# European Union API: Get EU law article

> Gets the official text and key dates of one article of an EU regulation or directive from EUR-Lex, in the latest consolidated version when there is one, in any official EU language.

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- Page: https://fous.com/methods/eur-lex.europa.eu/get-law-article
- Method: `eur-lex.europa.eu/get_law_article`, version 1
- Website: eur-lex.europa.eu
- Returns: official title, short name, article title and text, document, entry-into-force and application dates, in-force status, version, link, CELEX number
- Effect: read (it gets data and changes nothing)
- Sign-in: none needed
- Cost: 1 credit per completed run (1¢ with pay as you go); failed runs are free
- Verified: Nov 2, 2026

## Inputs

| Field | Type | Required | In the run below | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| `law` | string | yes | `"AI Act"` | Law short name, title or number, for example GDPR or Regulation (EU) 2016/679. |
| `article` | string | yes | `"5"` | Article number, for example 17. |
| `language` | string | no | `"French"` | Language name or two-letter code, for example French or FR. Defaults to English. Default "English". |

## Output

From a run on Oct 31, 2026, shortened. Its input:

```json
{
  "law": "AI Act",
  "article": "5",
  "language": "French"
}
```

Its output:

```json
{
  "link": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/FR/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:02024R1689-20260727#art_5",
  "version": "Latest consolidated version",
  "in_force": true,
  "short_name": "AI Act",
  "article_text": "1. Les pratiques en matière d’IA suivantes sont interdites:\na) la mise sur le marché, la mise en service ou l’utilisation d’un système d’IA qui a recours à des techniques subliminales, au-dessous du seuil de conscience d’une personne, ou à des techniques délibérément manipulatrices ou trompeuses, av…",
  "celex_number": "32024R1689",
  "article_title": "Pratiques interdites en matière d’IA",
  "document_date": "2024-06-13",
  "article_number": "5",
  "date_of_application": "2026-08-02",
  "full_official_title": "Règlement (UE) 2024/1689 du Parlement européen et du Conseil du 13 juin 2024 établissant des règles harmonisées concernant l’intelligence artificielle et modifiant les règlements (CE) n° 300/2008, (UE) n° 167/2013, (UE) n° 168/2013, (UE) 2018/858, (UE) 2018/1139 et (UE) 2019/2144 et les directives 2…",
  "date_of_entry_into_force": "2024-08-01",
  "consolidated_version_date": "2026-07-27"
}
```

## Run it

From code, with a Fous API key in `FOUS_API_KEY`; the answer's `data` holds the output:

```bash
curl https://api.fous.com/v1/runs \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $FOUS_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"method":"eur-lex.europa.eu/get_law_article","input":{"law":"AI Act","article":"5","language":"French"}}'
```

From an AI agent connected to the Fous MCP server: its `run` with the same method and input. To connect one, give it `set up https://fous.com/SKILL.md`.

## Ask your agent

- What does Article 17 of the GDPR say? I need the official wording of the right to erasure.
- Pull the text of Article 6 of the AI Act from EUR-Lex in French, plus when it starts to apply.
- Get me Article 5 of Directive 2019/790 on copyright in the Digital Single Market, in German please.
- I need the latest consolidated text of Article 34 of the Digital Services Act and whether it's currently in force.
- Show me Article 3 of Regulation (EU) 2022/1925 in Spanish from europa.eu, with its entry-into-force date and CELEX number.

## Input schema

```json
{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "law",
    "article"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "law": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Law short name, title or number, for example GDPR or Regulation (EU) 2016/679."
    },
    "article": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Article number, for example 17."
    },
    "language": {
      "type": "string",
      "default": "English",
      "description": "Language name or two-letter code, for example French or FR. Defaults to English."
    }
  }
}
```

## Output schema

```json
{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "full_official_title",
    "short_name",
    "article_number",
    "article_title",
    "article_text",
    "document_date",
    "date_of_entry_into_force",
    "date_of_application",
    "in_force",
    "version",
    "consolidated_version_date",
    "link",
    "celex_number"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "link": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "version": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "in_force": {
      "type": [
        "boolean",
        "null"
      ]
    },
    "short_name": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "article_text": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "celex_number": {
      "type": "string",
      "x-fous-developer": true
    },
    "article_title": {
      "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
      ]
    },
    "document_date": {
      "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
      ]
    },
    "article_number": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "date_of_application": {
      "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
      ]
    },
    "full_official_title": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "date_of_entry_into_force": {
      "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
      ]
    },
    "consolidated_version_date": {
      "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
      ]
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}
```

## See more

- [European Union API: Search EU law](https://fous.com/methods/eur-lex.europa.eu/search-eu-law.md): Searches EUR-Lex legal acts by topic, ranked by the site's relevance, filtered by document type, year of adoption and in-force status. Short names and ELI links are included when shown in the results.
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- [European Union API: Get Eurostat statistic for a country](https://fous.com/methods/ec.europa.eu/get-statistic.md): Looks up an official Eurostat statistic for an EU or EEA country and the EU27 figure for the same period. Quarterly and half-yearly series return the reporting period that contains a requested month.
- [European Union API: Search EU public procurement notices](https://fous.com/methods/ted.europa.eu/search-tenders.md): Finds recently published EU procurement notices matching what is being bought, with buyer, estimated value, submission deadline and TED notice link. Open-only results must have a future submission deadline.
- [European Union API: Get euro exchange rates](https://fous.com/methods/ecb.europa.eu/get-euro-exchange-rates.md): Gets the official ECB euro reference exchange rates for a day, or the latest published day. Weekends, holidays and dates before publication return the previous published day.
- [European Union API: Get key interest rates](https://fous.com/methods/ecb.europa.eu/get-key-interest-rates.md): Returns the ECB's current deposit facility, main refinancing operations and marginal lending facility rates with their effective date. Optionally includes earlier rate changes, newest first.
- [European Union API: Convert currency](https://fous.com/methods/ecb.europa.eu/convert-currency.md): Converts an amount between currencies using ECB euro reference rates, including euro and cross-currency conversions. Uses the latest preceding published rate when the date has none.
- [European Union API: Validate EU VAT number](https://fous.com/methods/ec.europa.eu/validate-vat-number.md): Checks an EU VAT number in the European Commission's VIES service and returns whether it is valid, with the registered name and address when the country makes them available.
- [All European Union methods](https://fous.com/methods/europa.eu.md)