Green Papers

This list contains all Green Papers published since 1993 - and some from before then. If the full electronic version of the text is unavailable, the link will take you to a summary in the Bulletin of the European Union.

Hard copy versions of Green Papers not available online can be obtained from the nearest sales agent of the EU Publications Office. To order, please use the reference e.g. COM(98) 596 (where 98=year and 596=publication number). Documents published before the accession of a specific country may not be available in that country's language.

Consult by year of publication
2009 , 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999, 1998, 1997, 1996, 1995, 1994, 1993, 1992, 1991, 1990, before 1990

2009

• Green Paper on a European Citizens' Initiative [64 KB] COM(2009) 622, November 2009
• Green Paper - Promoting the learning mobility of young people [112 KB] COM(2009) 329, July 2009
• Green Paper on the review of Council Regulation (EC) No 44/2001 on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters [72 KB] COM(2009) 175, April 2009
• Green Paper - Reform of the Common Fisheries Policy [108 KB] COM(2009) 163, April 2009
• Green Paper - TEN-T: A policy review - Towards a better integrated transeuropean transport network at the service of the common transport policy [84 KB] COM(2009) 44, February 2009

2008

• Green Paper on the European Workforce for Health [396 KB] COM(2008) 725, December 2008
• Green Paper on the management of bio-waste in the European Union [88 KB] COM(2008) 811, December 2008
• Green Paper on Consumer Collective Redress [76 KB] COM(2008) 794, November 2008
• Green Paper on agricultural product quality: Product standards, farming requirements and quality schemes [344 KB] COM(2008) 641, October 2008
• Green Paper - Territorial Cohesion: Turning territorial diversity into strength [56 KB] COM(2008) 616, October 2008
• Green Paper - Copyright in the Knowledge Economy [87 KB] COM(2008) 466, July 2008
• Green Paper - Migration & mobility: challenges and opportunities for EU education systems [1.27 MB] COM(2008) 423, July 2008
• Green Paper on Transparency of Debtors assets [204 KB] COM(2008) 128, March 2008

2007

• Green Paper - Towards a new culture for urban mobility [92 KB] COM(2007) 551, September 2007 Find out more...
• Green Paper on bio-preparedness [94 KB] COM(2007) 399, July 2007 Find out more...
• Green Paper - Adapting to climate change in Europe – options for EU action [476 KB] COM(2007) 354, June 2007 Find out more...
• Green Paper on the future common European Asylum System [78 KB] COM(2007) 301, June 2007
• Green Paper on better ship dismantling [78 KB] COM(2007) 269, May 2007 Find out more...
• Green Paper on Retail Financial Services in the Single Market [102 KB] COM(2007) 226, April 2007 Find out more...
• Green Paper - Public Access to Documents held by institutions of the European Community - A review   [96 KB] COM(2007) 185, April 2007 Find out more...
• Green Paper - The European Research Area: New Perspectives   [102 KB] COM(2007) 161, April 2007 Find out more...
• Green Paper on market-based instruments for environment and related policy purposes [100 KB] COM(2007) 140, March 2007  Find out more...
• Green Paper on the Review of the Consumer Acquis [135 KB] COM(2006) 744, February 2007 Find out more...
• Green Paper - Towards a Europe free from tobacco smoke: policy options at EU level   [380 KB]
  COM(2007) 27, January 2007

