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EU Law
The European Union has a legal personality and its own legal system. EU legislation has a direct or indirect impact on the national law of its Member States. The legal system is usually subdivided into primary legislation (treaties and general principles of law) and in secondary legislation (legal acts based on EU Treaties).
EU Institutions
- Court of Justice of the European Union
- European Commission, Directorate-General for Justice and Consumers
- European Commission, Legal Service
- European Commission, Secretariat-General
- European Commission: Consular Protection for EU Citizins
- Regulatory Scrutiny Board (independent body of the Commission)
- European Union Agency for Criminal Justice Cooperation (Eurojust)
- e-Justice (European e-Justice Portal)
- European Judical Network in Civil and Commercial Matters
- European Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO)
- EUROPOL
- European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF)
- European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA)
- European Union Agency for Asylum (EUAA)
- European Crime Prevention Network (EUCPN)
- European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA)
- European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE)
- European Union Agency for the Operational Management of Large-Scale IT Systems in the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice (eu-LISA)
- European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA)
- Notaries of Europe
- EFTA Court
- ACA-Europe (Association of the Councils of State and Supreme Administrative Juristrictions of the EU)
- EC Legal Advisory Board (LAB; 1994-2000)
- European Equality Law Network (legal experts in gender equality and non-discrimination)
- Network of the Presidents of the Supreme Judicial Courts of the Member States of the EU
EU Policy at a Glance
EU Policy by topic
- European Union:
- European Council, Council of the EU:
- Home Affairs ; Institutional affairs ; Justice
- Justice and Home Affairs: Strategic guidelines
- European Commission:
- Law ; Home Affairs ; Institutional affairs ;
Justice and Fundamental rights ; Migration and Asylum - EU Law by topic
- Your rights in the EU
- Joint legislative priorities of the EU institutions for 2021-2024
- Priorities for 2019-24:
- A new push for European democracy
- New Pact on Migration and Asylum
- European Security Union
- Law ; Home Affairs ; Institutional affairs ;
- Joint legislative priorities of the EU institutions for 2021-2024
Treaties and Agreements
- EU Treaties:
- Treaty of Nice: Summary (2001)
- EU Charter of Fundamental Rights:
- Schengen Agreement:
- European Travel Information and Authorisation System (ETIAS)
- The European Convention (Constitution for Europe; archived website 2003)
- International Agreements
- EFTA and EEA legal texts
- WTO Documents
Legislation
- Overview on EU Law
- Sources and scope of European Union law (factsheet of the European Parliament; pdf)
- EU's legislative priorities: 2018-2019 ; 2017
- Interinstitutional register of delegated acts
- Access to European Union Law (EUR-Lex database):
- Legislation ; Preparatory Acts ; Directories
- Summaries of EU Legislation (former SCADplus-Database)
- Official Journal of the European Union
- Introduction of the European Legislation Identifier (ELI)
- Harmonising the numbering of EU legal acts (since 2015)
- Guide to the ordinary legislative procedure (2016)
- News
- European Commission: Better regulation ; Law-making process ; Decision-making process
- The Decision-Making Process of the Council:
- Legislative Procedures: the Ordinary ; the Special
- Monthly summaries of Council acts (since 1999)
- Council Minutes (since 1999)
- The legislative process at the European Parliament:
- Co-legislation under the treaty of Lisbon: Codecision and Conciliation ; guide (2020; PDF)
- Monitoring the EU decision-making process:
Legislative train schedule and Legislative Observatory (OEIL)
- Videos (illustration of the legislative process): 1 ; 2 ; 3 ; 4
- EU citizens' electoral rights (European Parliament, local or municipal elections)
- European Forum of Official Gazettes: Access to legislation, legal notices and other official announcements
- Monitoring of the application of EU law (annual reports since 1983)
- The Evolution of European Union Legislation (interactive presentation: until 2011)
- Couples in Europe (law for couples in 27 EU countries)
- Implementaion of EU Laws into National Law (databases):
Case law (European Court of Justice etc.)
