Life and Health Sciences Harvard Referencing Guidelines: European Union Directive

The required elements for the reference are:

Legislation type, number and title. (Year of Publication) Official Journal, Series Issue/first page.

Reference List

For Directives published after January 2015:

Directive (EU) 2018/958 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 June 2018 on a proportionality test before adoption of new regulation of professions. (2018) Official Journal, L173/25.

For Directives published before January 2015:

Directive 2011/24/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2011 on the application of patients’ rights in cross-border healthcare. (2011) Official Journal, L88/45.

or

Council Directive 2010/32/EU of 10 May 2010 implementing the framework agreement on prevention from sharp injuries in the hospital and healthcare sector concluded by HOSPEEM and EPSU (Text with EEA relevance). (2010) Official Journal, L134/66.

In-text citation 

As stated in Directive (EU) 2018/958 (2018)...

Points to note: 

• From 1 January 2015, the numbering of EU legislation has changed. For all regulations, directives, decisions, recommendations and opinions published after this date, the legislation number is referenced as: (Domain e.g. EU) year/number, e.g. Directive (EU) 2018/958.

• Use Official Journal instead of the fuller title Official Journal of the European Union.