European Parliament
Sergio Paolo Francesco Silvestris  (PPE ),
in writing.
(IT)
It is necessary to enhance legal certainty by broadening access to European Union law, putting everyone in a position to rely on the electronic edition of the
Official Journal of the European Union
(OJ) as the official, authentic, up-to-date and complete version. This vote establishes the principle under which electronic publication will equate in legal terms to valid publication of the OJ. However, in exceptional and temporary cases of unforeseen disruption of the electronic publication only, the printed version would have legal value. This will provide for increased legal certainty and better access for citizens to EU legal acts. Currently, almost everyone consults just the electronic form of EU legal acts. The fact that electronic versions of legal acts are not legally binding is unacceptable in itself, and creates uncertainty, which must be removed.

