Press release - EU institutions receive Ombudsman Award for user-friendly EU Law Tracker

EU institutions receive Ombudsman Award for user-friendly EU Law Tracker
- 2026 Ombudsman Award recognises joint efforts to make EU law-making more transparent and accessible
- All key information on EU law-making brought together in one user-friendly platform
- Direct access to legislative documents, customisable searches and real-time updates
EU institutions receive the 2026 Ombudsman Award for Excellence in Open Administration for user-friendly EU Law Tracker.
On Tuesday 30 June, the European Parliament, the Council of the EU and the European Commission won the category award ‘excellence in open administration’ from the 2026 Ombudsman Award for Good Administration for the EU Law Tracker. The Award celebrates projects by EU institutions, bodies or agencies that uphold and promote a culture of good administration in the EU and have a positive impact on the lives of citizens.
The EU Law Tracker, launched by the three institutions, in cooperation with the Publications Office, is a user-friendly online tool that brings together key legislative information in one place.
The Tracker enables citizens to follow EU law-making from start to finish through a user-friendly timeline, with direct access to related documents. It demonstrates the European Union’s commitment to transparent, open, and accessible law-making.
Since 30 April 2024, the pilot version of the EU Law Tracker has been providing full coverage of ordinary legislative procedures, the main procedure by which EU laws are adopted. It offers a customisable search function, along with real-time updates on new developments and recently published documents. The EU Law Tracker also includes the Joint Declaration Tracker, which tracks the ordinary legislative procedure proposals falling under the 2026 Joint Declaration on Legislative Priorities. Following the new refinements and updates, the tool is now fully operational.
The EU Law Tracker reflects the shared commitment of the European Parliament, the Council and the European Commission to provide easily accessible information on the progress of EU legislation in all official EU languages. The main goal of the EU Law Tracker is transparency and traceability of laws for the general public.
Background
The EU Law Tracker takes its origin in the 2016 Interinstitutional Agreement on Better Law-Making, where the European Parliament, the Council and the European Commission committed to a joint database on the state of play of legislative files.
The main goal of the EU Law Tracker is transparency and traceability of laws for the general public, as it consolidates available information into one user-friendly timeline. Following technical finalisation in late 2025 / early 2026, the tool is now being rolled out broadly across all official EU languages.
Contacts:
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Delphine COLARD
Spokesperson and Head of Spokesperson's and Information Integrity Unit -
Emilie TOURNIER
Deputy Spokesperson