ESSENTIAL EUROPEAN UNION LAW WEBSITES

GATEWAY AND MAJOR INSTITUTIONAL WEBSITES:

In the United States:

• European Commission Delegation –
  Washington, DC, Delegation website (http://www.eurunion.org):

  • A to Z Index of EU Websites
    (http://www.eurunion.org/infores/euindex.htm)

  • EU Policy Areas: Left-side menu of website homepage at http://www.eurunion.org

  • EU/US Partnership (http://www.eurunion.org/partner/euusrelations/transcorpdocs.htm)

  • EU Press Room (http://www.eurunion.org/news_rss/)

  • Hot Topics (http://www.eurunion.org/newsweb/hottopics.htm)

  • How the European Union Works: Your Guide to the EU Institutions (http://www.eurunion.org/infores/HowEUWorks072007.doc)

• European Union at the United Nations – New York, NY, Delegation website
  (http://www.europa-eu-un.org/home/index_en.htm)

In Europe:

• EUROPA – Principal EU website (http://europa.eu/index_en.htm):

  • Institutions (http://europa.eu/institutions/index_en.htm)

  • Bulletin of the European Union (http://europa.eu/bulletin/en/welcome.htm)

  • Co-Decision Procedure (Decision-Making) (http://europa.eu/institutions/decision-making/index_en.htm)

  • EU at a Glance (http://europa.eu/abc/index_en.htm)

    • Treaties
      (http://europa.eu/abc/treaties/index_en.htm)

  • EU Constitution Process (http://europa.eu/constitution/index_en.htm)

  • English Style Guide – Citation formats (pdf) (http://ec.europa.eu/translation/writing/style_guides/english/style_guide_en.pdf)

  • EU Law: Process & Players (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/en/droit_communautaire/droit_communautaire.htm)

  • General Report on the Activities of the European Union
    (http://europa.eu/generalreport/en/welcome.htm)

  • Interinstitutional Style Guide – Citation formats
    (http://publications.europa.eu/code/en/en-000300.htm)

    • Legislation Citations (http://publications.europa.eu/code/en/en-130403.htm)

  • Activities
    (http://europa.eu/pol/index_en.htm)

  • Policies (http://ec.europa.eu/policies/index_en.htm)

  • European Commission
    (http://ec.europa.eu/index_en.htm):

    • Code of Good Administrative Behavior (http://ec.europa.eu/civil_society/code/index_en.htm)

    • Commission Directorates-General & Services
      (http://ec.europa.eu/dgs_en.htm)

    • Commission's Weekly Meeting Agenda (in French) (http://ec.europa.eu/atwork/collegemeetings/index_en.htm)

    • European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF)
      (http://ec.europa.eu/anti_fraud/index_en.html)

    • Freedom, Security & Justice Directorate General  (http://ec.europa.eu/justice_home/index_en.htm)

    • European Judicial Network in Civil & Commercial Matters (http://ec.europa.eu/civiljustice/index_en.htm)

    • eGovernment
      (http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/soccul/egov/index_en.htm)

    • E-Business Legal Aspects (http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/ict/policy/legal/index.htm)

    • Legal Service
      (http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/legal_service/index_en.htm)

    • Secretariat General
      (http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/secretariat_general/index_en.htm)

    • Treaties/Agreements Database (http://ec.europa.eu/world/agreements/default.home.do_

• Council of the EU (http://www.consilium.europa.eu/cms3_fo/showPage.ASP?lang=en)

  • Agreements
    (http://www.consilium.europa.eu/cms3_applications/showPage.asp?lang=en&id=252&mode=g&name=)

  • Co-Decision Procedure (http://www.consilium.europa.eu/cms3_fo/showPage.asp?id=435&lang=en&mode=g)

  • EU/US Relations
    (http://www.consilium.europa.eu/cms3_applications/showPage.asp?lang=en&id=393&mode=g&name=)

  • Human Rights
    (http://www.consilium.europa.eu/cms3_applications/showPage.ASP?id=822&lang=en)

  • International Criminal Court (http://www.consilium.europa.eu/cms3_applications/showPage.asp?id=404&lang=en&mode=g)

  • Justice & Home Affairs (http://www.consilium.europa.eu/cms3_applications/showPage.asp?lang=en&id=249&mode=g&name=)

  • Schengen Agreement Provisions (http://www.consilium.europa.eu/cms3_applications/showPage.asp?id=473&lang=en&mode=g)

  • Summary of Council Acts (http://www.consilium.europa.eu/cms3_applications/showPage.ASP?id=551&lang=en&mode=g)

• Eurojust - EU Judicial Cooperation Unit (http://www.eurojust.europa.eu/index.htm)

• European Court of Justice – CURIA (http://curia.europa.eu/en/):

  • Court Texts & Procedures
    (http://curia.europa.eu/en/instit/txtdocfr/index.htm)

  • Library
    (http://curia.europa.eu/en/instit/services/bib/bib.htm)

  • Case-Law
    (http://curia.europa.eu/en/content/juris/index.htm)

  • Research & Documentation
    (http://curia.europa.eu/en/instit/services/rechdoc/rechdoc.htm)

• European Ombudsman
  (http://www.ombudsman.europa.eu/home/en/default.htm)

• European Parliament – EUROPARL
  (http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/public/default_en.htm):

  • Legal Service (http://www.europarl.europa.eu/parliament/expert/staticDisplay.do?id=54&pageRank=11&language=EN)

  • Legislative Observatory – OEIL
    (legislative histories) (http://www.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/)

  • Plenary Sessions
    (http://www.europarl.europa.eu/activities/expert/lastDoc.do?language=en)

  • Powers & Procedures (http://www.europarl.europa.eu/parliament/public/staticDisplay.do?language=EN&id=46)

  • Transatlantic Legislators Dialogue (http://www.europarl.europa.eu/intcoop/tld/default_en.htm)

• European Police College - CEPOL (http://www.cepol.net/KIM/Categorie.asp)
• European Police Office - EUROPOL
  (http://www.europol.europa.eu/)

DATABASE WEBSITES VIA EUROPA
(http://europa.eu/geninfo/info/guide/index_en.htm#db):

• Application of Community Law (http://ec.europa.eu/community_law/index_en.htm)

• ECLAS – European Commission libraries catalog (http://ec.europa.eu/eclas/F)

• EU Bookshop (http://bookshop.europa.eu/eGetRecords?Template=Test_EUB/en_index.htm)

• EUR-Lex – The Portal to European Union Law
  (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/en/index.htm)

  • Community Legislation in Force
    (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/en/legis/index.htm)

  • Legislation in Preparation
    (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/en/prep/index.htm)

  • Official Journal
    (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/JOIndex.do?ihmlang=en)

• Glossary – Institutions, policies and enlargement of the European Union
  (http://europa.eu/scadplus/glossary/index_en.htm)

• PreLex – Inter-institutional procedures database (legislative histories) (http://ec.europa.eu/prelex/apcnet.cfm?CL=en)

• RAPID – Database of EU press releases, speeches, etc. (http://europa.eu/rapid/setLanguage.do?language=en)

• SCADPlus – Database of EU legislative summaries
  (http://europa.eu/scadplus/scad_en.htm)

• Terminology – Links to EU terminology websites (http://europa.eu/geninfo/info/guide/index_en.htm#term)

• Your Europe - Citizens – Database on EU citizens’ rights (http://ec.europa.eu/youreurope/nav/en/citizens/index.html)