Template:Cite EU directive/doc

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
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
When copying all parameters, in either horizontal or vertical layout, delete those you don't need.
 * All parameters, horizontal layout


 * All parameters, vertical layout

Required parameters

 * 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 " should be omitted.
 * eurlextag: CELEX number at EUR-Lex. e.g. 32011L0095