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Law: Websites and Portals: The European Union |
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Contents:  Library Quick links
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Gateway to the European Union. Its four main roles are to propose legislation to Parliament and the Council, to administer and implement Community policies, to enforce Community law (jointly with the Court of Justice) and to negotiate international agreements, mainly those relating to trade and cooperation. Managed by the Publications Office of the European Union, EU Bookshop gives you online access to the European Union's official publications. The website includes: Books, brochures, posters, maps, leaflets, technical documents, periodicals, CD-ROMs, DVDs, etc. on the European Union's activities and policies. Publications issued by the European Union institutions and other official bodies since 1952. The Council is the main decision-making body of the EU it: legislates jointly with the European Parliament; co-ordinates the broad economic policies of the Member States; defines and implements the EU's common foreign and security policy; concludes international agreements; and co-ordinates and adopts measures in the area of police and judicial co-operation in criminal matters. The European Parliament is the only directly-elected body of the European Union, it is the co-legislator and budgetary authority. The ECB is the central bank for Europe's single currency, the euro. The ECB's main task is to maintain the euro's purchasing power and thus price stability in the euro area. The euro area comprises the 16 European Union countries that have introduced the euro since 1999. European Investment Bank (EIB) The European Investment Bank was created by the Treaty of Rome in 1958 as the long-term lending bank of the European Union. The task of the Bank is to contribute towards the integration, balanced development and economic and social cohesion of the EU Member States. European Court of Justice & Court of First Instance The European Court of Justice (or its official title Court of Justice of the European Communities) was created by the Treaty of Rome, and interprets an applies European Union law as found in the treaties and legislation. The Court of First Instance was created in 1989 to assist with the case load of the ECJ, and principally hears cases dealing with competition law, dumping, subsidies and staff grievances. The European Court of Auditors is the EU Institution established by the Treaty to carry out the audit of EU finances. The European Ombudsman investigates complaints about maladministration in the institutions and bodies of the European Union. European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) A consultative body that gives representatives of Europe's socio-occupational interest groups, and others, a formal platform to express their points of views on EU issues. Its opinions are forwarded to the larger institutions - the Council, the Commission and the European Parliament. The Committee of the Regions (CoR) is the political assembly that provides local and regional authorities with a voice at the heart of the European Union. A Community agency is a body governed by European public law; it is distinct from the Community Institutions (Council, Parliament, Commission, etc.) and has its own legal personality. It is set up by an act of secondary legislation in order to accomplish a very specific technical, scientific or managerial task, in the framework of the European Union's …first pillar¯.
The Library is an official documentation centre for the EU we receive official publications from all the major organs of the EU on selected subjects. Current affairs site which provide a google search engine for searching Europa.
From UC Berkeley. European Commission Library Catalogue (ECLAS) ECLAS is a union catalogue referencing holdings of a network of libraries. The libraries include the Central Library and a number of smaller specialised libraries and documentation centres. The service covers the Union's official publications and documents of intergovernmental organisations, commercial, academic and government reports, and selected periodical articles. ECLAS provides bibliographical references for publications only. This free service provides details of funding available via the EU programmes and initiatives, and of public procurement contracts published by central and local government, together with news of associated developments. The main sections of the website are: 'Hot topics', 'EU Funding', 'Gov't Contracts', 'EU Law' and more. A public information service for citizens and business to help find answers to questions about the European Union. European Commission: Press Room Current news plus access to the RAPID database an archive of press releases, background notes, memos and speeches. Community Research and Development Information Service (CORDIS) An information space for European Research and Development (R&D) and exploitation of European R&D results. European Judicial Network in Civil and Commercial Matters Contains a large quantity of information about the Member States, Community law, European law and various aspects of civil and commercial law. Provides a gateway to European information for the UK regions. It incorporates 12 regional and one national site. University of Mannheim European Documentation Centre (EDC) Contains links to current topics, virtual full-text library, EU Institutions, EU programmes, Europe on the internet, policy areas and more... European and Comparative Private Law page This is an intra-disciplinary research group who publish research papers on European Administrative Law, European Criminal Law, European Economic Law, European Private Law, European Social Law. International Jurisdiction in European Union E-Commerce Contracts By Norel Rosner, Published on April 30, 2002 Jean Monnet Center for International and Regional Economic Law & Justice Working papers on the EU and Europe from the New York University School of Law. European Union: Delegation of the European Commission to the USA The Washington office of the European Commission. See also the Delegation's : A-Z Index of European Union Websites Research Guides General guide to finding information on the European Union from Northumbria University. The primary purpose of this homepage is to help researchers and students to find reliable information about the European Union - both official and non-official. It has been created by the staff of European Documentation Centres using their expertise in European information.
By Duncan E. Alford. This site is part of the New York University Law School's site GlobalLex. European Union: A Guide to Tracing Working Documents By Patrick Overy. This site is part of the New York University Law School's site GlobalLex. European Union Law: An Integrated Guide to Electronic and Print Research Marylin J.Rai from LLRX.com Eurointernet: World Wide Web Virtual Library for European Integration By Michael Nentwich. See also EIOP Portal |
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