EUR-Lex
Official EU legal database providing free public access to all EU law and regulatory texts.
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Where can you find the official text of the AI Act, CRA, and CAIDA implementing measures?
- Where can I find the full text of EU regulations like the GDPR or AI Act?
- EUR-Lex (EUR-Lex.europa.eu) is the official EU legal database providing free access to all EU laws including regulations, directives, and treaties in all 24 official languages. The consolidated text versions integrate all amendments.Source: eur-lex.europa.eu
- Is EUR-Lex the official version of EU law?
- Yes. EUR-Lex publishes the EU Official Journal in its electronic version, which has had full legal force equivalent to the paper edition since 2013. The EUR-Lex text is the legally binding version of EU regulations and directives.
Background
EUR-Lex is the official online portal of the European Union that provides free public access to EU law, including treaties, regulations, directives, decisions, and preparatory acts such as Commission proposals and Parliament legislative resolutions. It is operated by the Publications Office of the European Union and publishes texts in all 24 official EU languages. EUR-Lex is the authoritative source for EU legal texts: when a regulation like the AI Act, GDPR, or CRA is referenced in policy or litigation, the EUR-Lex entry is the legally binding version.
The portal uses the CELLAR content store and assigns each legal act a unique EUR-Lex identifier — typically an OJ (Official Journal) reference such as `L 119/1` for GDPR or a COM number for Commission proposals. Practitioners use EUR-Lex's document search, consolidated text versions (which integrate all amendments into a single readable text), and the ELI (European Legislation Identifier) framework for citation. EUR-Lex also publishes the EU Official Journal in its electronic version, which has had legal force equivalent to the paper version since 2013.
In the European tech sovereignty context, EUR-Lex is the terminal reference point for AI Act delegated acts, CAIDA implementing measures, Chips Act II regulations, and CRA guidance. Researchers, journalists, compliance teams, and lobbyists monitor EUR-Lex for publication of new acts and delegated legislation. The appearance of a document on EUR-Lex marks the moment at which legal uncertainty transitions to legal obligation, making it a critical operational intelligence source for any organisation subject to EU digital regulation.