Life and Health Sciences Harvard Referencing Guidelines: European Union Regulation

The required elements for the reference are:

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

Reference List

Example of the full reference at the end of your assignment   

For Regulations published after January 2015:

Regulation (EU) 2021/56 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 January 2021 laying down management, conservation and control measures applicable in the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Convention area and amending Council Regulation (EC) No 520/2007. (2021) Official Journal, L24/1.

For Regulations published before January 2015:

Regulation (EU) No 517/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on fluorinated greenhouse gases and repealing Regulation (EC) No 842/2006 (Text with EEA relevance). (2014) Official Journal, L150/195.

In-text citation

Example 1 where the author's name occurs naturally in the sentence.

As stated in Regulation (EU) 2021/56 (2021) ...

Example 2 where the author's name occurs naturally in the sentence.

The management of the areas are detailed in the Regulation (EU 2021).

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: year/number, e.g. Regulation (EU) 2021/56.

• For EU legislation published before January 2015, for regulations, the running number precedes the year, e.g. Regulation (EU) No 517/2014.

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