2006

• Green Paper on Satellite Navigation Applications [190 KB]
  COM(2006) 769, December 2006 Find out more...
• Green Paper - GLOBAL EUROPE - Europe's trade defence instruments in a changing global economy [66 KB]
  COM(2006) 763, December 2006
• Green Paper - Modernising labour law to meet the challenges of the 21st century [180 KB]
  COM(2006) 708, December 2006
• Green Paper on Diplomatic and consular protection of Union citizens in third countries [147 KB]
  COM(2006) 712, November 2006
• Green Paper on improving the efficiency of the enforcement of judgments in the European Union: the attachment of bank accounts [156 KB]
  COM(2006) 618, October 2006
• Green Paper on detection technologies in the work of law enforcement, customs and other security authorities [184 KB]
  COM(2006) 474, September 2006
• Green Paper on conflict of laws in matters concerning matrimonial property regimes, including the question of jurisdiction and mutual recognition [188 KB]
  COM(2006) 400, July 2006
• Green Paper the role of Civil Society in Drugs Policy in the European Union [173 KB]
  COM(2006) 316, June 2006
• Green Paper – Towards a future Maritime Policy for the Union: A European vision for the oceans and seas
  COM(2006) 275, June 2006 {Volume I  [31 KB]; Volume II  [260 KB] }. Find out more...
• Green Paper – European Transparency Initiative [75 KB]
  COM(2006) 194, May 2006. Find out more...
• Green Paper - The Presumption of Innocence [171 KB]
  COM(2006) 174, April 2006
• Green Paper - A European Strategy for Sustainable, Competitive and Secure Energy [199 KB]
  COM(2006) 105, March 2006

2005

• Green Paper on Conflicts of Jurisdiction and the Principle of ne bis in idem in Criminal Proceedings [163KB]
  COM(2005) 696, December 2005
• Green Paper - Damages actions for breach of the EC antitrust rules [168KB]
  COM(2005) 672, December 2005
• Green Paper - Promoting healthy diets and physical activity : a European dimension for the prevention of overweight, obesity and chronic diseases [248KB]
  COM(2005) 637, December 2005
• Green Paper on the Future of the European Migration Network [169KB]
  COM(2005) 606, November 2005
• Green Paper on a European Programme for Critical Infrastructure Protection [220KB]
  COM(2005) 576, November 2005
• Green Paper - Improving the mental health of the population. Towards a strategy on mental health for the European Union [268KB]
  COM(2005) 484, October 2005
• Green Paper - Mortgage Credit in the EU   [206KB]
  COM(2005) 327, July 2005
• Green Paper on the enhancement of the EU framework for investment funds   [208KB]
  COM(2005) 314, July 2005
• Green Paper on Energy Efficiency or Doing More With Less   [341KB]
  COM(2005) 265, June 2005
• Green Paper on Financial Services Policy (2005 - 2010)   [398KB]
  COM(2005) 177, May 2005
• Green Paper - Confronting demographic change: a new solidarity between the generations   [308KB]
  COM(2005) 94, March 2005
• Green Paper on applicable law and jurisdiction in divorce matters   [128KB]
  COM(2005) 82, March 2005
• Green Paper - Succession and wills [169KB]
  COM(2005) 65, March 2005
• Green Paper on an EU approach to managing economic migration   [181KB]
  COM(2004) 811, January 2005

2004

• Green Paper - Defence procurement  [157KB]
  COM(2004) 608, September 2004
• Green Paper on mutual recognition of non-custodial pre-trial supervision measures [131KB]
  COM(2004) 562, August 2004
• Green Paper - Equality and non-discrimination in an enlarged European Union  [217KB]
  COM(2004) 379, May 2004
• Green Paper - Maintenance obligations [265KB]
  COM(2004) 254, April 2004
• Green Paper on public-private partnerships and Community law on public contracts and concessions [216KB]
  COM(2004) 327, April 2004
• Green Paper on the approximation, mutual recognition and enforcement of criminal sanctions in the European Union [522KB]
  COM(2004) 334, April 2004

2003

• Green Paper: On the future of rules of origin in preferential trade arrangements [395KB]
  COM(2003) 787, December 2003
• Green Paper on services of general interest  [419KB]
  COM(2003) 270, May 2003
• Green Paper from the Commission - Procedural Safeguards for Suspects and Defendants in Criminal Proceedings throughout the European Union [328KB]
  COM(2003) 75, February 2003
• Green Paper on the conversion of the Rome Convention of 1980 on the law applicable to contractual obligations into a Community instrument and its modernisation  [327KB]
  COM(2002) 654, January 2003
• Green Paper - Entrepreneurship in Europe  [239KB]
  COM(2003) 27, January 2003
• Green Paper - European Space Policy  [275KB]
  COM(2003) 17, January 2003

