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- Definition: network websites are websites or platforms set up and managed by the European Commission (as a service provider) to encourage and facilitate interaction among a specific, non-EC target audience.
- Scope: network network websites follow design principles close to those for core and standardised sites.
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- Definition: websites providing information on internal working methods of the EU institutions, standards and guidelines. Resources for institutions’ employees, partners and service providers.
- Scope: internal policy websites follow design principles close to those for core and standardised sites.
Harmonised websites Group 1
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For Harmonised websites Group 1 the Global Banner, the site header, the page header and the footer are all mandatory components. Inside each of these components, there are elements that are mandatory or optional as described in the table below:
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the Global banner is the official EU stamp that gives a visual indicator and easy access to EU institutions and bodies sites, guaranteeing the user visits an official EU website | yes | no | |||
Harmonised Group 1 site header the Harmonised site header is present should be on every page. It communicates the European Commission brand and provides basic structure and guidance. The site header is composed of several mandatory and optional elements such as: | European Commission logo site name | login language select Europa search form Classclass name | yes | no | menu |
| Harmonised Group 1 page header the Harmonised page header gives context and information to the user on what the page is about. It is present should be on every page, just below the site header, except for the homepage. The page header is composed of mandatory and optional elements such as: | page titleIntroduction | breadcrumb yesmeta nointroduction | |||
| The standardised he Harmonised footer should be on every page. It provides supplementarycomplementary information such as copyright, legal, privacy, social media, contact information and links to other important sections within the European Commission ecosystem. | yes | no The footer is composed of mandatory and optional elements | site name content owner details corporate name service navigation legal navigation | DG- related service navigation DG-related navigation class names |
Harmonised websites Group 2
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- Definition: regularly updated websites dedicated to publishing general features and news items about specific European Commission activities, from an individual perspective or via a corporate (DG/Agency-managed) newsletter/magazine.
Harmonised websites Group 2
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For Harmonised websites Group 2, the Global Banner, the site header and the footer are mandatory components. The page header is the only optional component. Inside each of these components, there are elements that are mandatory or optional as described in the table below:
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the Global banner is the official EU stamp that gives a visual indicator and easy access to EU institutions and bodies sites, guaranteeing the user visits an official EU website | yes | no | ||
Harmonised Group 2 site header the Harmonised site header is present should be on every page. It communicates the European Commission brand and provides basic structure and guidance. The site header is composed of several mandatory and optional elements such as:elements | European Commission logo | Language language select Europa search form | yes | no menu |
| Harmonised Group 2 page header the Harmonised page header gives context and information to the user on what the page is about. It is present should be on every page, just below the site header, except for the homepage. The page header is composed of mandatory and optional elements such as: | page title Introductionintroduction | yes meta nobreadcrumb | ||
| The standardised the Harmonised footer should be on every page. It provides supplementary information such as copyright, legal, privacy, social media, contact information and links to other important sections within the European CommissionEC ecosystem. | yes | no All elements are mandatory | corporate name service navigation legal navigation |
Harmonised websites Group 3
Partnership websites
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The specific detailed rules for EC-branded core websites, are described in detail in the Harmonised group 3 template section of the ECL. when the European Commission shares the ownership of a website with one or several non-EU institution(s), it is a partnership website. The European Commission and its partners co-decide on the content and cooperate in terms of budget, maintenance and management of the website.
It is mandatory to use the Harmonised websites Group 3 site header with the site name as the only mandatory element and the Harmonised websites Group 3 Footer. It is recommended to keep all logo(s) at the same level, either in the header or the footer of the website.
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