CELEX – Fields and Groups

In the CELEX databases, fields are given names which appear on the left hand side of the document (sometimes abbreviated).

For convenience, fields are assigned to groups (sometimes referred to as lexicons), each of which contains related information or information in a similar format.

Searches can be restricted to individual fields or groups, for example, you can choose to search only in the Title field or only in the BIBLIO group. For more complex searches, any combination of fields and/or groups can be searched.

Default group
General group
Adv. Gen. and Judge group (Advocate-General and Judge-Rapporteur)
All Persons group (parties involved in cases before the European Court of Justice)
All Text group (documents from the Official Journal, and keywords and descriptive phrases to classify the document)
BIBLIO group (bibliographic information)
Cross References group (references to other CELEX documents)
Date group (date fields)
National Implementations group (implementation of European Union directives)
Reports group (information about cases before the European Court of Justice)
UK Provisions group (implementation of European Union directives in United Kingdom)
Display-only fields

While a document is displayed on the Document screen, you can use the Outline facility to move quickly to any particular field in the document.

Field	Group	Treat	Ext Agree	Leg	Prop	Case Law	Natl Imp	Parl Quest	OJC Docs	EFTA Docs
Address	General	T	EA	L	P			PQ
AdvGen	Reports					CL
Applica	All Persons					CL
Author	Biblio	T	EA	L	P	CL	NI	PQ	OD	ED
AutLang	General	T	EA	L		CL	NI			ED
AutProv	National			L			NI
BelProv	National			L			NI
BgrProv	National			L			NI
Concerns	CrossRef					CL
Costs	Reports					CL
CourtDec	CrossRef			L
CypProv	National			L			NI
CzeProv	National			L			NI
Dates	-	T	EA	L	P	CL	NI	PQ		ED
Debate	Date				P
Defendan	All Persons					CL
Descript	All Text				P			PQ		ED
Despatch	Date				P			PQ
DespNPr	General			L
DeuProv	National			L			NI
DnkProv	National			L			NI
Doc	Date	T	EA	L	P	CL	NI	PQ		ED
EarlActs	CrossRef	T	EA		P
EndVal	Date	T	EA	L	P					ED
EspProv	National			L			NI
EstProv	National			L			NI
FinProv	National			L			NI
Form	Default	T	EA	L	P	CL	NI	PQ	OD	ED
Fr_Text	General					CL
FraProv	National			L			NI
GBrProv	UKProv			L			NI
GrcProv	National			L			NI
Grounds	Reports					CL
HunProv	National			L			NI
Impl. SIs	UKProv						NI
Index	Reports					CL
InFceNP	General			L
InForce	Date	T	EA	L	P					ED
IrlProv	National			L			NI
Issue1	Reports					CL
Issue2	Reports					CL
ItaProv	National			L			NI
JudgRap	Reports					CL
JurCit	CrossRef					CL
LatProv	National			L			NI
LegBase	CrossRef	T	EA	L	P					ED
LegCit	CrossRef	T	EA	L	P			PQ		ED
Legislat	General				P			PQ
LitProv	National			L			NI
Lodged	Date					CL
LuxProv	National			L			NI
MalProv	National			L			NI
MiscInf	General	T	EA	L	P	CL	NI
Modified	CrossRef	T	EA	L	P			PQ
Modifies	CrossRef	T	EA	L	P			PQ
NatCourt	General					CL
Nationa	General					CL
NldProv	National			L			NI
Notes	General					CL
Notified	Date			L
Observ	All Persons					CL
Opinion	General					CL
OpPart	Reports					CL
PolGroup	General							PQ
PolProv	National			L			NI
PrepWork	General			L
Procedur	General					CL
PrtProv	National			L			NI
Pub	Date	T	EA	L	P			PQ	OD	ED
PubRef	Biblio	T	EA		P	CL	NI	PQ	OD	ED
Reference	Biblio	T	EA	L	P	CL	NI	PQ	OD	ED
Reltd. SIs	UKProv						NI
Reply	Date							PQ
RouProv	National			L			NI
Signed	Date	T	EA
SlokProv	National			L			NI
SlonProv	National			L			NI
Sub	Default	T	EA	L	P	CL	NI			ED
SubsPrep	CrossRef	T	EA	L	P
Summary	Reports					CL
SveProv	National			L			NI
Text	All Text	T	EA	L	P			PQ		ED
Title	Default	T	EA	L	P	CL	NI	PQ	OD	ED
Transpos	Date			L
Treaty	Biblio	T	EA	L	P	CL	NI	PQ		ED
TypDoc	Biblio	T	EA	L	P	CL	NI	PQ	OD	ED
Update Date	Biblio	T	EA	L	P	CL	NI	PQ	OD	ED
Vote	Date				P