diff --git a/app_data/communities.yaml b/app_data/communities.yaml
index a43c4ec6..6f9bd357 100644
--- a/app_data/communities.yaml
+++ b/app_data/communities.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 - slug: cern-research
-  id: "c2c46ab3-5fb4-4d86-83c6-5d9dc8392d6f"
+  id: "ad8d4abd-9809-4dc3-b4bf-dd403c9d6a8d"
   metadata:
     title: "CERN Research"
     description: "CERN Research community"
@@ -14,4 +14,84 @@
     review_policy: "closed"
   children:
     allow: false
-  logo: "CERN-logo.svg"
\ No newline at end of file
+  logo: "CERN-logo.svg"
+- slug: faser
+  id: "dd13404c-bcd6-4b15-aeef-38d678c61ff1"
+  metadata:
+    title: "FASER Collaboration"
+    description: "FASER"
+    type:
+      id: "organization"
+  access:
+    visibility: "public"
+    members_visibility: "restricted"
+    member_policy: "open"
+    record_policy: "open"
+    review_policy: "closed"
+  children:
+    allow: false
+  logo: "CERN-logo.svg"
+- slug: aleph
+  id: "7c568753-550b-4b48-8d76-461181973100"
+  metadata:
+    title: "ALEPH Collaboration"
+    description: "ALEPH"
+    type:
+      id: "organization"
+  access:
+    visibility: "public"
+    members_visibility: "restricted"
+    member_policy: "open"
+    record_policy: "open"
+    review_policy: "closed"
+  children:
+    allow: false
+  logo: "CERN-logo.svg"
+- slug: delphi
+  id: "b6553d89-ea62-4a7c-9f5b-e76b5bfdb733"
+  metadata:
+    title: "DELPHI Collaboration"
+    description: "DELPHI"
+    type:
+      id: "organization"
+  access:
+    visibility: "public"
+    members_visibility: "restricted"
+    member_policy: "open"
+    record_policy: "open"
+    review_policy: "closed"
+  children:
+    allow: false
+  logo: "CERN-logo.svg"
+- slug: opal
+  id: "473e34c5-4fe1-44fc-a4c2-3305cf6adcba"
+  metadata:
+    title: "OPAL Collaboration"
+    description: "OPAL"
+    type:
+      id: "organization"
+  access:
+    visibility: "public"
+    members_visibility: "restricted"
+    member_policy: "open"
+    record_policy: "open"
+    review_policy: "closed"
+  children:
+    allow: false
+  logo: "CERN-logo.svg"
+- slug: l3
+  id: "bb0ac2d2-b90b-498e-bf64-1986791d1032"
+  metadata:
+    title: "OPAL Collaboration"
+    description: "OPAL"
+    type:
+      id: "organization"
+  access:
+    visibility: "public"
+    members_visibility: "restricted"
+    member_policy: "open"
+    record_policy: "open"
+    review_policy: "closed"
+  children:
+    allow: false
+  logo: "CERN-logo.svg"
diff --git a/app_data/vocabularies/experiments.yaml b/app_data/vocabularies/experiments.yaml
index 55149f03..8ec48bda 100644
--- a/app_data/vocabularies/experiments.yaml
+++ b/app_data/vocabularies/experiments.yaml
@@ -7511,3 +7511,59 @@
     en: IS365
   description:
     en: 'Nuclear Spectroscopy with Copper Isotopes of Extreme N/Z Ratios'
+- id: SLD
+  title:
+    en: "SLD"
+  description:
+    en: 'Stanford Large Detector'
+  tags:
+    - linkable
+- id: CDF
+  title:
+    en: "Fermilab CDF"
+  description:
+    en: 'Fermilab Collider Detector'
+  tags:
+    - linkable
+- id: FNAL-E-0830
+  title:
+    en: "Fermilab FNAL-E-0830"
+  description:
+    en: 'Fermilab FNAL-E-0830'
+  tags:
+    - linkable
+- id: CLEO
+  title:
+    en: "Cornell CLEO"
+  description:
+    en: 'Cornell CLEO'
+  tags:
+    - linkable
+- id: Mirabelle
+  title:
+    en: "IHEP Mirabelle"
+  description:
+    en: 'IHEP Mirabelle'
+  tags:
+    - linkable
+- id: HERMES
+  title:
+    en: "DESY HERMES"
+  description:
+    en: 'DESY HERMES'
+  tags:
+    - linkable
+- id: JADE
+  title:
+    en: "JADE"
+  description:
+    en: 'DESY JADE'
+  tags:
+    - linkable
+- id: H1
+  title:
+    en: "H1"
+  description:
+    en: 'DESY H1'
+  tags:
+    - linkable
diff --git a/invenio.cfg b/invenio.cfg
index a8846814..78a6cd5e 100644
--- a/invenio.cfg
+++ b/invenio.cfg
@@ -454,20 +454,78 @@ CDS_CERN_SCIENTIFIC_COMMUNITY_ID = ""
 # ==================================
 
