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Founding Treaties
- Treaty on European Union (1992) (external link) (EUR-Lex) in English
- Treaty establishing the European Economic Community (1957) (external link) (EUR-Lex) in German
- Treaty establishing the European Economic Community (1957) (external link) (EUR-Lex) in French
- Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community (1957) (external link) (EUR-Lex) in English
- Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community (external link) (EUR-Lex) in German
- Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community (external link) (EUR-Lex) in French
Treaties Currently in Force (Primary Law)
- Treaty on European Union (TEU) (external link) (EUR-Lex) in English
- Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) (external link) (EUR-Lex) in English
- Charter of the Fundamental Rights of the European Union (external link) (EUR-Lex) in English
- Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom) (external link) (EUR-Lex) in English
Other Treaties
- Accession Treaties (external link) (EUR-Lex)
- Other Treaties and Protocols (external link) (EUR-Lex)
- Chronological Overview (external link) (EUR-Lex)
- EU Treaty Search (external link) (EUR-Lex)
Main Institutions
- European Parliament (external link) (Legislative)
- European Council (external link)
- Council of the European Union (external link) (Legislative)
- European Commission (external link) (Executive)
- Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) (external link) (Judiciary)
- European Central Bank (ECB) (external link)
- European Court of Auditors (ECA) (external link)
Other Institutions
- European External Action Service (EAAS) (external link)
- European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) (external link)
- European Committee of the Regions (CoR) (external link)
- European Investment Bank (EIB) (external link)
- European Ombudsman (external link)
- European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) (external link)
Legislative Acts (Secondary Law)
- Official Journal of the European Union (external link)
- EUR-Lex (external link) directives, regulations, and decisions; search by number, keyword or topic and selection of most recent legislative documents
- National Transposition Measures (external link) (EUR-Lex) measures taken by Member States to incorporate an EU legal act into national law
- Summaries of EU Legislation (external link) (EUR-Lex) by subject area
- Legislative Observatory (external link) current legislative procedures in the European Parliament
- Legislative Procedures (external link) current status of legislative packages (inter-institutional)
- EU Preparatory Acts (external link)
Case Law (Supplementary Secondary Law)
- InfoCuria: Case-law of the Court of Justice (external link)
- EUR-Lex Case-law Search (external link) recently published EU case law
Legal Guides
- Global Legal Information Catalog: European Union (Law Library of Congress) provides bibliographic information on our reference collection materials
- Global Legal Monitor: European Union (Law Library of Congress)
- In Custodia Legis Search: European Union (Law Library of Congress)
- 60-Year Anniversary of the Rome Treaties
- European Minimum Wage – Towards an Ever Closer Union?
- European Union Law – Global Legal Collection Highlights
- FALQs: The European Union’s Approach to the Current Refugee Crisis
- A Guide to Researching EU Law
- Legal Challenges for Uber in the European Union and in Germany
- Matrimonial Relations: European Law and Religious Communities
- Law Library of Congress Legal Reports: European Union (Library of Congress)
- Foreign Intelligence Gathering Laws: European Union
- Government Access to Encrypted Communications: European Union
- Government Procurement Law and Policy: European Union
- Government Services Feedback Practices: European Union
- Guest Worker Programs: European Union
- Online Privacy Law: European Union
- Regulation of Foreign Aid: European Union
- Law Library of Congress Search: European Union (Library of Congress)
General Sources
- Official Website of the European Union
- The EU in 2017, General Report on the Activities of the European Union (external link)
- The EU in 2017, Highlights (external link)
- How the European Union Works: Your Guide to the EU Institutions (external link)
- Europe in 12 Lessons (external link)
- European Union Information Research Guide (external link) (The European Library)
- European Union Research (external link) (New York University Law Library)
- UPDATE: European Union: A Guide to Tracing Working Documents (external link) (GlobaLex)
- UPDATE: European Union Legal Materials: An Infrequent User's Guide (external link) (GlobaLex)
- WashLaw: European Union (external link) (Washburn University Law Library)
- World Legal Materials from Europe: European Union (external link) (Cornell Legal Information Institute)
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Last Updated: 02/18/2021
