List of European Union legal online resources in the United States

1. Community Research & Development Information Service
Description CORDIS, the Community Research and Development Information Service, is an important source on EU R&D programmes and relevant matters. CORDIS aims to facilitate your participation in European research activities, improve the exploitation of research results …

2. Council of Europe – Treaty Office
Description The Council of Europe’s offical treaty web site. Conventions and Agreements in the European Treaty Series (ETS) from 1949 – 2003 (ETS Nos 001 to 193). Series is continued by Council of Europe Treaty Series CETS 194 and following.

3. Council of The European Union
Description The Council of the European Union is a community institution exercising the powers conferred upon it by the Treaties.

4. Court of Justice – Proceedings of the Court of Justice
Description Texts of the proceedings of the Court of Justice and the Court of First Instance of the European Communities and the Civil Service Tribunal of the European Union from 1997 onwards.

5. EU WhoisWho: the official directory of the European Institutions
Description EU Whoiswho is an electronic directory which presents the organisational charts of the EU institutions, bodies and agencies in all official EU languages. The directory allows for searching by personal name, organisational name, or hierarchical order.

6. EUobserver.com
Description EUobserver.com is an online daily news site focused on the European Union. Some articles are freely accessible, while others require payment.

7. EUR-Lex – The access to European Union law
Description EUR-Lex provides direct free access to European Union law. The system makes it possible to consult the Official Journal of the European Union and it includes inter alia the treaties, legislation, case-law and legislative proposals.

8. Europa – Gateway to the European Union
Description Europa provides up-to-date coverage of European Union affairs and essential information on European integration. Users can also consult all legislation currently in force or under discussion, access the websites of each of the EU institutions and find out …

9. European Central Bank
Description The European Central Bank (ECB) is the central bank for Europe’s single currency, the euro. The ECB’s main task is to maintain the euro’s purchasing power and thus price stability in the euro area. The euro area comprises the 13 European Union countries that …

10. European Commission
Description The European Commission embodies and upholds the general interest of the Union and is the driving force in the Union’s institutional system. Its four main roles are to propose legislation to Parliament and the Council, to administer and implement Community …

11. European Constitutional Law Network
Description Contains texts of EU constitutions, papers presented to the annual ECLN Discourse (conference), selected decisions of EU constitutional courts and some teaching materials

12. European Court of Justice and Court of First Instance
Description The homepage of the European Court of Justice and Court of First Instance with links to case law.

13. European Court of Justice and Court of First Instance Case-law
Description A searchable database of full text judgements of the Court of Justice and Court of First Instance from 1953 onwards.

14. European Economic and Social Committee
Description The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) is a consultative body that gives representatives of Europe’s socio-occupational interest groups, and others, a formal platform to express their points of views on EU issues. Its opinions are forwarded to the …

15. European integration current contents
Description European Integration Current Contents provides access to the tables of contents of journals relevant in European Integration research-law, human rights, economics, history and political sciences. Currently it covers 107 journals published in nine languages …

16. European journal of international law
Description A searchable electronic journal of international law with a European focus. Current developments in trials being held at the International Court of Justice, World Trade Organisation and other international courts are reported and discussed in full text. Other …

17. European Parliament
Description The European Parliament is the only directly-elected body of the European Union. On this website, you can find information on how the Parliament organises its work, through a system of specialised committees.

18. European research papers archive ERPA
Description This keyword searchable fulltext database forms a joint access point for high quality papers from institutions which specialise in European integration studies, including the European University Institute, Academy of European Law (Florence) and the Max Planck …

19. European Sport Charter
Description The European Sport Charter provides guidance for the Council of Europe’s member states to perfect existing legislations or other policies and to develop a comprehensive framework for sport.

20. European Treaties
Description Treaties of the European Union.

21. European Union – Committee of the Regions
Description The Committee of the Regions (CoR) is the political assembly that provides local and regional authorities with a voice at the heart of the European Union.

22. European Union Law: An Integrated Guide to Electronic and Print Research
Description LLRX.com works with nationally recognized law librarians, attorneys, information technology specialists and legal technology consultants to produce the site’s well-documented, up-to-the-minute columns, feature articles, topical research guides, and legal-tech …

23. Jean Monnet Program
Description Under the Jean Monnet Project, the European Commission supports university initiatives aimed at teaching activities in European integration. Launched in 1990 at the specific request of the academic world, the Jean Monnet Project aims to promote teaching in …

24. Jean Monnet working papers
Description Fulltext access to currently published papers in European Union integration topics, with an archive back to 1995. Papers can be downloaded in pdf or rtf.

25. Sport Council of Europe
Description “The Council is aware that sport has a distinctive role to play as a force for social integration, tolerance and understanding. It is open to all, regardless of age, language, religion, culture, or ability. It is the single most popular activity in modern …

26. Statewatch: Annotated text of EU Constitution
Description Annotated texts of the proposed EU Constitution comparing the current Treaties, practice and case law to the proposed Constitution