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Europe on the Internet

EUROPA

• The portal of the European Union, EUROPA, provides a variety of information on European integration, particularly concerning the European Union's policies. Users can also access all legislation currently in force or under discussion and the websites of each of the EU institutions and bodies.
  
  http://europa.eu.int
  
  

INSTITUTIONS OF THE EUROPEAN UNION

• European Parliament
  http://www.europarl.europa.eu/parliament.do?language=en
  
  
  • European Ombudsman
    http://www.ombudsman.europa.eu/home/en/default.htm
    
    
  • Office of the European Parliament in Greece
    http://www.ana.gr/ee/main.htm
    
    
• Council of the European Union
  http://ue.eu.int/en/summ.htm
  
  
  • Presidency: (Table of all Presidencies with links to the Presidency homepages)
    http://ue.eu.int/en/summ.htm
    
    
  • Presidency Conclusions
    http://europa.eu.int/european_council/index_en.htm
    
    
• European Commission
  http://www.europa.eu.int/comm/index_en.htm
  
  
  • General Directions
    http://europa.eu.int/comm/dgs_en.htm
    
    
  • Representations of the European Commission in Member States
    http://europa.eu.int/comm/represent_en.htm
    
    
  • Representation of the European Commission in Greece
    http://europa.eu.int/hellas/
    
    
• Court of Justice of the European Communities
  http://curia.eu.int/en/index.htm
  
  
• Court of Auditors
  http://www.eca.eu.int/EN/menu.htm
  
  
• Economic and Social Committee
  http://www.ces.eu.int/
  
  
• Committee of the Regions
  http://europa.eu/institutions/consultative/cor/index_en.htm
  
  
• European Central Bank
  http://www.ecb.int/
  
  
• European Investment Bank
  http://www.eib.org/
  
  
  

OTHER AGENCIES AND BODIES

• European Environment Agency
  http://www.eea.eu.int/
  
  
• European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (CEDEFOP)
  http://www.cedefop.eu.int/index.asp
  
  
• European Training Foundation
  http://www.etf.eu.int
  
  
• European Police Office ( EUROPOL)
  http://www.europol.eu.int/
  
  
• Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market
  http://oami.eu.int/
  
  
• Statistical Office of the European Communities (EUROSTAT)
  http://europa.eu.int/comm/eurostat
  
  
• Office for official publications of the European Communities (EUR-OP)
  http://eur-op.eu.int/
  
  
• European Agency for Reconstruction
  http://www.ear.eu.int/
  
  
• European Agency for Safety and Health at Work
  http://europe.osha.eu.int
  
  
• European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction
  http://www.emcdda.org
  
  
• European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions
  http://www.eurofound.ie
  
  
• European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia
  http://www.eumc.at
  
  
• Translation Centre for the Bodies of the European Union
  http://www.cdt.eu.int
  
  
• Community Plant Variety Office
  http://www.cpvo.fr
  
  
• European Agency for Evaluation of Medicinal Products
  http://www.eudra.org
  
  

DATA BASES

• EUR-LEX:
  Eur-Lex is the portal to European Union Law.
  It provides access to the:
  • Official Journal of the EC
  • Treaties
  • Legislation
  • Legislation in preparation
  • Case - law
  • Parliamentary questions
  • Documents of public interest
  
  http://www.europa.eu.int/eur-lex/en/index.html
  
  
• CELEX:
  CELEX is the official legal database for the European Union. It includes all the EU Law, legislation, case law, written questions, and implementation measures of community directives.
  Access to CELEX, by subscription users only.
  http://www.europa.eu.int/celex/htm/celex_en.htm
  
  
• PRELEX:
  PRELEX is the database on inter-institutional procedures. It allows the user to follow the major stages of the decision making process by the Commission and other Institutes.
  http://www.europa.eu.int/prelex/apcnet.cfm?CL=en
  
  
• OEIL:
  OEIL is the European Observatory of the European Parliament
  This is a database which provides information on the legislative procedures followed for an Act to be adopted by the European Parliament.
  http://www.europarl.eu.int/oeil/default.htm
  
  
• CURIA:
  CURIA provides access to Court of Justice and Tribunal of First Instance for European Communities case law.
  http://curia.eu.int/en/content/juris/index.htm
  
  
• RAPID:
  RAPID is a database that contains press releases made by both the Commission and other institutional bodies.
  http://www.europa.eu.int/rapid/start/cgi/guesten.ksh
  
  
• ECLAS:
  ECLAS is the catalogue for the Central Library of the Commission in Brussels. It includes more than 20.000 bibliographical references related to European issues.
  http://www.europa.eu.int/eclas/
  
  
• SCAD-Plus:
  SCAD-Plus is a source of information for policies and activities within the EU.
  http://europa.eu.int/scadplus/
  
  
• IDEA:
  IDEA is an electronic directory of European institutional bodies
  http://www.europa.eu.int/idea/index.htm
  
  
• TED:
  TED is the electronic version of the supplement S to the Official Journal of the European Communities, which publishes calls for tenders.
  http://ted.publications.eu.int/static/home/en/homepage.ini?&time=
  
  
• CORDIS:
  The database Cordis provides access to information regarding areas of Research and Technological Development
  http://www.cordis.lu/en/home.html
  
  

INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

• Council of Europe
  http://www.coe.int/portalT.asp
  
  
  • European Court of Human Rights
    http://www.echr.coe.int/
    
    
  • Parliamentary Assembly
    http://assembly.coe.int/default.asp
    
    
• OECD (Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development)
  http://www.oecd.org/
  
  
• United Nations
  http://www.un.org/
  
  
• ΝΑΤΟ (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
  http://www.nato.int/
  
  
• World Trade Organization
  http://www.wto.org/