How to carry out a search
Entry of key words
Enter the key words that interest you. If you enter several
words separated by a space, the search engine will indicate
the documents containing all the words.
- Case (lower-case/upper-case), number (singular/plural) and
gender (male/female) are ignored by the search system.
- accents are used for the search if the accented form exists
in the results. If the accented form does not exist, the request
is converted into the non-accented form. If the request contains
no accents, the search is carried out without taking accents
into account.
Search by list
Direct searches in the list of plants, laboratories and
organizations is particularly suitable for finding information
about a laboratory whose name is already known.
The list of laboratories per supervisory authority can be used
to access the list of the laboratories related to each plant.
Search assistance
After entering your request, you can use the search suggestions
on the right of the results page (in the frame entitled "detailed
search"), to help you specify or expand your search.
Direct searches in the list of plants, laboratories and organizations
is particularly suitable for finding information about a laboratory
whose name is already known.
The list of laboratories per supervisory authority can be used
to access the list of the laboratories related to each plant.
Complex requests
If you wish to carry out complex requests (Boolean operators),
use the following operators:
AND: space, + sign, AND.
To find the documents containing all the words, leave a
space between the words, or use the + sign (attaching it to
the words of the request, and by separating each word by a space),
or enter AND (in capital letters) between each word.
Example: The request literal "retirement AND contribution"
will find documents containing the words retirement AND contribution.
OR: operator OR.
Several words separated by OR (in capital letters with spaces
between the operator and the words of the request) will find
documents containing one or the other of these words.
Example: The request literal "capitalization OR distribution"
will find documents containing capitalization OR distribution
OR both.
EXCEPT: Sign -, EXCEPT, NOT.
To exclude a word from your search, attach the "-"
sign to the word, or precede it by EXCEPT or NOT (in capital
letters)
Example: The request literal "retirement -distribution"
will find documents containing the word retirement BUT NOT distribution.
Sentences: Quotation marks
To seek a succession of words side by side and in a precise
order, use quotation marks.
Example: "graduated pension" will generate a search
only for pages containing the expression "graduated pension",
and NOT the pages containing "graduated pension scheme".
Display of results:
- You can choose to sort the results by date or relevance
(click on the corresponding choice).
- You can choose to display or hide the excerpts (click on the
corresponding choice).
