Guide to the Principle Legislative Publications
of the European Union

| Official Journal | Consolidated Texts | COM Documents | Bulletin of the European Union

Official Journal

The Official Journal contains the text of proposed and final legislation, including regulations, decisions, and directives. Also contains the recommendations or opinions of the Commission which are non-binding.

Section	Call Number	Index/Database	Web
Section C Legislative proposals Section L Final Legislation	EC 4.9: (International Microfiche) KJE908.O35 (CD-ROM) 2nd Floor Paterno Library	Official Journal on CD-ROM LexisNexis Academic available to Penn State students, faculty, and staff, as well as to visitors to the Libraries Celex Indexing only. For materials before 2005. For materials 2005 to present, use EUR-Lex	EUR-LEX "EUR-Lex provides direct free access to European Union law"

Section

Call Number

Index/Database

Web

Section C

Legislative proposals

Section L

Final Legislation

EC 4.9: (International Microfiche)

KJE908.O35 (CD-ROM)

2nd Floor Paterno Library

Official Journal on CD-ROM
LexisNexis Academic available to Penn State students, faculty, and staff, as well as to visitors to the Libraries
Celex
Indexing only. For materials before 2005. For materials 2005 to present, use EUR-Lex

EUR-LEX
"EUR-Lex provides direct free access to European Union law"

Consolidated Texts

Legislation in force, codified to include amendments.

Web	Call Number	Indexing
Consolidated Texts search via EUR-LEX	KJE921.E97, 3rd Floor Paterno Library Stacks	EUR-LEX chronological and analytical indexes

COM (Communication) Documents

Full text of legislative proposals and amendments with explanatory memoranda (lacking in Official Journal, Section C versions of proposals)

Web	Call Number	Indexing
European Economic and Social Committee	EC 1.11: (International microfiche), 2nd Floor Paterno Library	EUR-LEX COM documents found under Legislation in Preparation or Documents of Public Interest

Bulletin of the European Union

The Bulletin of the European Union summarizes the activities of the Commission and the other Community institutions giving citations to key publications.

Call Number	Indexing	Web
JN30.E9 --1968-to present, 2nd Floor Paterno Library Stacks	Self indexing	from 1996-to present

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