2002

• Green Paper on a European order for payment procedure and on measures to simplify and speed up small claims litigation  [435KB]
  COM(2002) 746, December 2002
• Green Paper on alternative dispute resolution in civil and commercial law  [270KB]
  COM(2002) 196, April 2002
• Green Paper on a Community return policy on illegal residents  [205KB]
  COM(2002) 175, April 2002

2001

• Green Paper on the Review of Council Regulation (EEC)  No 4064/89  [380KB]
  COM(2001) 745, December 2001
• Green Paper on criminal-law protection of the financial interests of the Community and the establishment of a European Prosecutor  [525KB]
  COM(2001) 715, December 2001
• Green Paper on European Union Consumer Protection  [197KB]
  COM(2001) 531, October 2001
• Green Paper - Compensation to crime victims  [100KB]
  COM(2001) 536, September 2001
• Green Paper - Promoting a European framework for Corporate Social Responsibility  [164KB]
  COM(2001) 366, July 2001
• Communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament on European Contract Law  [270 KB]
  COM(2001) 398, July 2001
• Green Paper on the future of the Common Fisheries Policy  [205KB]
  COM(2001) 135, March 2001
• Green Paper on integrated product policy  [150KB]
  COM(2001) 68, February 2001

2000

• Green Paper - Towards a European strategy for the security of energy supply
  COM(2000) 769, November 2000
• Green Paper - Environmental issues of PVC  [232KB]
  COM(2000) 469, July 2000
• Green Paper on greenhouse gas emissions trading within the European Union  [150KB]
  COM(2000) 87, March 2000
• Green Paper - Legal aid in civil matters: The problems confronting the cross - border litigant  [127KB]
  COM(2000) 51, February 2000

1999

• Green Paper - Liability for defective products  [152KB]
  COM(1999) 396, July 1999

1998

• Green Paper on radio spectrum policy in the context of European Community policies such as telecommunications, broadcasting, transport, and R&D  [166,6KB]
  COM(98) 596, December 1998
• Public sector information: a key resource for Europe - Green Paper on public sector information in the information society  [232KB]
  COM(98) 585, January 1999
• Green Paper - Combating counterfeiting and piracy in the Single Market  [1.67MB]
  COM(98) 569, October 1998

1997

• Green Paper on sea ports and maritime infrastructure
  COM(97) 678, December 1997
• Green Paper on the Convergence of the Telecommunications, Media and Information Technology Sectors, and the Implications for Regulation Towards an Information Society Approach
  COM(97) 623, December 1997
• Promoting Innovation Through Patents - Green Paper on the Community patent and the patent system in Europe  [96.4KB]
  COM(97) 314, June 1997
• Supplementary Pensions in the Single Market - A Green Paper  [309KB]
  COM(97) 283, June 1997
• The General Principles of Food Law in the European Union - Commission Green Paper
  COM(97) 176, April 1997
• Green Paper - Partnership for a New Organisation of Work   [2.80MB]
  COM(97) 128, April 1997

1996

• Green Paper on Vertical Restraints in EU Competition Policy  [457KB]
  COM(96) 721, January 1997
• Green Paper on a numbering policy for telecommunications services in Europe   [302KB]
  COM(96) 590, November 1996
• Green Paper - Public procurement in the European Union: Exploring the Way Forward   [188KB]
  COM(96) 583, November 1996
• Communication from the Commission - Energy for the Future: Renewable Sources of Energy - Green Paper for a Community Strategy
  COM(96) 576, November 1996
• Green Paper on relations between the European Union and the ACP countries on the eve of the 21st century - Challenges and options for a new partnership
  COM(96) 570, November 1996
• Future noise policy - European Commission Green Paper
  COM(96) 540, November 1996
• Green Paper on Commerce
  COM(96) 530, November 1996
• Green Paper on the Protection of Minors and Human Dignity in Audiovisual and Information Services
  COM(96) 483, October 1996
• Education - Training - Research - The obstacles to Transnational Mobility - Green Paper
  COM(96) 462, October 1996
• Green Paper - Living and Working in the Information Society: People First  [173KB]
  COM(96) 389, July 1996
• Green Paper - The Role, the Position and the Liability of Statutory Auditors within the European Union  [92KB]
  COM(96) 338, July 1996
• Financial Services: Meeting Consumer's Expectations - Green Paper  [52KB]
  COM(96) 209, May 1996
• Commercial Communications in the Internal Market - Green Paper from the Commission
  COM(96) 192, April 1996
• Green Paper on the Legal Protection of Encrypted Services in the Internal Market- Consultation on the need for Community action [177 KB]
  COM(96) 76, March 1996
• Community Merger Control - Green Paper on the review of the merger regulation  [261KB]
  COM(96) 19, January 1996

