European Union

Law and Your Rights

AIRE Centre
Information and advice on the rights of the individual in the Europe
http://www.airecentre.org/

Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union
Includes the full text of the charter proclaimed in December 2000, plus frequently asked questions.
http://europa.eu.int/ comm/ justice_home/ unit/ charte/ index_en.html

Citizens Signpost Service
A free service to help you take full advantage of your rights in the EU. A team of multi-lingual legal experts will provide a speedy individually-tailored reply to your enquiry, providing a concise explanation of the relevant area of EU law and, if necessary, advice on where further help can be found - at local, national or EU level. This service is provided by the the European Commission.
http://europa.eu.int/ citizensrights/ signpost/ front_end/ signpost_en.htm

Court of Justice of the European Communities
Search for case-law since 17/06/1997 (earlier case law is on the EUR-lex site)
http://curia.europa.eu/

DEC.NAT
Database of "national decisions" concerning Community law from 1959 onwards. It contains: "the national case law regarding European Union law; and the reference to annotations and comments in books and articles related to national decisions and judgements delivered under the preliminary ruled procedure by the Court of Justice Court of Justice of the European Union concerning those matters"
http://www.juradmin.eu/ en/ jurisprudence/ jurisprudence_en.lasso

EUR-LEX
Full text of treaties, legislation, proposals for legislation, case law and recent editions of the Official Journal. Also has Euro conversion rates.
http://eur-lex.europa.eu

European Agency for Safety and Health at Work
Includes European Union legislation, good practice informatiom, fact sheets, research, training and statistics.
http://europe.osha.eu.int/

European Constitution
The full title is �Treaty establishing a constitution for Europe�. The text is available on this site along with factsheets, a summary and all other related information.
http://www.europa.eu.int/ constitution/ index_en.htm

London Gazette
Keep up-to-date with new EU legislation with this official newspaper. The last two issues and several supplements are available online free.
http://www.london-gazette.co.uk

Public-Services.EU
Information for EU citizens wishing to move to another EU country and for businesses wishing to do business with other EU countries. Information for individuals includes employment, education ,taxation, health and social security and other issues.
http://europa.eu.int/ public-services/ index_en.htm

SOLVIT
A free service to help individuals and businesses resolve problems resulting from the possible misapplication of EU rules by a public body in another Member State. The service operates through a network of SOLVIT Centres
http://europa.eu.int/ comm/ internal_market/ solvit/ index_en.htm

Treaties
Links to the basic legal texts on which the European Union and the European Communities are founded: the founding treaties (original versions and later updatings), the amending treaties, the accession treaties for each of the six enlargements, plus other essential documents. See the separate Gateway entries for the 2007 Treaty of Lisbon (the EU Reform Treaty)
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/ en/ treaties/ index.htm

Treaties Office Database
Contains all the bilateral and multilateral treaties or agreements concluded by the European Community, the European Atomic Energy Community (EAEC) and the former European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC), and those concluded under the Treaty on European Union. Does not include the �founding treaties� of the European Community and European Union (see the Gateway's separate 'Treaties' entry) or other agreements concluded between the Member States of the European Union.
http://ec.europa.eu/ world/ agreements/ default.home.do

Treaty of Lisbon
See the 'Britain in the EU' section of this Foreign and Commonwealth Office site for information about the Treaty of Lisbon (the EU Reform Treaty) and PDF files of the full text of the treaty
http://www.fco.gov.uk

Treaty of Lisbon
The Treaty was signed by the Heads of State or Government of the 27 Member States in Lisbon on 13 December 2007. This site includes 'The treaty at a glance', 'Questions and answers', a link to the full text, news and more
http://europa.eu/ lisbon_treaty/ index_en.htm

Your Europe
'Information for citizens' section gives detailed practical information on your rights and opportunities in the EU both at EU level and in a specific EU country. Topics include living, working, studying, travelling, equal opportunities, buying goods and services, social security, taxes, consumer protection, driving, and citizenship.
http://europa.eu.int/ youreurope/

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