EU legislation, augmented.
Every defined term and reference linked, case law per article, the timeline and what changed. On EUR-Lex and here on eureka.legal, in all 24 official languages, on your phone too.
Free during the launch period.
Article 17
Right to erasure (‘right to be forgotten’)
1. The data subject shall have the right to obtain from the controller the erasure of personal data concerning him or her without undue delay and the controller shall have the obligation to erase personal data without undue delay where one of the following grounds applies:
(a)the personal data are no longer necessary in relation to the purposes for which they were collected or otherwise processed;
(b)the data subject withdraws consent on which the processing is based according to point (a) of Article 6(1), or point (a) of Article 9(2), and where there is no other legal ground for the processing;
(c)the data subject objects to the processing pursuant to Article 21(1) and there are no overriding legitimate grounds for the processing, or the data subject objects to the processing pursuant to Article 21(2);
On EUR-Lex
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Open an act on eur-lex.europa.eu in the HTML view: the terms and references become links, and the sidebar holds the cards, the contents, the case law and the timeline.
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The reader, on any device.
Every act, with the same links as the extension, on your phone too, and every definition has its own page you can link to. Share an article with anyone: the link shows the article with its definitions and references, no account and no extension needed.
Open the readerHow it works
On EUR-Lex itself, and in the reader
- Open an act on eur-lex.europa.eu in the HTML view. Eureka adds to that page and does not replace it. It does nothing on the PDF or Official Journal views. If you would rather not install an extension, or want the same on your phone, the reader on eureka.legal shows the same page with the same links.
- Defined terms and references in the text become links. Clicking one opens a card in a sidebar on the right, next to the text you are reading. Links inside a card open further cards.
- Switch to another language version at the same place, or read two or three language versions side by side, article by article, with the translation notices in place.
- The sidebar also holds the table of contents, a glossary of the act's defined terms, the act's status (in force, consolidated, no longer in force), its events, the timeline, the case law and the versions.
- Definitions and articles are shown as published on EUR-Lex; the text of the act is never paraphrased. Some features are AI-generated evaluations (translation notices, timeline entries, summaries of changes, corrigenda verdicts). Each one is marked "AI" and may be wrong.
What Eureka adds
Defined terms and references
Click a defined term to read its definition, or a reference such as "Article 6(1)(c)" or another act to read the provision it points to, without leaving the page. In all 24 languages.
Case law per article
Each article shows how many judgments interpret or cite it, as recorded by the Publications Office. Click the count for the list of cases, with links to EUR-Lex.
Timeline and what changed
The dates from which the act's provisions apply, and a word-by-word comparison of each changed article between consolidated versions, with the amending act named.
Follow acts, get alerts
Follow an act or an article and be notified of new events for it, such as an amendment, a corrigendum or a judgment: in the extension and the reader, and by e-mail.
Eureka 1.0 is free during the launch period
Everything is included. Sign in with your e-mail address to open definitions, references, case law and more; no password, no payment needed. When paid plans start we tell you 30 days ahead, and every account from the launch period keeps everything for at least three months after that.
Pricing
Free during the launch period. Afterwards there will be two plans, Basic and Pro. Students with a university e-mail address get Pro free, and accounts from the launch period get a founding-member price.
Frequently asked questions
Eureka does not change the EUR-Lex page I am reading
Eureka only works on the HTML view of an act (the address contains /TXT/HTML/), not on the PDF or Official Journal views. Choose "HTML" among the formats offered for the act on EUR-Lex. If it still does not work, please contact us with the page's address.
I cannot add Eureka from the Chrome Web Store
On a company computer, the IT department often has to allow the extension first. The page For IT departments gives them the extension id, the policy settings for Chrome and Edge, and what data the extension sends. Browsers other than Chrome and Edge are not supported.
Can I rely on the AI-generated content?
Not on its own. AI-generated evaluations are marked "AI"; they are aids to reading, not legal advice, and they can be wrong. Definitions and articles are shown as published on EUR-Lex. Only the Official Journal of the European Union is authentic.
Do I need an account?
Yes, to open the features: definitions, references, case law, follows and sharing. The page itself, with its marks and structure, shows without one. Sign in with your e-mail address; there is no password. The same account works in the extension and in the reader.
Do I need the extension?
No. The reader on eureka.legal shows every act with the same links, on your phone too. The extension is for those who prefer to stay on EUR-Lex itself: it adds the same features to the page while you read there.
Can I share with people who do not use Eureka?
Yes. A shared article link shows that article with its definitions and references to anyone who opens it, without an account. Everything else on the page asks them to sign in.
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