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Official Sites

Getting Started | Main EU Institutions | News & Current Awareness | Official Publications | Representation in Australia

Official Sites - Getting Started

European Union Information Sources and Contacts
A wide (but non-exhaustive) range of sources of general information and contact details spanning all the European Union institutions and agencies.
url: http://europa.eu.int/geninfo/info-en.htm

Europa - European Union Information
The best place to find your way around official European Union sites. It has links to all the major organizations as well as press releases, databases, documents, policies etc.
url: http://europa.eu.int/index-en.htm

Virtual tour of the European institutions in Brussels on the Internet
Good site for finding basic information about the European Union.
url: http://europa.eu.int/virtvis/

Official Sites - Main European Union Institutions

Institutions of the European Union
Comprehensive listing of official sites.
url: http://europa.eu.int/institutions/index_en.htm

Council of The European Union
The Council acts on Commission proposals.
url: http://ue.eu.int/showPage.ASP?lang=en

Economic and Social Committee
The Commission provides opinions to the Council on industry, labor and other public interests.
url: http://www.esc.eu.int/

European Commission
The Commission proposes legislation.
url: http://europa.eu.int/comm/index_en.htm

European Community Humanitarian Office (ECHO)
url: http://europa.eu.int/comm/echo/index.html

European Parliament
The Parliament scrutinizes proposed legislation and debates issues raised by the Council and the Commission.
url: http://www.europarl.eu.int/home/default_en.htm

Presidency
The Presidency is rotated among member states every six months. This site includes links to the current presidency, immediate past presidencies, and lists future presidencies.
url: http://europa.eu.int/institutions/council/index_en.htm#presidency

Official Sites - News and Current Awareness

The EU Policy Network
"The EU Policy Network (EPN) is a new breed of online research portal allowing EU policy specialists to e-publish discussion papers, policy documents, and forward agendas to promote engagement with the dominant EU policy issues of our time".
url: http://www.eupolicynetwork.org.uk/

EUBusiness
European Union News and Current Affairs updated daily.
url: http://www.eubusiness.com/

Eurofocus
European news items dealing with everyday events, updated weekly. Requires Acrobat Reader to view the pages.
url: http://www.europa.eu.int/comm/dg10/eurofocus/index_en.html

Key Issues
An official Europa site.
url: http://europa.eu.int/geninfo/key_en.htm

EU for Journalists
On this site, you can find a selection of EU topics under discussion, who is involved and how you can contact them, as well as potential story ideas. Plus, you'll find links to many of the key websites.
url: http://www.eu4journalists.com/

Official Sites - Official Publications

Eurostatistics
url: http://europa.eu.int/comm/eurostat

Office for Official Publications (EUR-OP)
url: http://publications.eu.int/

Official Sites - Representation in Australia

Delegation of the European Commission to Australia and New Zealand
url: http://www.ecdel.org.au/index.htm

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Sites Specializing in European Union Politics and Government

Accessing European Union Information
Very comprehensive and descriptive site covering all aspects of the European Union in detail.
url: http://www.eurunion.org/infores/resguide.htm

European Union
WebLaw site prepared by the University of Queensland. A good starting point.
url: http://www.weblaw.edu.au/weblaw/display_page.phtml?WebLaw_Page=European+Union

AltaVista descriptive list of key European Union Sites
url: http://altavista.looksmart.com/eus1/eus51605/eus262001/eus261964/eus261974/eus262469/r?l&izf&

Europa@Internet
Excellent European Union site from the University of Valencia
url: http://www.uv.es/cde/euinternet/

European Information Association
An expert's guide to the European Union by Ian Thomson of the University of Cardiff. Not for beginners, this site is mainly for those involved in coordinating access to European Union activities.
url: http://www.eia.org.uk/

The European Union
Guide to the European Union by University of California, Berkeley.
url: http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/doemoff/gov_eugde.html

The European Union
Guide to the European Union Internet Sites by University of California, Berkeley.
url: http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/doemoff/gov_eu.html

European Union Parliament Legislative Observatory
Helps find information about current European Union legislation.
url: http://wwwdb.europarl.eu.int/dors/oeil/en/default.htm

European University Institute Library, Florence.
url: http://www.iue.it/LIB/Welcome.html

The History of The European Union
A chronology from 1946 to the present.
url: http://www.europa.eu.int/abc/history/index_en.htm

Inside Europe
BBC guide to the European Union - news and factual information.
url: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/in_depth/europe/2001/inside_europe/

The abc of The European Union
This site provides basic information about the EU and contains links to more detailed information.
url: http://www.europa.eu.int/index_en.htm

European Integration History Index
links to a collection of online resources related to European integration. European integration is understood here as the process of political, economic and cultural integration and co-operation between various European countries in the 20th century - mainly in the period after 1945.
url: http://vlib.iue.it

Statewatch
Statewatch news Online reports on civil liberties in the European Union. It contains a monthly listing of reports and legal analyses of EU issues related to civil liberties.
url: http://www.statewatch.org/news/newsfull.htm

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Full Text Documents

Comprehensive Sites | Legislation | Constitutional | Parliamentary | Policies | Statistics | Treaties

Full Text Documents - Comprehensive Sites

European Union Official Documents
The best place to find full-text EU documents.
url: http://europa.eu.int/documents/index_en.htm

European Commission Documents
url: http://europa.eu.int/comm/off/index_en.htm

European NAvigator (ENA)
European NAvigator (ENA) is an Internet knowledge base whose educational approach provides information on the historical and institutional evolution of Europe. ENA provides a wide variety of multimedia documents (speeches, historical documents, photos, facsimiles, cartoons, sound and film clips, interviews, interactive maps and diagrams, etc.) organised chronologically and by subject area.
url: http://www.ena.lu/index.cfm

