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Researching EU Legislation

Where would I find the founding treaties?

Free web sources

EUR-Lex - http://europa.eu/abc/treaties/index_en.htm - this includes unofficial consolidated versions

Hard copy sources

Encyclopedia of European Union Law: constitutional texts vol 1 - this contains annotated and consolidated versions of the Treaties.¹

Documents Concerning the Accessions to the European Communities - Volume 1 contains the Treaties establishing the European Communities, the Treaties amending those Treaties and the Single European Act. Volume 2 contains documents concerning the accession of various countries.²

European Union: Selected Instruments Taken from the Treaties - contains consolidated version of the Treaty on European Union and the EC treaty.³

  ¹ held at Gray's Inn, Inner Temple, Lincoln's Inn and Middle Temple Libraries
  ² volumes 1 & 2 are held at Inner Temple, Lincoln's Inn and Middle Temple Libraries. Gray's Inn Library holds volume 1 only
  ³ held at Inner Temple and Middle Temple Libraries

Subscription-based databases

Justis EU - select Celex from the Data Sources list and tick Treaties. Fill in other details.
Lawtel EU - select Treaties from the menu. The database contains original and consolidated versions
Lexis - from the European Union database select Treaties. The database contains original texts and unofficial consolidated versions
Westlaw UK - in the EU database treaties are found within the Browse section. There are consolidated versions available

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