Style guides

Interinstitutional style guide

The interinstitutional style guide serves as a reference tool for all written works published by European institutions. It establishes writing conventions and common practices to be followed in order to present a consistent identity of the European Union institutions for citizens. Interinstitutional style guide is published in all official languages of the EU. It takes into account that while the specific character of each language has to be kept, texts in all official languages have to be comparable. 

Eurostat visual guide 2022

The Eurostat visual guide 2022 describes visual rules and guidelines for Eurostat dissemination products. It covers all types of communication formats in order to make the Eurostat brand visually recognisable and consistent. It is in line with accessibility guidelines for disabled users.

Eurostat style guide 2016

The Eurostat style guide for publications is a complement of the interinstitutional style guide and describes visual rules and conventions for Eurostat publications. An updated version in line with the visual style guide 2022 will soon be available.

Writing for Statistics Explained

Statistics Explained presents European statistics in an easily understandable way using a wiki-type system.

Guidelines to write for Statistics Explained can be found in the tutorials.