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Reference guide for APA 7th edition

Reference guide for APA 7th edition intended for students at the department of Biology and CEC, Lund University. NB! If you access the guide using a smartphone, the text will open below the menu.

EU regulations

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NB! The APA (7th edition) manual does not contain any specific instructions on how to refer laws and regulations outside of the United States. The recommendation is instead to format the references according to guidelines in each country. The instructions under this section are our interpretation of how to apply APA (7th edition) to refer to EU regulations.  

When citing EU regulations, you should make it clear to the reader what type of document you are referring to by including either the title or a description of the document together with the in-text reference the first time you cite the source. If you accessed the regulation online, include the URL of the website from which it was retrieved in the reference.

Do not forget to consult the general instructions on how to write references according to APA (7th edition), including 

Template for how to format references to EU regulations in the reference list

Regulation Number/YYYY. Title. URL

Examples of in-text references to EU regulations

According article 13 paragraph 1 in the EU regulation on the prevention and management of the introduction and spread of invasive alien species (Regulation 1143/2014)...

Examples of references to EU regulations in the reference list

Regulation 1143/2014. Regulation (EU) No 1143/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2014 on the prevention and management of the introduction and spread of invasive alien species. http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2014/1143/oj