Useful Links
FCO Presidency website is the official UK government’s website
regarding the UK’s Presidency.
Europa
The main multi-lingual website of the European Union,
providing up-to-date news, information on policies, access
to documents, Europa is the gateway to all the Union's
institutions. Some direct links to sites of interest are
suggested below but all these and many more are accessible
through the main Europa site
DTI
Women and Equality Unit - The DTI's Woman and Equality
Unit UK Presidency Web Pages
The European Commission
Multilingual access to official documents, press releases
The European Commission Representation in the United Kingdom
site gives details of forthcoming EU events in Britain,
UK sources of information etc.
The Council of the European Union Multilingual site with
general information on the function and working methods
of the Council etc. as well as a newsroom with detailed
press releases for each Council meeting. Links to website
of the Presidency in office.
The European Parliament Multilingual
site giving an overview of the EP and its activities,
along with the latest news, links to reference material
etc.
Details
of EC Legislation may be accessed via the CELEX
or EUR-Lex websites.
CELEX is a comprehensive and authoritative
information source on European Community Law. It offers
multilingual, full-text coverage of a wide variety of
legal acts including the founding treaties, binding and
non-binding legislation, opinions and resolutions issued
by the European Union Institutions and consultative bodies,
and the case law of the Court of Justice. The database
currently holds over 200,000 records in 11 official languages.
This
service is via a subscription cost. Details of all costs
are available from the CELEX Subscription page.
EUR-Lex is similar to CELEX but
offers EC Information free of charge. A user registration
is required to use pages from the Official Journal. Under
normal circumstances you will receive a user-id and password
within minutes of registering. Please note your ID and
password as you will be able to use them time and again.
The
EUR-Lex search facility permits two types of searches:
- A full text search allowing the use of key words or phrases
- A search by document using specific document numbers from
the pages of the official journal, Decision, Directive
or regulation number, COM series number etc.
It should be noted that a web browser
capable of using tables should be used such as Netscape
Navigator Microsoft Internet Explorer version 2.0 or above.
Other useful European Information
sources:
Welcome to Europa
Weights and Measures
Food Standards Agency
Education and Employment
Social Security
Further help:
Her Majesty’s Stationery Office. The site contains the full
text of all Public and Local Acts of the UK Parliament,
the Explanatory Notes to Public Acts, Statutory Instruments
and Draft Statutory Instruments; and Measures of the General
Synod of the Church of England.
The site includes the full text
of all legislation enacted by the UK Parliament and delegated
legislation (Statutory Instruments) whether this applied
to the United Kingdom as a whole or only to constituent
parts of the UK (e.g. Scotland).
