Title: European Forum of Official Gazettes

Source/Sponsoring Agency: European Forum of Official Gazettes

URL: http://circa.europa.eu/irc/opoce/ojf/info/data/prod/html/

Date Checked: 6/22/2012      Status: Active

Date Annotated: 6/4/2012

Topics: Foreign Law

Other keywords: Official Gazettes; Law (Europe)

Contents: The European Forum of Official Gazettes site is a simple, free site with links to the official gazettes of European countries. The language of the site is English and contains two types of information: links to official gazettes, and information on the European Forum itself. In 2004 the European Union organizations responsible for Official Gazettes created the European Forum of Official Gazettes and the attendant website. Originally confined to EU countries, in the second year it expanded membership to the European Free Trade Association, European Union Candidate, and European Union Potential Candidate countries. In all there are links to the official gazettes of 38 countries. The website's home page has a left-hand column that allows the visitor to click on the group of countries (EU, EFTA, Candidate or Potential Candidate) and from there click on the link to the official gazette site. It assumes the user knows which country belongs to which category; there is no search engine. The left-hand column also has categories for the members and observers list, which gives contact information for the agencies that are responsible for the gazettes. Under the rubric Library and Directories, the site supplies a set of free publications referring to the European Forum of Official Gazettes (e.g. working documents of various meetings, and reports on recent trends in official gazettes and electronic archiving). For those who are a member of the European Forum there is a members only section which requires ID and password, so the reviewer is unable to comment on this area of the website.

Author of Annotation: J. Luke