of its content.

The system put into place to ensure authenticity shall be documented on the EUR-Lex website and allow for the authenticity of the electronic edition of the Official Journal to be easily verified.’;

(b)the following paragraph 4 is added:

‘4.    Where certain information in the Official Journal must be removed after publication pursuant to a decision of the Court of Justice of the European Union or for reasons of protection of personal data in accordance with Union legislation, a new version of the electronic edition of the Official Journal concerned shall be published, accompanied by a notice to that effect. The original version of the electronic edition of the Official Journal concerned shall be kept in the archives of the Publications Office for an unlimited period.’;

(2) Article 3 is replaced by the following:

‘Article 3

1. Where it is not possible to publish the electronic edition of the Official Journal on the EUR-Lex website due to an unforeseen and exceptional disruption of the information systems involved, the issue of the Official Journal concerned, in printed or electronic form, shall be displayed at the premises of the Publications Office. Such edition shall be authentic and shall produce legal effects.

2. Once the information systems referred to in paragraph 1 are restored, the electronic edition of the Official Journal corresponding to the edition published in accordance with paragraph 1 shall be made available on the EUR-Lex website. From that moment on, it shall be considered as the only authentic edition and shall produce legal effects.

3. The electronic editions of the Official Journal corresponding to the authentic printed editions of the Official Journal published after 1 July 2013 shall be considered as the only authentic editions from the date of entry into force of this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.