Occurred on December 2011 vs Occurred in December 2011

The phrase 'occurred in December 2011' is correct, while 'occurred on December 2011' is incorrect. The preposition 'in' is used to indicate the month when an event happened.

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Occurred on December 2011

This phrase is incorrect in English. The preposition 'on' is not used to refer to a month.

The correct preposition to use when referring to a month is 'in'.

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As regards the terrible incident that occurred on 28 December 2011, the Commission takes note of the launch of an investigation as announced by the Turkish authorities and encourages a swift clarification of the matter.
First, the current regulation expires on 31 December 2011.
The Commission received Germany's observations on 20 December 2011.
Directive 2002/87/EC shall be fully revised by 31 December 2011.
This paragraph is applicable from 19 December 2011.
That protocol expired on 31 December 2011.
Implementing Decision 2011/861/EU applied until 31 December 2011.
The Overseas Association Decision applies until 31 December 2011.
Applications for certificates submitted from 8 December 2011 to 15 December 2011 are hereby rejected.
France submitted a draft amendment to its initial notification on 14 December 2011.
On 16 December 2011 the Commission sent questions to France regarding the new measure being put forward.
It shall be applicable until 31 December 2011.
The derogation applies to all application receives from 1 May 2009 and submitted before 31 December 2011 .
· Adoption of results of 5 December 2011
Zbigniew Ziobro had joined the EFD Group with effect from 29 December 2011.
Newsletter - 30 November-1 December 2011 - Brussels plenary session
Greece, Ireland and Portugal may postpone this deadline until 31 December 2011...
The Court provided the requested information and explanations in a letter of 19 December 2011.
These challenges will clearly need to be addressed at the Bonn conference in December 2011.
Mr President, the current GSP scheme expires on 31 December 2011.

Alternatives:

occurred in December 2011
happened in December 2011
took place in December 2011
transpired in December 2011
occurred during December 2011

Occurred in December 2011

This phrase is correct in English. The preposition 'in' is commonly used to indicate the month when an event took place.

Use 'in' when specifying the month in which an event occurred.

Examples:

The incident occurred in December 2011.
The meeting took place in December 2011.
The festival happened in December 2011.

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As regards the terrible incident that occurred on 28 December 2011, the Commission takes note of the launch of an investigation as announced by the Turkish authorities and encourages a swift clarification of the matter.
These challenges will clearly need to be addressed at the Bonn conference in December 2011.
The Commission is expected to adopt the relevant legislative proposal in December 2011.
The EU is set to begin detailed negotiations on free trade with Georgia in December 2011.
The Greek government securities matured in December 2011 and were not renewed.
In December 2011, the Bank was again recapitalised by Greece under the recapitalisation measure.
In December 2011, the newly constituted Belgian government agreed on a draft budget.
In December 2011, the Council refused to fund claims amounting to €10 billion, as some Member States questioned the financial data provided by the Commission.
In December 2011 no solution was found to claims for funding amounting to €10 billion, as some Member States questioned the financial data provided by the Commission.
In December 2011, Poland announced its intention to regulate imports of wind and solar power from Germany more strictly.
In December 2011 Human Rights Watch released a report on the shocking phenomenon of child brides in Yemen.
It is estimated that the results of the study will be known in December 2011.
The Commission considers Croatia, with which an Accession Treaty will be signed in December 2011, to be a functioning democracy.
on Preparations for the Russian State Duma elections in December 2011,
In December 2011, the Greek State injected EUR 290 million into ATE.
It has already successfully issued covered bonds for ISK 4 billon in December 2011, and [...].
FB Bank had received Greek Government Securities in January 2009, which matured in December 2011.
The moratorium was last extended at the WTO Ministerial Conference in December 2011 till 2013.
For instance, ING did not make use of the Long-Term Refinancing Operations made available by the ECB in December 2011 or March 2012.
Air Malta secured a private loan of EUR [25 to 30] million provided by [...] in December 2011.

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Occurred on December 2011 vs Occurred in December 2011