🇪🇺 EUR-Lex Scraper

🚀 Export export eur-lex eu regulations, directives and case law in seconds. Export EU legal acts from EUR-Lex: CELEX number, title, document date, type (regulation, directive, decision), date in force, official journal reference and EuroVoc descriptors. Filter by document type or year. CSV, Excel, JSON or XML for legal research and policy analysis. No account required for the source.

🕒 Last updated: 2026-05-26 · 📊 13 fields per record · 1M+ legal acts · European Union (all 27 Member States, all 24 languages)

The EUR-Lex Scraper extracts structured records from EUR-Lex EU Law Database. Every record captures the canonical fields you would expect from the upstream source - ready for analytics, dashboards, BI tooling, or further enrichment.

The dataset spans european union (all 27 member states, all 24 languages) and exposes the same data the official website publishes - normalised, paginated, and exportable.

Who uses this data?

Audience	Use Case
Lawyers	Build longitudinal datasets for analysis
Compliance teams	Monitor regulated entities and filings
Journalists	Investigate public records at scale
Data analysts	Power BI dashboards and reports
Academic researchers	Run quantitative studies on public data
Product teams	Embed live eur-lex records into apps

📋 What the EUR-Lex Scraper does

• Queries EUR-Lex EU Law Database for the latest records
• Supports targeted filtering via the input parameters (see below)
• Returns structured records with 13 fields, no scraping artifacts
• Handles pagination automatically up to your maxItems limit
• Cleans HTML entities and normalises dates and identifiers
• Delivers results as CSV, Excel, JSON, or XML via Apify dataset export

💡 Why it matters: Public-data sources rarely offer bulk export. This Actor turns the live site into a queryable dataset - useful for any team that needs eur-lex data at scale.

🎬 Full Demo

🚧 Coming soon

⚙️ Input

Field	Type	Required	Description
maxItems	integer	No	Free users: 10. Paid users: optional, max 1,000,000.
docType	string	No	Type of EU legal act to retrieve.
year	string	No	Filter by document date year. Optional.

Example 1: Default run (preview)

{
  "maxItems": 10
}

Example 2: Targeted query

{
  "maxItems": 3,
  "docType": "regulation"
}

⚠️ Good to Know: Free users are limited to 10 items per run. Upgrade to a paid plan to unlock up to 1,000,000 items.

📊 Output

Field	Type	Description
🔑 CELEX celex	string	-
📋 Title title	string	-
📅 Date documentDate	string	-
📁 Type documentType	string	-
🔗 Work URI workUri	string	-
🔗 EUR-Lex eurLexUrl	string	-
🌐 HTML htmlUrl	string	-
📄 PDF pdfUrl	string	-
📆 Year celexYear	string	-
🏷️ Sector celexSector	string	-
🌐 Language language	string	-
🕒 Collected scrapedAt	string	-
❌ Error error	string	Error message if record could not be retrieved

✨ Why choose this Actor

Feature	Detail
🌐 No login required	Public data only - no credentials needed
🔍 Targeted filtering	Search by name, code, date range, type
📊 1M+ legal acts	Comprehensive coverage of european union (all 27 member states, all 24 languages)
🧹 Clean output	Dates normalised, HTML stripped, arrays flattened
⚡ Fast API	Direct source access - no browser overhead
🔄 Auto-pagination	Retrieves all matching results up to your maxItems
💾 4 export formats	CSV, Excel, JSON, XML all available
🛡️ Retry logic	Multi-attempt retry with backoff for reliability

📈 How it compares to alternatives

Method	Speed	Scale	Structured Output	Free
This Actor	Fast	1,000,000 records	Yes (13 fields)	10 free / unlimited paid
Manual site search	Slow	Limited per session	No	Yes
Bulk data download	Slow setup	Variable	Partial	Variable
Custom API script	Variable	Unlimited	Requires dev work	Dev cost

🚀 How to use

1. Create a free Apify account - includes $5 free credit
2. Open the EUR-Lex Scraper actor page
3. Configure your input - set filters or leave defaults
4. Set maxItems (10 for a quick preview, higher for bulk extraction)
5. Click Run and wait for the dataset to populate
6. Download your results as CSV, Excel, JSON, or XML

💼 Business use cases

Compliance and Due Diligence

Teams use eur-lex data to verify entities, monitor regulatory status, and feed KYC / AML pipelines.

