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European Union Legal Research
Secondary Legislation, the EU Legislative Process and Case Law Duncan Alford Law Librarian and EU Specialist Princeton University
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EU Institutions Involved in Legislation
European Commission Council of the European Union European Parliament Economic and Social Committee Committee of the Regions
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Four Methods of Enacting Legislation
Co-decision Cooperation Assent Consultation
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Four Types of EU Legislation
Regulations Directives Decisions Recommendations / Opinions
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Official Journal of the European Union
Legislation – L Series Communications – C Series Communications – CE Series Communications – CA Series Annex – Debates Supplement – S Series (tenders)
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Regulations Council Regulation No. 44/2001 of 22 December 2000 on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters, 2001 O.J. (L 12) 1. Number of Regulation then its year
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Directives First Council Directive 77/780 on the coordination of the laws, regulations and administrative provision relating to the taking up and pursuit of the business of credit institutions, 1977 O.J. (L 322) 30. Year then number of directive
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Co-decision Procedure
Green paper or White paper issued Commission makes a legislative proposal First Reading by European Parliament Common Position by Council of the EU Second Reading by European Parliament Commission Opinion on EP amendments Joint Text by Conciliation Committee Third Reading by European Parliament
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EU Legislative Documents
Commission Documents or COM documents White Papers Green Papers EurLex Example: European Governance, COM (2001) 428
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EU Legislative Documents II
Common Position or Council Documents European Parliament Reports European Parliament Debates Joint Text of Conciliation Committee Economic and Social Committee Opinions Committee of the Regions Opinions
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Legislative Document Databases
PreLex (by European Commission) OEIL – Legislative Observatory (by the European Parliament)
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OEIL v. PreLex OEIL By European Parliament Procedures since 1994
Summaries of key documents and some links Tracking legislation PreLex By European Commission Proposals since 1975 Full-text documents since 1999
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EU Official Publications
Bulletin of the European Union General Report on the Activities of the Community
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EU Case Law European Court of Justice Court of First Instance
15 judges, 8 advocates general Court of First Instance Created 1989 15 judges National courts
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Case Law Sources European Court Reports
Curia, European Community Cases Common Market Law Reports C.M.L.R. Antitrust Reports
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Databases EurLex CELEX Westlaw LexisNexis Lawtel EU
Europa – list of databases
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EU Depository Libraries
New York City NYU Law Library NYPL, Science, Industry and Business Library New York State SUNY Albany SUNY Buffalo Cornell University
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