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EU Appendix  A Law on Lexis

Treaties & International Agreements
Case Law
Legislation & Regulations
Area of Law--by Topic: International Law

On Lexis, there are two main areas in the directory where relevant files are located.  The first is in the folder "Legal (excluding US)" and the second is in the folder "Area of Law--by Topic:   International Law"  Most of the file descriptions below are taken directly from Lexis.

From the Lexis Directory, click on "Legal (excluding US)" and the click on "European Union".    There are three folders available from this source list:  Treaties & International Agreements, Case Law, and Legislation & Regulations. 

Treaties & International Agreements

EC Treaties

The TREATY file as provided through the CELEX database, covers treaties establishing the European Communities, treaties amending or supplementing the founding treaties and the accession treaties of new member states. Also included are agreements and other legal acts resulting from external relations maintained by the European Communities and by member states.

EC Treaties in BDIEL

European Community treaties and other agreements are available, from Basic Documents of International Economic Law. Documents include introductions and the text of treaties, agreements and protocols, such as the Treaty of Rome, the Lome Convention, the European Patent Convention, and others.

Case Law

European Court of Justice and European Court of Human Rights Cases

Caselaw from the Court of Justice of the European Communities in Luxembourg, the Court of First Instance, and the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, including:

All fulltext decisions of the Court of Justice of the European Communities since the foundation of the Court in 1954, as reported in the European Court Reports (ECR), the official English Language reports of the Court. Decisions from the Court of First Instance from December 1989 are also included.

Transcripts of cases not yet reported in ECR include not only the judgment of the Court but also the opinion delivered by the Advocate-General.

Community cases reported in European Commercial Cases (ECC) from 1978, and Common Market Law Reports (CMLR) from 1959.

Decisions from the European Court of Human Rights as reported in the European Human Rights Reports (EHRR) from 1979, the beginning of the series.

European Court of Justice Cases

Fulltext decisions from the Court of Justice of the European Communities and the Court of First Instance as contained in the CELEX database, a comprehensive and authoritative database of European Union law. A typical decision may contain two documents: (1) the judgment of the Court and (2) the opinion of the Advocate General. Each document has a unique LEXIS Cite that is LEXSEEable, and LEXIS pagination for easy reference.

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EC Decisions Relating to Competition

All decisions made since 1972 by the European Commission in applying the fair competition rules under Articles 85 and 86 of the EEC Treaty and the corresponding provisions of the other treaties.

Cour de Justice des Communautés Européennes de 1954

Decisions of the Court of Justice of the European Communities (La Cour de Justice des Communautés Europénnes) from the foundation of the Court, December 21, 1954, in French. Decisions include the judgment of the Court and the opinion of the Advocate-Général.

Legislation & Regulations

European Communities Law

EC Treaties, Legislation, Preparatory Documents, National Provisions, Implementing Directives, and Parliamentary Questions as provided by CELEX --the computerized documentation system on Community law, which the EC institutions makes available to their officials and the public. Sources include Series L and C of the Official Journal of the European Communities, SEC and COM final documents, etc.

This database includes the following types of documents:

(1) Primary law   (2) International Agreements  (3) Community Legal Instruments   (4) Supplementary Legislation  (5) Preparatory acts  (6) Parliamentary questions  (7) National provisions implementing directives  (8) Merger decisions

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EC Legislation

European Communities legislation,  a subset of the file called European Communities law,   includes:

Journal Officiel des Communautes Europeennes, Serie L de 1952

Fulltext of directives, regulations, recommendations and decisions of the European Council and Commission as published in the Journal Officiel des Communautes Europeennes, la Serie L (Official Journal of the European Communities, Legislative series) from Volume 1, December 1952. All documents are in French.

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National Provisions Implementing Directives

These documents cover all national measures taken by EU Member States in their implementation of Community measures, as provided by the CELEX database. These documents do not provide the text of these measures, but contain publication references to the provisions enacted by each Member State to transpose a directive into national legislation.

Business Guide to EU Initiatives

The Business Guide to EU Initiatives, prepared by EU Committee of the American Chamber of Commerce in Belgium, offers a concise overview of pending and recently adopted European Union legislation on a range of policy issues. Eleven sectors are covered, from competition policy to transportation. For each initiative, whether it be a legislative proposal, communication, action plan or program, the Guide provides background information and assesses the implications for business and industry operating in Europe. Each entry details the content of the issue and ends with a business perspective written by a professional and expert in that area.

The EU Committee of the American Chamber of Commerce is the key organization that represents the views of European companies of American parentage to the European Union. Its member companies are drawn from a broad cross-section of the European business community.

Area of Law--by Topic: International Law

The second area in the source directory, "Area of Law--by Topic: International Law", contains many of the same files listed above.  These include: EC Decisions Relating to Competition, European Court of Justice and European Court of Human Rights Cases, Business Guide to EU Initiatives, and European Communities Law.  Although there are many other files available in this source area, there are a few that are particularly useful. 

EC News

This source for European Union (Community) current awareness includes daily press releases (the EU's RAPID service), updates on tender offers (the EU's TED service), and Cooper & Lybrand's legislative summaries and a variety of other news publications.

European Report

European Report provides European Community information aimed at helping readers gain a better understanding of the EC and its goals. This newsletter attempts to present a panoramic view of the EC by reporting on the following five major aspects: Legislation, Business, Internal Market, and  External relations. 

More than twenty major business sectors are included, e.g. banks and finance, electronics, motor vehicles etc

RAPID

RAPID contains the press releases, news items, memos and speeches made available through the EC Commission's Spokesman's Service. Updated daily, RAPID presents same-day access to basic summaries and explanations of important Commission policy proposals and decisions, Commission decisions and statements, background information, notes, addresses to journalists and selected speeches by Members of the Commission.

European Insight

This weekly newsletter provides brief but complete information about the week's EU-related happenings.