Market Research

Analysts map european union (all 27 member states, all 24 languages) to understand market structure, competitive activity, or regulatory trends.

Lead Generation

Sales teams enrich CRM records with eur-lex data to identify prospects and qualify leads.

Investigative Journalism

Reporters use bulk extracts to find patterns, anomalies, and stories hidden in public records.

🔌 Automating EUR-Lex Scraper

Connect this Actor to your existing workflows using Apify integrations:

• Make (Integromat) - trigger a run on a schedule and push results to Google Sheets or a database
• Zapier - automatically export new records to Airtable, Notion, or your CRM
• Slack - get notified when a monitored entity has new activity
• Webhooks - receive real-time notifications when a run completes

🌟 Beyond business use cases

Academic Research

Study trends, behaviours, and patterns in european union (all 27 member states, all 24 languages) records across time.

Civic Tech and Transparency

Civic-tech projects build dashboards on top of bulk extracts to surface public-interest insights.

Education

Educators use real eur-lex data to teach data analysis, regulatory frameworks, and domain knowledge.

Personal Research

Individuals - researchers, hobbyists, family historians - use bulk export to answer questions that no single web search can.

🤖 Ask an AI assistant about this scraper

Have questions about how to use this Actor or interpret the data? Paste a few sample records into ChatGPT, Claude, or another AI assistant and ask it to:

• Summarise the dataset
• Explain the meaning of specific fields
• Identify patterns across a batch of records
• Suggest filter combinations for your specific question

The structured JSON output from this Actor is well-suited for AI analysis.

❓ Frequently Asked Questions

🔍 What does this Actor do? It extracts eur-lex records from EUR-Lex EU Law Database into a clean, queryable dataset.

📊 How many records are available? 1M+ legal acts.

🔑 Do I need an account or API key? No. This Actor uses public sources that require no authentication.

📅 How up-to-date is the data? The Actor queries the source live on every run, so the dataset reflects whatever is published at runtime.

🔍 Can I filter by specific fields? Yes - see the Input section above for all supported filters.

⚡ How fast is the scraper? A typical 10-item preview completes in under 30 seconds. Larger runs scale linearly with the source's rate limits.

📄 What format is the output? Records are stored in Apify's dataset storage and can be exported as CSV, Excel, JSON, or XML from the run page.

🏆 Why are some fields null for certain records? Some fields are optional at the source. The Actor returns null rather than fabricating values.

📋 Can I run this on a schedule? Yes - use Apify's built-in scheduler or trigger via Make / Zapier / Webhooks.

💰 Is there a cost to use this Actor? Free users receive 10 records per run. Create a paid account to unlock up to 1,000,000 records per run.

🌍 Does it cover european union (all 27 member states, all 24 languages)? Yes - see the coverage line above the input section.

🛡️ Is this Actor compliant? The Actor accesses only publicly available data, in line with the source's published terms of service.

🔌 Integrate with any app

Export data directly from the Apify platform to:

Spreadsheets & Databases Google Sheets - Microsoft Excel - Airtable - Notion - PostgreSQL - MySQL - MongoDB

Automation & Workflows Make (Integromat) - Zapier - n8n - Pipedream - Activepieces

Cloud Storage AWS S3 - Google Cloud Storage - Azure Blob Storage - Dropbox

APIs & Webhooks REST API - Webhooks - Apify API

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Disclaimer: This Actor accesses publicly available data from EUR-Lex EU Law Database in compliance with the source's terms of service. Data is provided as-is for informational purposes. Verify all records against the official source before relying on them for legal or business decisions.