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Europa-Official Home page (English)
"... information (press releases, legislation, fact-sheets ...) published by the European Union and its institutions: European Parliament, Council of the EU, European Commission, Court of Justice, Court of Auditors, Economic and Social Committee, Committee of the Regions, European Central Bank, European Investment Bank, Agencies and other Bodies. Web site in 11 languages: Spanish, Danish, German, Greek, English, French, Italian, Dutch, Portuguese, Finnish and Swedish" (from page metadata)

Delegation of the European Commission to Australia and New Zealand
Site intended to improve mutual understanding and information between the EU and Australia and New Zealand by provision of quality information about the European Union's goals and its activities in the region. EU Insight covers all aspects of Australia's relations with the EU (economic, environmental, political etc). Includes summary and comparative statistics of the Australia - EU trade relationship as against Australia's other major trade partners.

Current news / Media releases

What's New on EUROPA
updated daily; archive back to May 1997; new sites, features and documents available on the European Union institutions and agencies web sites.

EU News
Current press releases and press services and promotion of upcoming events. Releases in the last 7 days. A searchable database contains all Press releases since 1985.

Bulletin of the European Union
The Bulletin of the European Union gives an account (10 issues per year) of the activities of the Commission and the other Community institutions. It is published by the Secretariat-General of the European Commission in the 11 official languages. Archive available back to 1996.

General report on the activities of the European Union
Annual overview of the Community's activities during previous year. Archive available back to 1995.

EuroComment
Privately owned, Brussels based publishing venture, launched in May 2002 which aims to provide authoritative information and comment on the policies and politics of the enlarged European Union

Imooty - current European news
Imooty.eu is a European news platform which provides direct access to the latest breaking media coverage from the most important newspapers and media organisations based in the European Union, Switzerland and Norway.

Research Information Centre
Latest news on Research and Development in the European Union

research*eu
Monthly magazine focusing on recent research developments in the EU

Directories

Library holdings

The European Union encyclopedia and directory, (1991- ), EUROPA Publications, London. (title varies)

Euro guide: yearbook of the institutions of the European Union and of the other European organizations, (1999), Editions Delta, Bruxelles

Finding / using EU department / agency publications

EU Bookshop
Online service giving access to publications from EU institutions, agencies and other bodies. Also offers an online catalogue and archive of all EU publications, more than 50 years of documents in about 50 languages available. Search, order and where possible, download copies. My 'EU Bookshop' allows you to set up profile to be notified of new publications in your area.

Library holdings

Dinan, D. (ed), (1998- ), Encyclopedia of the European Union, Macmillan, Basingstoke.

Europe Info: directory of networks and other European Union information sources, (1994, c1995), Amt für Amtliche Veröffentlichungen der Europäischen Gemeinschaften, Luxembourg.

Monar, J. (ed), Butterworths expert guide to the European Union, (1996), Butterworths, London.

Roney, A. (1998), EC/EU fact book: a complete question and answer guide, 5th ed, Kogan Page, London.

Thomson, I. (1989), The documentation of the European communities: a guide, Mansell, London; NY.

Eurocat [electronic resource]. Office for Official Publications of the European Communities. Access is restricted to Monash students and staff.
A comprehensive single CD-Rom catalogue of the complex documentary output of the EC. This multilingual database covers every sector of EC legislation and most publications 1985-2000. It indexes:

Commission of the European Communities, Documents [microform]
Economic and Social Committee of the European Communities, Opinions and reports ESC [microform]
European Parliament, Reports [microform]

Laws (Acts, Bills)

EUR-Lex: the portal to European Union law
entry point to the complete collections of EU legal texts in all the official languages, see About this site for more detail of coverage and access

N-Lex - A common gateway to national law
Allows users to search national sites using a single uniform search template.
The search interfaces are linked to the national law sites, one national law site per Member State, giving access to each country’s legislation

Library holdings

Official journal of the European Communities. Legislation. (1970-1999)

For assistance with European legal publications consult Law Library.

Treaties

Treaties
Treaties of the European Union.

Guides to European Parliament

Library holdings

Accessing European Parliament documentation, (1996), Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, Luxembourg.

Jacobs, F., Corbett, R., Shackletonn, M. European Parliament, John Harper, London. (various editions held)

European Parliament, Directorate-General for Research, (1998), Fact sheets on the European Union

European Parliament

EUROPARL: The European Parliament On-Line
European Parliament home page

Plenary sessions of the European Parliament
Calendar, Agenda, Reports, Debates, Minutes / Proceedings, Texts adopted, Joint texts approved by the Conciliation Committee. Webstreaming EP Live.

European Union Documents
Green papers, White papers, Registers of documents

Parliamentary debates

Library holdings

Official journal of the European Communities : Debates of the European Parliament, (1987-1996), [microform], Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, Luxembourg.

Reports

Library holdings

European Parliament, Reports [microform]

Members of European Parliament

Members of the European Parliament
6th term 2004 - 2009; 5th term 1999-2004; 4th term 1994-1999.

Committees

Committees of the European Parliament
access to meetings, agendas, members hearings and reports

Committee Meeting Documents
Documents by committee

European Commission

The European Commission
daily news, the calendar, the policies, the President, the Commissioners and the services offered

Library holdings

Commission of the European Communities, (1988-present, incomplete), Documents [microform], Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, Luxembourg.

European Economic and Social Committee

European Economic and Social Committee
activities, news, organization, structure, documents, publications, opinions

Library holdings

Economic and Social Committee of the European Communities, Opinions and reports ESC [microform]

Budget

European Court of Auditors
Audits the accounts of the Union's revenue and expenditure and checks whether the financial management has been sound.

Statistics

Eurostat
Statistical Office of the European Communities

Library holdings

Eurostat yearbook, (1995-present, incomplete), Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, Luxembourg.

Constitution

See Towards a European constitution for the main stages in the institutional reform of the European Union

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