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Citation rules/International materials/21.9 European Union

Use a short form

Warning2Federal courts, Illinois courts21st and 22nd editions

Once a document's first citation of a European Union founding treaty registers a bracketed short form, the citations after it use that tag rather than the treaty's full name.1

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  1. 1R. 21.9(c) Founding treaties. Tables: R. 21.4.5 Treaty Sources.
  2. 2A warning: the form is usually wrong under the rule in note 1, and context can justify it.
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More in 21.9 European Union

  1. Add the date in parentheses
  2. Add the date of the sitting
  3. Add the date the article was in effect
  4. Add the document number
  5. Add the issuing institution
  6. Add the meeting place or exact date
  7. Add the missing version marker or date
  8. Add the series and issue parenthetical
  9. Use a short form

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More in 21.9 European Union

  1. Add the date in parentheses
  2. Add the date of the sitting
  3. Add the date the article was in effect
  4. Add the document number
  5. Add the issuing institution
  6. Add the meeting place or exact date
  7. Add the missing version marker or date
  8. Add the series and issue parenthetical
  9. Use a short form

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