The concept of the identifier is described in the Council conclusions inviting the introduction of the European Legislation Identifier (ELI) (2012/C 325/02) and the Council conclusions on the European Legislation Identifier (2017/C 441/05) . The concept involves the creation of a common system for the identification of legislation and its metadata, which will complement Member States’ legal information systems. It also introduces a new standard of access to legal information, however states implementing ELI
URI templates are strings made up of fixed and variable parts:
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