 CDS_COMMITTEE_APPROVAL_COMMUNITIES = {
-    # Map community UUID → workflow config.
-    # UUIDs are used (not slugs) because slugs can be renamed.
-    #
-    # "4b121eb9-3559-487d-9f73-8af1027668e9": {
-    #     "label": "EP approval",           # shown in request buttons/headings
-    #     "committee_name": "EP Board",     # shown in review-step labels/text
-    #     "referee_group": "cds-ph-ep-publication",  # CERN e-group slug
-    #     "report_number": {
-    #         "prefix": "CERN-EP",   # literal prefix, e.g. "CERN-EP"
-    #         "include_year": True,  # append the current year after prefix
-    #         "counter_digits": 3,   # zero-padding width, e.g. 3 → "001"
-    #     },
-    # },
+    "dd13404c-bcd6-4b15-aeef-38d678c61ff1": {
+        # faser
+        "label": "EP approval",  # shown in UI buttons/headings
+        "committee_name": "EP Board",
+        "referee_group": "cds-ph-ep-publication",  # CERN e-group slug
+        "report_number": {
+            "prefix": "CERN-EP",  # literal prefix, e.g. "CERN-EP"
+            "include_year": True,  # append the current year after prefix
+            "counter_digits": 3,  # zero-padding width, e.g. 3 → "001"
+        },
+    },
+    "7c568753-550b-4b48-8d76-461181973100": {
+        # aleph
+        "label": "EP approval",  # shown in UI buttons/headings
+        "referee_group": "cds-ph-ep-publication",  # CERN e-group slug
+        "committee_name": "EP Board",
+        "report_number": {
+            "prefix": "CERN-TH-EP",  # literal prefix, e.g. "CERN-EP"
+            "include_year": True,  # append the current year after prefix
+            "counter_digits": 3,  # zero-padding width, e.g. 3 → "001"
+        },
+    },
+    "bb0ac2d2-b90b-498e-bf64-1986791d1032": {
+        # l3
+        "label": "EP approval",  # shown in UI buttons/headings
+        "referee_group": "cds-ph-ep-publication",  # CERN e-group slug
+        "committee_name": "EP Board",
+        "report_number": {
+            "prefix": "CERN-PH-EP",  # literal prefix, e.g. "CERN-EP"
+            "include_year": True,  # append the current year after prefix
+            "counter_digits": 3,  # zero-padding width, e.g. 3 → "001"
+        },
+    },
+    "473e34c5-4fe1-44fc-a4c2-3305cf6adcba": {
+        # opal
+        "label": "EP approval",  # shown in UI buttons/headings
+        "referee_group": "cds-ph-ep-publication",  # CERN e-group slug
+        "committee_name": "EP Board",
+        "report_number": {
+            "prefix": "CERN-PH-EP",  # literal prefix, e.g. "CERN-EP"
+            "include_year": True,  # append the current year after prefix
+            "counter_digits": 3,  # zero-padding width, e.g. 3 → "001"
+        },
+    },
+    "b6553d89-ea62-4a7c-9f5b-e76b5bfdb733": {
+        # delphi
+        "label": "EP approval",  # shown in UI buttons/headings
+        "referee_group": "cds-ph-ep-publication",  # CERN e-group slug
+        "committee_name": "EP Board",
+        "report_number": {
+            "prefix": "CERN-PH-EP",  # literal prefix, e.g. "CERN-EP"
+            "include_year": True,  # append the current year after prefix
+            "counter_digits": 3,  # zero-padding width, e.g. 3 → "001"
+        },
+    },
 }
+#
+# CDS_COMMITTEE_APPROVAL_COMMUNITIES = {
+#     # Map community UUID → workflow config.
+#     # UUIDs are used (not slugs) because slugs can be renamed.
+#     #
+#     # "4b121eb9-3559-487d-9f73-8af1027668e9": {
+#     #     "label": "EP approval",           # shown in request buttons/headings
+#     #     "committee_name": "EP Board",     # shown in review-step labels/text
+#     #     "referee_group": "cds-ph-ep-publication",  # CERN e-group slug
+#     #     "report_number": {
+#     #         "prefix": "CERN-EP",   # literal prefix, e.g. "CERN-EP"
+#     #         "include_year": True,  # append the current year after prefix
+#     #         "counter_digits": 3,   # zero-padding width, e.g. 3 → "001"
+#     #     },
+#     # },
+# }
 """Communities enrolled in the Publication Approval Workflow.
 
 Keyed by community UUID.  Each entry must have:
diff --git a/site/cds_rdm/schemes.py b/site/cds_rdm/schemes.py
index ea083cd6..e1999dd4 100644
--- a/site/cds_rdm/schemes.py
+++ b/site/cds_rdm/schemes.py
@@ -24,8 +24,9 @@
 inis_pattern = re.compile(r"^(?:\d+|RN:\d+)$", flags=re.I)
 edms_pattern = re.compile(r"^\d+$", flags=re.I)
 hal_regexp = re.compile(r"^(hal:|HAL:)?((in2p3|[a-z]{3}[a-z]*)-|(sic|mem|ijn)_)\d{8}(v\d+)?$")
-# Matches patterns like CERN-EP-2026-001 or CERN-TH-2026-042
-approval_rn_regexp = re.compile(r"^[A-Z]+-[A-Z]+-\d{4}-\d+$")
+# Matches patterns like CERN-EP-2026-001 or CERN-TH-2026-042, as well as
+# legacy multi-segment department codes like CERN-PH-EP-2012-369.
+approval_rn_regexp = re.compile(r"^[A-Z]+(?:-[A-Z]+)*-\d{4}-\d+$")
 
 
 def is_aleph(val):