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• European Union law (EUR-Lex)
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• Application of EU Law by the Member States
  Overview of the process used by member countries to implement EU Directives, definitions of breaches of EU Law, state aid
• Is your government failing to apply EU law?
  How to lodge a complaint against a national government for incorrectly implementing EU law
• Official Journal of the EU
  Online issues of the Official Journal from 1998 onwards
• National laws (N-Lex)
  Access the official databases of national legislation in 23 EU countries
• European e-Justice Portal
  Find answers to cross-border questions on legal aid, judicial training, links to legal databases and online insolvency and land registers across the EU.
• EU Council
  Monthly summary of Council acts
• Summaries of EU laws
  
• Summaries of EU laws
  Overview of legislation by subject area
• Treaties
  
• Full text of the Treaty on European Union
  Consolidated versions of the Treaty on European Union and the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union
• Lisbon treaty
  Information on the Lisbon Treaty and its main elements
• Charter of Fundamental Human Rights
  Single text bringing together civil, political, economic and social rights.
• Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (European Convention on Human Rights - ECHR)
  This international treaty safeguards human rights and fundamental freedoms in Europe and establishes the European Court of Human Rights
• EU at a glance – treaties and law
  Overview of all treaties, including the full official texts
• Legal texts behind the European Union and European Communities
  Founding treaties and protocols
• Schengen Agreement
  Free movement of people in the Schengen area.
• Legislation in preparation
  
• European Parliament – legislative observatory
  Overview of current legislative procedures in the European Parliament
• Current status of legislative packages (PreLex)
  Database of inter-institutional legislative procedures
• Preparatory acts (EUR-Lex)
  Directory of all preparatory documents for legislation and budget
• EU case-law
  
• EU case-law (EUR-Lex)
  Database of all rulings by the 3 EU courts from 1954 onwards
• EU case-law – by case number
  Database of cases lodged with the Court of Justice, Court of First Instance and Civil Service Tribunal
• Case law database
  Access to European court decisions and opinions
• Legislative procedures explained
  
• Decision-making in the EU
  Overview of how EU law is decided by the EU institutions
• Codecision
  Step-by-step explanation of the codecision procedure -  where the European Parliament  passes laws jointly with the EU Council - and list of past laws subject to this method
• Official Rules of Procedure of the European Council
  How the European Council operates
• How EU law is applied
  How EU law has been implemented in your country and how to complain if this hasn’t happened
• European judicial cooperation in civil cases
  User-friendly information on cooperation between national courts in civil cases
• Legal cooperation between EU governments
  
• EUROJUST - EU judicial cooperation unit
  Improving coordination between EU member countries on cross-border and organised crime

 See also

• EU tenders and contracts  
• Databases of EU legislation  
• Thematic files (EUR-Lex)