Contact and support
If you require further assistance, please contact:
European Commission
DG Communication
Unit B.3
Europa Web Communication
In-house guides
- Interinstitutional style guide – useful for lists of countries, currencies, official names of institutions (in 24 languages). Note that such full official titles are not always applicable in websites aimed at a general readership
- Commission style guide- similar to the Interinstitutional style guide. Recommended reference for writing European Commission internal documents, as well as its communications with the outside world
- Web writing guidelines, produced by Directorate-General for Communication (B.3). Recommended reference for producing online texts
- How to write clearly is a booklet that can be downloaded as a PDF from the Publications Office
Language aids
- Drafting aids in EU languages
- English style guide, useful reference, expanding on the Interinstitutional style guide - DownloadPDF - 1.2 MB
- Terminology database IATE (various languages)
General writing guides
- International Telecommunications Union style guide
- Economist style guide
- Guardian style guide
- Plain language resources