1995

• Green Paper - Towards Fair and Efficient Pricing in Transport Policy - Options for internalising the external cost of transport in the European Union [367,5 KB]
  COM(95) 691, December 1995
• Green Paper on Innovation  [663 KB]
  COM(95) 688, December 1995
• Green Paper - The citizen's network - Fulfilling the potential of public passenger transport in Europe
  COM(95) 601, November 1995
• Green Paper - Copyright and Related Rights in the Information Society
  COM(95) 382, July 1995
• Green Paper - The Protection of Utility Models in the Single Market
  COM(95) 370, July 1995
• Green Paper on the Practical Arrangements for the Introduction of the Single Currency
  COM(95) 333, May 1995
• Green Paper - The Role of the Union in the Field of Tourism
  COM(95) 97, April 1995

1994

• Green Paper on the Liberalisation of Telecommunications Infrastructure and Cable Television Networks - Part II - A Common Approach to the Provision of Infrastructure for Telecommunications in the European Union 
  COM(94) 682, January 1995
• For a European Union Energy Policy - Green Paper
  COM(94) 659, January 1995
• Green Paper on the liberalisation of Telecommunications Infrastructure and Cable Television Networks: Part One - Principle and Timetable
  COM(94) 440, October 1994
• Towards the Personal Communications Environment: Green Paper on a common approach in the field of mobile and personal Communications in the European Union
  COM(94) 145, April 1994
• Strategy Options to Strengthen the European Programme Industry in the Context of the Audiovisual Policy of the European Union - Green Paper
  COM(94) 96, April 1994

1993

• Green Paper - Access of consumers to Justice and the Settlement of consumer disputes in the Single Market
  COM(93) 576, November 1993
• Green Paper - European Social Policy - Options for the Union
  COM(93) 551, November 1993
• Green Paper on Guarantees for Consumer Goods and after-sales services
  COM(93) 509, November 1993
• Green Paper on the European Dimension of Education
  COM(93) 457, September 1993
• Green Paper on Community Initiatives 1994-1999
  COM(93) 282, March 1994
• Communication from the Commission to the Council and Parliament and the Economic and Social Committee: Green Paper on remedying environmental damage
  COM(93) 47, May 1993

1992

• Pluralism and Media Concentration in the Internal Market - An assessment of the need for Community action
  COM(92) 480, December 1992
• Green Paper on the impact of transport on the environment - A Community strategy for "sustainable mobility"
  COM(92) 46, February 1992

1991

• Green Paper on the development of the single market for postal services (communication from the Commission) 
  COM(91) 476, June 1991

1990

• Towards Europe-Wide Systems and Services - Green Paper on a common approach in the field of satellite communications in the European Community
  COM(90) 490, November 1990
• Commission Green Paper on the development of European standardisation: action for faster technological integration in Europe
  COM(90) 456, October 1990
• Green Paper on the Urban Environment: communication from the Commission to the Council and Parliament
  COM(90) 218, June 1990
  

Green Papers published before 1990

• Green Paper on copyright and the challenge of technology - Copyright issues requiring immediate action
  COM(88) 172, June 1988
• Towards a Dynamic European Economy, Green Paper on the development of the common market for telecommunications services and equipment
  COM(87) 290, June 1987
• Perspectives for the common agricultural policy. Communication of the Commission to the Council and the Parliament
  COM(85) 333, July 1985
• Television Without Frontiers: Green Paper on the establishment of the common market for broadcasting, especially by satellite and cable
  COM(84) 300, May 1984