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• Treaties establishing the European Union and governing the way it works
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• EU law (EUR-Lex)

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• Summaries of EU legislation

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Legislation under preparation

• European Parliament – legislative observatory

  Overview of current legislative procedures in the European Parliament

• Current status of legislative packages

  Database of inter-institutional legislative procedures

• Preparatory acts (EUR-Lex)

  Directory of all preparatory documents for legislation and budget