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Researching EU Legislation

How do I find EU legislation if I only know the subject matter?

Free web sources

EUR-Lex - http://eur-lex.europa.eu/en/index.htm - select Simple Search and then Search Terms. Enter your terms in the box. Alternatively from the home page of EUR-Lex, under Collections there is a link to Legislation in force. This is an online version of the Directory of Community Legislation in Force and is arranged by subject.

   

Summaries of EU legislation - http://europa.eu/legislation_summaries/index_en.htm - this site provides summaries of European legislation, divided into 32 subject areas. There are links to EUR-Lex for full text documents.

Hard copy sources

Directory of Community Legislation in Force - 20 chapters based on subjects; vol. 2 has a subject index. The electronic version on EUR-Lex has links to the online OJ L series. Please note that the hard copy version of the Directory stopped publication in 2004.

   

Encyclopaedia of European Community Law - arranged with broad subject headings¹

   

Halsbury's Laws volumes 51 & 52 (fourth edition) - use the subject indexes in the volumes

     
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Subscription-based databases

Justis EU - fill in Document Type box and search terms in the Full Text box.

   

Lawtel EU - from the Adopted Legislation option, enter your subject terms in the search box.

   

Lexis - from the European Union database, select Legislation and Regulations and enter your search terms in the Search box.

   

Westlaw UK - select the EU database; enter search terms in Free Text box.

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