YEARS OF EUROPEAN ONLINE ANNÉES DE EN LIGNE ...

LIFE AS A CELEX HOST
INtRODUCtION
It is a real pleasure to be here today and to celebrate the anniversary of
CELEX.
I have been asked to say a few words about life as a CELEX host. first, I
will say something about why we became a host and why we still are a host
16 years later. Second, I will say something about the problems we have encountered
during this time.
Lovdata’s life as a CELEX host started in summer 1990. At that time Norway
was preparing for its second application to the European Communities,
and the ministry of foreign Affairs was publishing a series of position papers
on various aspects of the common market. Since these papers were part of the
Lovdata system and contained a lot of references to EC directives and regulations,
we thought it would be nice to be able to directly link to these.
TRYGVE HARVOLD
Director, Lovdata, Norway
GENERAL ImPRESSIONS
Before I continue with the more speciic experiences of our new life as a
host, I would like to share with you some general impressions from these
years.
thE PUBLICAtIONS OffICE
first of all, the experience has been very agreeable overall. As you all know,
the Publications Ofice has always been professional and competent, providing
detailed documentation for the data and delivering new material in a timely
fashion. Of course, there have been a few hiccups in the operation, but these
have, more often than not, been due to our own shortcomings.
thE CELEX DOCUmENt NUmBER
Perhaps the thing that impressed us the most, when we got acquainted
with CELEX documents, was the CELEX document number. Everyone who
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