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Researching
EU Legislation
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How do I find out if
EU legislation has been implemented in the UK?
Free web sources
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EUR-Lex
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http://eur-lex.europa.eu/en/index.htm
- once you have found the document,
select Bibliographic Notice; under Relationship
between documents there is an option to
Display national execution measures. EUR-Lex may not have the
implementation details so do not assume that if there are no
details that the legislation has not been implemented. Try the
other sources listed below.
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European Commission web site -
http://ec.europa.eu/index_en.htm.
Find the Directorate-General responsible for the Directive via
Departments and Services and
see if there is any information about implementation.
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Subscription-based databases
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Justis EU - select
Celex from the
Data Sources list and tick
National Implementation. Fill in
other details.
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Lawtel EU - the summary information gives details of
implementing measures.
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Lexis - within the European Union database, there is an option
for National Provisions Implementing Directives.
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Westlaw UK - once you have found the document in the
EU database,
select National Measures from the Document Outline
options.
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