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Introduction to EU legal sources for non-EU students

Margaret WatsonAcademic Services Librarian

Bodleian Law Library

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Treaties: primary legislation

European Institutions

Legislative procedure

Commission Directive 2005/86/EC Institution Form Year

NumberTreaty basis

Citations

Council Regulation (EEC) 1408/71Institution Form

Treaty basis Number

Year

Parliamentary copyright images are reproduced with the permission of Parliament

Implementation in Member States

Interpretation and enforcement

Image copyright Citizensheep

Wikipedia commons: Author Antony M

Picture by Gwenaël Piaser

Case citation

Denotes the Court Names of parties

C-2/00 Hölterhoff v Freiesleben

Case number and year, i.e. second case registered in the year 2000

Where is it all published?

Photograph by Christopher Sessum

Treaties, legislation, draft legislation and information about cases is published in the Official Journal

Official Journal

• L series: adopted legislation

• C series: information of public interest

• (S series: invitations to tender for public contracts)

Official Journal on EUR-Lex

OJ citation

OJ L145 2001 p.43

Official JournalSeries (Legislation)

number Year

page number

Publication of Case Law

European Court Reports

Common Market Law Reports

Curia http://curia.europa.eu/

EUR-Lex http://eur-lex.europa.eu/

Summary

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