European Union Legal Research Secondary Legislation the EU

European Union Legal Research Secondary Legislation, the EU Legislative Process and Case Law Duncan Alford Law Librarian and EU Specialist Princeton University

EU Institutions Involved in Legislation n n European Commission Council of the European Union European Parliament Economic and Social Committee of the Regions

Four Methods of Enacting Legislation Co-decision n Cooperation n Assent n Consultation n

Four Types of EU Legislation Regulations n Directives n Decisions n Recommendations / Opinions n

Official Journal of the European Union Legislation – L Series n Communications – CE Series n Communications – CA Series n Annex – Debates n Supplement – S Series (tenders) n

Regulations Council Regulation No. 44/2001 of 22 December 2000 on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters, 2001 O. J. (L 12) 1. n Number of Regulation then its year n

Directives First Council Directive 77/780 on the coordination of the laws, regulations and administrative provision relating to the taking up and pursuit of the business of credit institutions, 1977 O. J. (L 322) 30. n Year then number of directive n

Co-decision Procedure Green paper or White paper issued n Commission makes a legislative proposal n First Reading by European Parliament n Common Position by Council of the EU n Second Reading by European Parliament n Commission Opinion on EP amendments n Joint Text by Conciliation Committee n Third Reading by European Parliament n

EU Legislative Documents n Commission Documents or COM documents – White Papers » http: //europa. eu. int/comm/off/white/index_en. htm – Green Papers » http: //europa. eu. int/comm/off/green/index_en. htm – Eur. Lex Example: European Governance, COM (2001) 428

EU Legislative Documents II Common Position or Council Documents n European Parliament Reports n European Parliament Debates n Joint Text of Conciliation Committee n Economic and Social Committee Opinions n Committee of the Regions Opinions n

Legislative Document Databases n n Pre. Lex (by European Commission) OEIL – Legislative Observatory (by the European Parliament)

OEIL v. Pre. Lex n n n OEIL By European Parliament Procedures since 1994 Summaries of key documents and some links Tracking legislation n n Pre. Lex By European Commission Proposals since 1975 Full-text documents since 1999

EU Official Publications n Bulletin of the European Union – http: //europa. eu. int/abc/doc/off/bull/en/welcom e. htm n General Report on the Activities of the Community – http: //europa. eu. int/abc/doc/off/rg/en/welcome. htm

EU Case Law n European Court of Justice – 15 judges, 8 advocates general n Court of First Instance – Created 1989 – 15 judges n National courts

Case Law Sources European Court Reports n Curia, http: //curia. eu. int/en/index. htm n European Community Cases n Common Market Law Reports n C. M. L. R. Antitrust Reports n

Databases Eur. Lex n CELEX n Westlaw n Lexis. Nexis n Lawtel EU n Europa – list of databases n

EU Depository Libraries n New York City – NYU Law Library – NYPL, Science, Industry and Business Library n New York State – – – SUNY Albany SUNY Buffalo Cornell University