- Court of Justice of the European Union:
- Database InfoCuria: Search ; Advanced search
- Case law: Numerical access
- Database EUR-Lex: Case law ; Advanced search
- European Case Law Identifier (ECLI): Method of citing the case-law
- Reflets: legal, judicial or case-law developments
- Les Juridictions des États membres de l’Union européenne: Structure et organisation (2009)
- Statistics of judicial activity (annual reports)
- Press releases (since 1996)
- European Commission, DG Justice and Consumers:
EU Justice Scoreboard (comparable data on the independence, quality, and efficiency of national justice systems) - Case-law in EU countries:
- EUR-Lex: National Case-Law
- European e-Justice Portal: Member State Case Law
- European Judicial Atlas in civil matters
- Dec.Nat (Décisions nationales: The national case law regarding EU law incl reference to annotations and comments in books and articles)
- JuriFast (Fast information system for case law): "preliminary files" and other national decisions on the interpretation of European Union law (decisions without reference)
Publications: Reports, Documents, Journals
Publications
- European Judical Network (EJN): Registry
- Publications Office of the EU: general pblications on Law
- European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights:
Publications ; Register of documents - European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE):
Publications ; Documents registry - European Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO): Documents
- European Commission, DG Justice and Consumers:
- EU Justice scoreboard (since 2013)
- Annual Rule of Law Report (since 2020)
Journals
- EDC Database: Journals and Periodicals
- Online-Journals of the EU
Databases
- EU Databases: Laws and Procedures
- EDC Library: Laws and Procedures
- Press corner: Justice and fundamental rights
- Competition policy:
- Competition cases search tool (antitrust, cartels, merger, state aid)
- Antitrust Cases 1964-1998
- EFTA Surveillance Authority: EEA-Lex (EU legal acts with EEA relevance)
- PublicAccess.eu (Pilot project: new ways to access EU Law)
Statistics, Infographics
- EUR-Lex database:
- Statistics on content, legal acts and usage
- EU legislation on statistics
- European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA): Infographics
Speeches, Press Releases
Speeches
- European Commission, Directorate-General for Justice, Freedom and Security:
Reynders (2019-2024) ; Jurová (2014-2019) ; Reding (2010-2014) ; Vitorino (1999-2004)
Press releases
- Press corner (Press releases database): Justice and fundamental rights
- European Commission, GD Justice and Consumers
- European Commission, GD Justice, Freedom and Security: Reding (2010-2014)
- European Union's Judicial Cooperation Unit (Eurojust)
- Europol
- European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF)
- European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA)
- European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE)
- European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA)
- European Public Prosecutor's Office (EPP0)
EU Programmes and Events
- European Commission, DG for Justice and Consumers:
- Current funding programmes (Rights, Equality and Citizenship Programme (REC) ; Justice (JUST) ; Consumers (CP) ; Europe for Citizens (EFC))
- e‑CODEX (e‑Justice-Communication via Online Data Exchange)
- Previous programmes: 2014-2020 (1 ; 2) ; 2007–2013 (archive)
- Fundamental Rights Forum: 2021 ; 2018
Focus on: EU Migration policy
- European Commission, Directorate-General Migration and Home Affairs:
- Roadmap on the New pact on migration and asylum: Commission Statement 2022
- European migration policy (Pact on Migration and Asylum 2020)
- Migration agenda (Communication 2015) (fact sheets)
- Temporary reintroduction of border control
- EU-Turkey Agreement
- Knowledge Centre on Migration and Demography (KCMD): Migration Data Catalogue
- Package of documents on migration and security (25 January 2017)
- EU Immigration Portal
- European Commission, Library and e-Resources Centre: Selected publications on
- Statistical Office of the EU (Eurostat):
- Statistics on: Asylum ; Migration and migrant population
- Publications on: Asylum ; Migrant integration
- Council of the European Union / European Council
- European Parliament:
- Migration: a common challenge
- Fact sheets: Immigration policy and Asylum Policy
- Publications on EU migration policy
- EU’s refugee crisis (EP Research Service Blog, 2017)
- Migration and asylum (EP Media Network)
- The Common European Asylum System (2014-2019) (2019)
- European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA):
- European Migration Network (EMN)
- FRONTEX
- Asylum Information Database (AIDA): information on asylum procedures, reception conditions and detention across 18 countries
- Publications Office of the EU: Selection of publications on asylum and immigration
- Information guide : European Migration Challenges (Nov. 2016, EDC Cardiff)
Other Internet Resources
- Academy of European Law, Trier (ERA)
- Council of Europe (European Treaties)
- North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
- Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU)
- World Law Guide
- Europe Visa (travel visa guide)
- Legislationline (OSCE, Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights)
- South East European Law School Network (SEELS): Publications