Official Journal of the European Union
The authoritative source of EU law
The Official Journal of the European Union (OJ) is the only periodical published every working day in all official languages of the European Union.
It consists of two related series (L for legislation and C for information and notices) and a supplement (S for public procurement).
All journals are available in printed format as well as on CD-ROM. The S-series is also available in a daily updated online edition, the so-called TED database (Tenders Electronic Daily). Access to TED is free of charge (http://ted.europa.eu/). Free access to information on EU law is available at EUR-Lex.
OJ/S at a glance
| History | Production of the daily Supplement to the Official Journal (OJ/S) since 1987. Helpdesk services for the Awarding Authorities.
1998 saw the development of the production system "ESC-JOS" including messaging.
In collaboration with the Publications Office, the system is continuously adapted and improved (using SGML/XML, public procurement forms, etc.). |
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| Type of documents published | Public procurement documents of all EU Member States, the various European institutions and the European Economic Area, in 23 languages. |
| Volumes and quantities | Approx. 1,250 source documents per day, resulting in approx. 27,500 documents per day in all languages, or 6,875,000 documents per year |
| Turnaround times | 3 days for incoming electronic documents (XML) and urgent documents (~ 75% of the volume) 10 days for all other documents |
| Quality level | Not more than 0.2% of produced documents may contain any mistake |
| Production locations | Luxembourg, Cracow, Budapest, Riga, Bucharest, Malta, Dublin |
OJ/S CD-ROM & TED at a glance
| History | Since 1997, production and hosting of TED (Tenders Electronic Daily) and the dissemination of the OJ/S CD-ROM.
The production system was created from scratch in 1997, and since then has been adapted and optimized on a permanent basis. Today, the system ensures a fully automated production process with a minimum of manual intervention. |
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| Type of documents published | Public procurement documents of all EU Member States, the various European institutions and the European Economic Area, in 23 languages. |
| Volumes and quantities | Approx. 1,250 source documents per day, resulting in approx. 27,500 documents per day in all languages, or 6,875,000 documents per year |
| Turnaround times | - Production start: 5 pm - Transfer of CD-ROM image to replication plant: 8 pm - Publishing the OJ/S edition on TED: 9 am the following day - Delivery of CD-ROMs to customer for further dissemination: 2 pm the following day |
| Quality level | Various key performance indicators (KPIs), defined together with the customer to meet different service criteria |
| Production locations | Luxembourg, Tilburg, Saarbrücken |
OJ/L at a glance
| History | Since 2004, production of the daily Official Journal series L (OJ/L).
The production system is based on a system originally developed in 1999 for the former production of the Official Journal series C (OJ/C). |
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| Type of documents published | Legal acts of the European Union in 22 languages. |
| Volumes and quantities | - 249 Official Journals and 3,137 legal acts - 10,000 pages per language - Daily volume varies between 4 and 144 pages, per language and per journal |
| Turnaround times | On average, documents are published within two calendar days
Some documents have to be published within one day (input until 6 pm for delivery at 9 am the following day) |
| Quality level | Not more than 0.8 errors per 1,000 characters are allowed |
| Production locations | Luxembourg, Cracow, Budapest |
OJ/L & OJ/C CD-ROM at a glance
| History | In May 2006, the Publications Office commissioned euroscript to develop a new application where all documents published in the Official Journal (series L & C) could be viewed on CD-ROM, and to run this service.
The production system is based on the production system already in use for the OJ/S CD-ROM, including support for the Verity Search Engine. |
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| Type of documents published | Legal acts of the European Union (OJ/L) and information and notices (OJ/C). |
| Volumes and quantities | 44 monthly editions of the CD-ROM (22 languages for the "L", 21 languages for the "C" series).
The CD-ROM contains all journals published within the last six months, including meta information and search indexes. |
| Turnaround times | - Daily data processing - Monthly production of CD-ROMs |
| Quality level | Each CD-ROM charge is checked by the customer and approved separately |
| Production locations | Luxembourg, Elbigenalp |