European information:
Where & How to Find it
Eva Koundouraki
European Information Specialist
EUI Library
evangelia.koundouraki@eui.eu
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From where to start?
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Europa website
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Institutions and bodies of the EU
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Policy areas of the EU
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Access to European Union Law: EUR-Lex
EUR-Lex is a website and a database that provides free access to
European Union law and other documents considered to be public.
Search for documents
and OJs
Newsletter
Set your preferred
language
Selection of new
documents
Consult daily editions of
the OJ online
Browse
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Consult the Official Journal via Eur-Lex
The OJ consists of two series:
 Series L (Legislation)
 Series C (Information and Notices)
* E and A are Official Journals published as annexes to the C series (e.g.
C 307 A, C 309 E).
** The S series is the supplement to the OJ of the European Union
containing invitations to tender. It is accessible on the TED website
(Tenders Electronic Daily).
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How to find information in EUR-Lex
Simple Search (1)
 Search using keywords
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How to find information in EUR-Lex
Simple Search (2)
 Search by natural number
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Document type
Year
Number
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How to find information in EUR-Lex:
Simple Search – An example
Impact assessment in EU lawmaking (2008)
Meuwese, Anne C.M
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How to browse information in EUR-Lex: Collections
 Treaties: the founding Treaties (original versions and
later updatings), the amending Treaties, the Accession
Treaties for each of the six enlargements, plus other
essential documents.
 International agreements
 Legislation in force
 Preparatory acts: COM and SEC
 Case-law
 Parliamentary questions: Oral and Written
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EUI Catalogue!!!!
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Monitoring of the Decision-making Process between
Institutions: PreLex
PreLex contains the work of the various EU institutions involved in the decision-making
process (i.e. European Parliament, Council of the European Union, European Commission,
European Economic and Social Committee, Committee of the Regions).
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PreLex - the REACH example (1)
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PreLex - the REACH example (2)
REACH: COD 2003/0256
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Legislative Observatory
The Legislative Observatory is an administrative, forecasting, information and
research tool for EU legislative and non-legislative procedures involving the
European Parliament.
The Observatory consists of a series of procedure factfiles listing all the documents
and key events relating to a given procedure and the players involved at each
stage. There are three main stages in a procedure:
 the pre-legislative stage, possibly in the form of a preparatory document
supplying the context of the procedure;
 the actual progress of the procedure, from the initial proposal or vote in
committee to the legislative act or final opinion;
 the follow-up to the legislative act, including the replies provided by the
Commission, the Commission's mandatory periodic reports and the
implementing acts.
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How to find information in Legislative Observatory
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How to find information in Legislative Observatory
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How to find information in Legislative Observatory
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Legislative Observatory vs. PreLex
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Inteparliamentary EU information exchange: IPEX
What happens afterwards
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Official EU current awareness
 RAPID
 EU calendar
 Agendas and Minutes of the EU institutions:
 Agendas of European Commission meetings
 Minutes of Commission meetings
 European Council conclusions
 Council meetings (agendas, briefings etc)
 European Parliament: Committees meetings and Plenary sittings
 News on Europa website
 Inter-institutional news
 European Parliament news
 European Council news
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Non-official EU current awareness
 Agence Europe Daily Bulletin
 Agence Europe Online (DanteWeb)
 Agence Europe - In print
 European Sources Online
 EurActiv
 EUobserver
 EUROPOLITICS
 Think tank Directory Europe
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EU Archives
European University Institute – Historical Archives of the EU
Links to the Historical Archives of the EU institutions
 European Parliament
 Council of the European Union
 European Commission
 Legal acts, meeting minutes, articles, press releases and internal
Commission working documents (database DORIE)
 European Court of Auditors
 European Economic and Social Committee
 Committee of the Regions
 European Central Bank
 European Investment Bank
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And do not forget …
 EUI Library Catalogue
 ECLAS
The European Commission
Libraries Catalogue
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 The official directory of the European Union
 List of European Parliament Committees
 Register of Interest representatives (European Commission)
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Any Questions?
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