Countries implementing the European Legislation Identifier (ELI)

Countries have implemented ELI to different levels as shown in the table below.

ELI implementation in the EU

	Pillar 1	Pillar 2	Pillar 3	Pillar 4
Belgium	✔
Czechia	✔
Denmark	✔	✔	✔	✔
Germany	✔
Ireland	✔	✔	✔(partial)
Greece	✔	✔	✔(partial)
Spain	✔	✔	✔	✔
France	✔	✔	✔
Croatia	✔	✔	✔
Italy	✔	✔	✔	✔(partial)
Cyprus	✔ (being currently implemented)
Lithuania	✔ (being currently implemented)
Luxembourg	✔	✔	✔	✔
Hungary	✔
Malta	✔	✔	✔(partial)
Austria	✔
Poland	✔	✔	✔
Portugal	✔	✔	✔	✔
Slovenia	✔(partial)	✔(partial)
Slovakia	✔	✔(partial)
Finland	✔	✔	✔	✔
Publications Office of the EU	✔	✔	✔

ELI implementation in other European countries

	Pillar 1	Pillar 2	Pillar 3	Pillar 4
Albania	✔	✔	✔
Norway	✔	✔	✔	✔(partial)
Serbia	✔	✔	✔
Switzerland	✔	✔	✔	✔(partial)
United Kingdom	✔	✔	✔(partial)	✔

ELI governance

The European Legislation Identifier Task Force (ELI TF) is the body created by the Council of the European Union Working Party on E-law to draw up ELI-related specifications and to ensure their future development.

The ELI TF comprises representatives of the Publications Office of the European Union and countries implementing ELI.

Governance rules of the ELI TF and processes to changes to ELI specifications

Privacy statement for national coordinators

Last update: 14 October 2025