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European Union resources at NUL:
GovInfo has been a depository of the European Union since 1970, and includes several hundred thousand documents, monographs, maps, CD-ROMs & DVDs, serial and miscellaneous publications. Many materials in the collection date back to the early 1950s.
Member, Acceding, Candidate and Potential Candidate countries
Currently, there are 27 EU Member States
Currently, there are 3 Candidate Countries
Currently, there are 4 Potential Candidate Countries
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Europa: the European Union web site
A few key Europa sites:
Selected reference sources
- Borchardt, Klaus-Dieter. The ABC of community law. 5th ed. Luxembourg: Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, 2000. Govt. Reference 341.75061 B726a 2000
- Cairns, Walter. Introduction to European Union law. 2nd ed. London : Cavendish, 2002. Govt. Reference 341.2422 C136i
- The Europa directory of international organizations 2002. 4th ed. London: Europa Publications Ltd., 2002. p. 321-379. Govt. Reference 341.2 E89
- Gower, Jackie, ed. The European Union handbook. 2nd ed. London; Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn, 2002. Govt. Reference 341.2422 E891122
- Sloan, Barbara. Accessing European Union Information. Washington, D.C.: Delegation of the European Commission, Office of Press & Public Affairs, 1998. Govt. Supplemental Reference 025.52 A1696
Documents
For information about access to published and unpublished Commission documents, please see Access to European Commission Documents: a Citizen's Guide
Commission documents generally fall into 3 categories:
- COM documents: proposed legislation and other Commission communications to the Council and/or the other institutions, and their preparatory papers
- SEC documents: internal documents associated with the decision-making process and the general operation of Commission departments
- C documents: legal acts adopted by the Commission in the exercise of its own or delegated powers
COM documents
- COM documents have been issued in paper, microfiche, and many are now online.
- There are several sources for COM documents:
- main index for COM documents published after 1/1/1999.
- "The EUR-Lex portal is a first step in bringing together the whole body of EU official acts for consultation. The aim is to move towards a streamlined environment for consultation of the legislation in force and of the complete electronic archive of legal and juridical texts from all the institutions. "
- Pre-Lex "follows all Commission proposals (legislative and budgetary dossiers, conclusions of international agreements) and communications from their transmission to the Council or the European Parliament. Links allow users to access directly the electronic texts available (COM documents, Official Journal, Bulletin of the European Union, documents of the European Parliament, press releases)."
- CELEX (Communitatis europeae lex), has been incorporated into EUR-Lex and is also available through LexisNexis Academic, click on "Legal Research."
| COM documents at Northwestern University Library |
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Print |
Microfiche |
Online |
| Years of coverage |
COM docs from 1969-1976 are bound.
COM docs from 1976-1983 are in boxes. |
1983-2002 |
1999-
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| Access information |
List of European Parliament and Commission documents in boxes
These docs circulate. The Voyager record for COM docs in boxes and on fiche is Bib number 1539574. |
In 2003, the Office for Official Publications ceased production of COM docs on fiche, after it completed production and distribution of 2002 documents.
These docs circulate. The Voyager record for COM docs in boxes and on fiche is Bib number 1539574. |
COM docs
EUR-Lex Legislation in Preparation
Pre-Lex |
SEC and C Documents
Eurostat: the statistical office of the EU
LexisNexis Statistical indexes all EU statistical publications
- LexisNexis Statistical is available through the Electronic Resources page. Off campus access is available through proxy services.
- LexisNexis Statistical is the web interface to the Index to International Statistics (IIS). It covers 1983 to the present.
- Click on "Search Abstracts" to search the entire IIS collection.
- All the IIS publications indexed in LexisNexis Statistical are available the Government and Geographic Information and Data Services Department.
- Government Information may have a print copy of a publication. Please search NUcat.
- All IIS publications from 1995 to the present are available in microfiche. Patrons should please make a note of the IIS number for any publication they wish to see. For example, IIS 1997 2970-S2.
Statistics on other Europa web sites
Statistics from the Directorates-General and EU services
Last updated: 10.22.07
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