How to Find EU material online

Sandra Lamar, Feb., 2006

A - Z List of who publishes what
 Type of DocumentDatabasePrint version
EC generally Treaties/Conventions

Lawtel users: Nice Treaty; every Article of the EC Treaty and EU Treaty, both in the Maastricht version (from 1 November 1993) and the Amsterdam version (from 1 May 1999) are available online. Also included are Maastricht protocols and Amsterdam protocols and Declarations. Various treaties of accession are also available.
Europa

Lawtel.com
[EU Database (students off campus need library card to validate)]
Official Journal L Series Treaty on European Union and others in volumes from EUR-OP official publications, Luxembourg
LegislationLaws adopted & proposed

EUR-Lex: free access to Official Journal, treaties, legislation, case-law & legislative proposals.
Lawtel users: much propeosed legislation; all legislation adopted by the EU institutions since January 1987 and most legislation adopted prior to that date. All Regulations, Directives and Decisions.
EUR-lex

Lawtel.com

Westlaw EU-LEG

Lexis EC legislation 1979-current
Official Journal C Series
Commission Commission Documents (COMDOCs) issued by the Commission which are not concerned with legislative proposals Lawtel.com
Separate documents in print or microfiche; Official Journal C Series
ParliamentActs, Debates EURO-PARL
OEIL5 (legislative observatory, monitors decision making activity)
Session Documents (print or microfiche)
Official Journal C Series
Official Journal of the European Communities Annex (debates)
Council of the European Union
the legislative body (in co-decision with the Parliament on many issues)
Council Debates & Documents; includes Charter of Fundamental RightsCouncil of the EU Official Journal C Series
EU Case Law European Court of Justice (ECJ); the Court of First Instance (CFI) and EFTA Court.

Lawtel users: If a case originates in a UK court, Lawtel EU has links to the case on Lawtel UK. Each Case Report is subsequently updated with a publication reference to the European Court Reports (ECR), Times Law Reports (TLR) and other law reports series covered by Lawtel (please see Law Report Coverage).
Lawtel.com
Europa Document links
Curia European Ct. of Justice site
Westlaw EU-CS
Reports of cases before the Court of Justice and the Court of First Instance [stack 250]
European Ct. of Human RightsCase ReportsECHR official sitePublications of the European Court of Human Rights. Series A, Judgments and decisions [stack 250]
Committee of the Regions Opinions & resolutions Official siteOfficial Journal C Series
Economic & Social Committee Opinions & educational materialsOfficial siteOfficial Journal C Series