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# Dataset Card for the Chat-EUR-Lex dataset |
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## Dataset Description |
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- **Homepage:** [Chat-EUR-Lex project Homepage](https://github.com/Aptus-AI/chat-eur-lex) |
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- **Repository:** [Chat-EUR-Lex project Homepage](https://github.com/Aptus-AI/chat-eur-lex) |
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- **Point of Contact:** [Aptus Research Team](research@aptus.ai) |
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## Dataset Description |
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- **Homepage:** [Chat-EUR-Lex project Homepage](https://github.com/Aptus-AI/chat-eur-lex) |
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- **Repository:** [Chat-EUR-Lex project Homepage](https://github.com/Aptus-AI/chat-eur-lex) |
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- **Point of Contact:** [Aptus Research Team](research@aptus.ai) |
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The Chat-EUR-Lex dataset comprises a selection of legal acts in English and Italian sourced from EUR-Lex, covering the period from January 1, 2014, to December 31, 2023. Specifically, it includes all historical texts preserved in Celex 3 that remain unaltered over time, along with the most recent consolidated versions in Celex 0 for acts that have undergone amendments. Corrigenda are omitted from this dataset. Additionally, all the EUR-Lex entries that are not provided with XML or HTML data are excluded from the selection.\ |
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Chat-EUR-Lex dataset is originated in the context of the [Chat-EUR-Lex project](https://github.com/Aptus-AI/chat-eur-lex). The Chat-EUR-Lex project is funded by the European Union within the framework of the [NGI Search project](https://ngi-search-2nd-open-call.fundingbox.com/) under grant agreement No 101069364. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or European Commission.\ |
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Chat-EUR-Lex project is realized by the [Institute of Legal Informatics and Judicial Systems (IGSG-CNR)](https://www.igsg.cnr.it/en/) and the [Aptus.AI](https://www.aptus.ai/) startup. |
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### Languages |
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All documents are written either in Engish or Italian. Specifically, the dataset consists of 19,063 English documents and 18,165 Italian documents. |
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## Dataset Structure |
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### Data Instances |
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Example of dataset instance: |
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|02018R0338 — IT — 21.08.2019 — 001.001 Il presente testo è un semplice strumento di documentazione e non produce alcun effetto giuridico. Le istituzioni dell’Unione non assumono alcuna responsabilità per i suoi contenuti. Le versioni facenti fede degli atti pertinenti, compresi i loro preamboli, sono quelle pubblicate nella Gazzetta ufficiale dell’Unione europea e disponibili in EUR-Lex. Tali testi ufficiali sono direttamente accessibili attraverso i link inseriti nel presente documento[...]| ITA| 02018R0338-20190821 |
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### Data Fields |
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The following data fields are provided for each document: |
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`text`: (**str**) The full content of each document.\ |
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`language`: (**str**) The language in which the document text is expressed.\ |
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`celex`: (**str**) The official ID of the document. The CELEX number is the unique identifier for all publications in both EUR-Lex and CELLAR. |
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## Dataset Creation |
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### Curation Rationale |
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The dataset was created in the context of the [Chat-EUR-Lex project](https://github.com/Aptus-AI/chat-eur-lex)\. The project aim is to improve the accessibility of EU laws, thus democratizing the availability of legal information for companies, lawyers, researchers and citizens. |
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The rationale underlying the creation of this dataset is the selection of all the texts of legal acts in force, so as to build a system capable of providing information focusing on regulations in force only. |
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### Source Data |
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#### Initial Data Collection and Normalization |
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The original data are available at [EUR-Lex portal](https://eur-lex.europa.eu) in an unprocessed format. |
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The documents were downloaded from EUR-Lex portal in HTML format. All HTML code has been removed except the tables, therefore only textual information has been retained. |
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### Personal and Sensitive Information |
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The dataset does not include personal or sensitive information. |
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## Additional Information |
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### Dataset Curators |
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[Aptus Research Team](research@aptus.ai) |
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### Licensing Information |
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© European Union, 1998-2024 |
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The Commission’s document reuse policy is based on Decision 2011/833/EU. Unless otherwise specified, you can re-use the legal documents published in EUR-Lex for commercial or non-commercial purposes. |
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Some documents, like the International Accounting Standards, may be subject to special conditions of use; these are mentioned in the respective Official Journal/document. You can also consult the rules on on reproducing euro coin/note images. |
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The copyright for the editorial content of this website, the summaries of EU legislation and the consolidated texts, which is owned by the EU, is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence. This means that you can re-use the content provided you acknowledge the source and indicate any changes you have made. |
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Source [https://eur-lex.europa.eu/content/legal-notice/legal-notice.html](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/content/legal-notice/legal-notice.html?locale=en) |
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### Contributions |
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[Aptus.AI](https://www.aptus.ai/) and [Institute of Legal Informatics and Judicial Systems (IGSG-CNR)](https://www.igsg.cnr.it/en/). |
