Jean Monnet European Centre of Excellence, University of Leeds, UK

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About the Centre
Information sources 
Bibliographies
Online papers


News, current awareness
Europa
- What's new on Europa?
- Rapid press releases
- Midday Express news summaries
- Bulletin of the European Union
- General Report on the Activities of the European Union
- Official Journal
Council press releases
European Parliament press service
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UK Office
European Commission
- Press Room
- Commission Representation in the UK: The Week in Europe, European Agenda, press releases.
European Court of Justice recent cases (search)
EU for Journalists
Eurostat
news releases
Financial Times
(Europe section)
European Voice
EurActiv
EUobserver
Reports
of the House of Lords Select Committee on the European Communities


Legislation and case law
Eur-Lex
- Official Journal
- Directory of Community legislation in force
- Legislation in preparation
- PreLex (tracking the decision-making process)
- Treaties
Selected instruments taken from the Treaties
European Court of Justice
Rome-convention.org (database on the 1980 Convention on the Law Applicable to Contractual
Obligations)
European Private Law (Ius Commune)


2004 IGC / EU Constitution
Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe (text)
The European Parliament and the draft European Constitution

European Convention
The Future of the European Union - Debate


 


Related websites at the University of Leeds:

- Centre for European Political Communications (EurPolCom) Working Papers available; other publications via staff pages; projects include:

- Centre for International Business
- Institute of Communications Studies

Centre for Translation Studies
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School of Politics and International Studies
- Centre for the Study of Law and Policy in Europe
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Eurodans
- University of Leeds European Office


EU institutions, agencies, bodies
Luxembourg Presidency of the EU
[other Presidencies]
Council of the EU
European Parliament
European Ombudsman
European Commission
- Directorates General & Services
- Representations (offices in Member States)
- Delegations (offices in non-member countries)
Economic and Social Committee
(ESC)
Committee of the Regions (CoR)
European Court of Justice (ECJ)
European Court of Auditors (ECA)
European Investment Bank (EIB)
Publications Office
Eurostat (Statistical Office)
European Judicial Network (EJN)
Europol
Community agencies 


International organisations, governments, countries
Council of Europe
- Parliamentary Assembly
- Congress of Local and Regional Authorities
European Patent Office
North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO)
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
United Nations (UN)
World Trade Organization (WTO)
Governments on the WWW

UK Government (Directgov)
- Foreign & Commonwealth Office
UK Parliament


Terminology / language
IATE ("an interactive terminology database system for the collection, dissemination and shared management of terminology between the Institutions, Agencies and other bodies of the European Union")
Glossary [SCADPlus]
Commission's Translation Service
[see 'Language Aids']
EUABC.com (EU dictionary)
Research in Modern Languages in the UK



Bibliographic databases, guides
Euroguide
European Commission's Libraries site
Fact sheets on the EU
SCADPlus
European Parliament: Indexes of debates 1984-1999
New York University School of Law Jean Monnet Program
European Integration Online Papers
European University Institute
, Florence

German Law Journal

SOSIG Euro Studies
European Consortium for Political Research
(ECPR)
PERSA Working Papers
(Political Economy Research in Soviet Archives)
Archive of European Integration (makes available key historical documents, especially those not already available electronically)

European NAvigator
(ENA - a multimedia knowledge base documenting the history and institutions of post-war Europe)


Funding
University of Leeds European Office
Grants and loans
(from the EU)
Individual Research Visits to Central and Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union, funded via the British Academy


EU information networks
Europe near you
Information Networks

European Information Network in the UK


Research
Sixth Framework Programme
CORDIS
(Community Research and Development Information Service)


Gateways, pressure groups, think tanks, discussion groups
Europa (EU portal)
EuroInternet (European integration)
Statewatch
Centre for European Policy Studies

European Policy Centre
Federal Trust

Eurosoc (University of Leeds)
University Association for Contemporary European Studies (UACES)
European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE)
European Youth Portal