EU legislation

3 tools covering EU regulations, directives, and decisions from EUR-Lex. Available in English, German, and French.

`eu_list_legislation`

List EU secondary legislation from EUR-Lex. Filter by type and status.

Parameter	Type	Description
`doc_type`	"regulation" \| "directive" \| "decision"	Filter by legislation type.
`in_force`	boolean	Only show currently in-force legislation.
`lang`	"en" \| "de" \| "fr"	Language filter.
`limit`	number= 20	Max results to return.
`offset`	number= 0	Skip first N results.

ArgumentsJSON

{
  "doc_type": "regulation",
  "lang": "en",
  "limit": 2
}

Responsetext

Showing 1-2 of 6328 EU regulations:

- 32026R0150 - Council Regulation (EU) 2026/150 of 16 January 2026 amend...
  regulation | 2026-01-16 | EN

- 32025R2650 - Regulation (EU) 2025/2650 of the European Parliament and ...
  regulation | 2025-12-19 | EN

`eu_search_legislation`

Full-text search EU secondary legislation. Query syntax: Terms (GDPR), AND (implicit: data protection), Phrases ("personal data"), OR (regulation OR directive), NOT (-proposal).

Parameter	Type	Description
`query`required	string	Search query (supports phrases, OR, -negation).
`celex`	string	Search within a specific document (e.g., 32016R0679).
`doc_type`	"regulation" \| "directive" \| "decision"	Filter by legislation type.
`lang`	"en" \| "de" \| "fr"	Language filter.
`limit`	number= 10	Max results to return.
`offset`	number= 0	Skip first N results.
`window_size`	number= 64	Snippet context size in tokens.

ArgumentsJSON

{
  "query": "personal data protection",
  "doc_type": "regulation",
  "lang": "en",
  "limit": 2
}

Responsetext

Showing 1-2 of 887 results for "personal data protection" in regulations:

- 32016R0679 - Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parlia...
  (gdpr, personal data, personal data protection)
  regulation | 2016-04-27 | EN
  ...on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data...

- 32024R0868 - Regulation (EU) 2024/868 of the European Parlia...
  regulation | 2024-03-13 | EN

`eu_get_legislation`

Get EU legislation by CELEX number.

Parameter	Type	Description
`celex`required	string	CELEX number (e.g., 32016R0679).
`lang`	"en" \| "de" \| "fr"	Preferred language.
`offset`	number= 0	Character offset for pagination.
`limit`	number= 4000	Max characters to return.

ArgumentsJSON

{
  "celex": "32016R0679",
  "lang": "en",
  "limit": 500
}

Responsetext

---
celex: 32016R0679
eli: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2016/679/oj
doc_type: regulation
in_force: yes
date_document: 2016-04-27
lang: en
---

# Regulation (EU) 2016/679 — on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data...

4.5.2016 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 119/1...