Historical Documents
History of European Integration Site: Leiden University Historical Institute.
url: http://www.eu-history.leidenuniv.nl/

Full Text Documents - Constitutional

European Union Constitution
This website is aimed at researchers, journalists and citizens interested in learning about the 50-year process culminating in the elaboration of a Constitution for the European Union. It brings together facts, official documents, bibliographies, links and other resources relevant to the main treaties that have led to this historic moment.
url: http://www.unizar.es/euroconstitucion/Home.htm
url: http://europa.eu.int/constitution/index_en.htm

The Future of the European Union
This website gives updated information on the debate surrounding the new EU constitution, including news releases, discussion, popularity polls, historical information, and draft copies.
url: http://europa.eu.int/futurum/index_en.htm

Full Text Documents - Legislation

EUR-Lex
European Union Law.
url: http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/en/index.html

euLISnet: European Union Legal Information Sources on Internet
A guide to European Law
url: http://www.eulisnet.be/

See also European Union Databases - Legal

Full Text Documents - Parliamentary

European Parliament: Plenary Sessions 1996-
This site includes the full text (verbatim reports) of the debates of the European Parliament from April 1996 onwards (searchable by speaker, date and title keywords), plus minutes and proceedings from July 1994 onwards. It also includes the Texts Adopted by the European Parliament from July 1994 onwards, and Reports adopted in committee from July 1994 onwards (searchable by document number, committee responsible or title keyword).
url: http://www.europarl.eu.int/plenary/default_en.htm

Full Text Documents - Policies

Policies of the European Union
url: http://europa.eu.int/pol/index-en.htm

Agenda2000
"For a Stronger and Wider Union"
url: http://europa.eu.int/comm/agenda2000/rapid/over_en.htm

European Integration online Papers
"the first peer reviewed online working paper series in the field of European integration"
url: http://eiop.or.at/eiop/

Full Text Documents - Statistics

EuroStat
The main EU site for official statistics.
url: http://europa.eu.int/comm/eurostat/

Euroindicators
This site pools the main short-term economic indicators for the European Union, and provides an essential information tool for analysing short-term economic developments in general.
url: http://www.europa.eu.int/comm/euroindicators/

Full Text Documents - Treaties and Charters

Maastricht Treaty
Treaty on European Union, 1990.
url: http://europa.eu.int/en/record/mt/top.html

Selected European Union Treaties
url: http://europa.eu.int/abc/obj/treaties/en/entoc.htm

The European Union: Official treaties.
Texts of treaties establishing the EU.
url: http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/en/treaties/index.html

Archive of European Integration (AEI)
The AEI is an electronic repository and archive for research materials on the topic of European integration and unification. The AEI collects two types of materials: certain types of independently-produced research materials and official European Community/European Union documents.
url: http://aei.pitt.edu/

Charter of Fundamental Rights
url: http://europa.eu.int/comm/justice_home/unit/charte/index_en.html

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European Union Databases available via the WWW

Archival | Bibliographic | Directories | Legal | Press Releases | Research and Development

Databases - Archival

Eurhistar
Historical Archives of the European Union. No access to full-text, but a guide to archival documents. For specialists only.
url: http://wwwarc.iue.it/

Databases - Bibliographic

ECLAS Database
European Union Library Catalogue. Good for locating books and articles by and about the European Union.
url: http://europa.eu.int/eclas/

SCAD Database
SCAD is a bibliographical database containing references of more than 300.000 documents divided in 4 sectors: Community legislation; Official publications; Articles from periodicals; and Opinions from the two sides of industry.
Following a reorganisation of Commission services, the SCAD database is no longer being updated from 1 March 2001. The database will nonetheless remain available.
url: http://europa.eu.int/scadplus/scad_en.htm

Databases - Directories

IDEA
The Electronic Directory of the European Institutions. A database of official European Union staff, giving contact addresses.
url: http://158.169.50.70/idea/ideaen.html

Databases - Legal

CELEX
European Union legal materials. University of Sydney staff and post-graduate students should apply for a password via law@library.usyd.edu.au
url: http://europa.eu.int/celex/htm/celex_en.htm

Eur-Lex
The portal to European Union law. Contains links to treaties, legislation, cases. Very good starting point for legal materials. Also gives free access in pdf format to the Official Journal L & C series from 1998 to date,
url: http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/en/index.html

Guide To European Legal Databases
url: http://www.llrx.com/features/europe.htm

Official Journal of the European Communities
Full Text L (Legislation) and C (Information & Notices) Series. Available full text from 1998 onwards.
url: http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/en/oj/

PreLex
Database of inter-institutional procedures and follows the major stages of the decision-making process between the Commission and the other institutions. PreLex follows all Commission proposals (legislative and budgetary dossiers, conclusions of international agreements) and communications from their transmission to the Council or the European Parliament right through to their adoption or rejection by the Council, their adoption by Parliament or their withdrawal by the Commission. .
url: http://europa.eu.int/prelex/apcnet.cfm?CL=en

SCADplus
Bibliographic database of legislation and preparatory documents.
url: http://europa.eu.int/scadplus/scad_en.htm

See also Documents and Treaties above.

Databases - Press Releases

RAPID
Press Releases from the European Union.
url: http://europa.eu.int/rapid/

Databases - Research and Development, Tenders

Cordis
Community Research and Development Information Service.
url: http://www.cordis.lu/

Eureka
European Research and Development projects.
url: http://www.eureka.be/

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