European Union Research: A Beginner's Guide: Legislation

Summaries of EU legislation are short, easy-to-understand explanations of the main legal acts passed by the EU – intended for a general, non-specialist audience.
Most cover the main types of legislation passed by the EU: directives, regulations and decisions. But some cover other documents, such as international agreements

EUR-Lex Legislation gives access to: "binding legal instruments (regulations, directives and decisions); non-binding instruments (resolutions, opinions); other instruments (EU institutions' internal regulations, EU action programmes, etc.)" There is a powerful search function.

Access to the Official Journal by date or by citation. Legislation is in the "L" series. Covers 1952 to the present.

This Directory lets researchers browse for in-force legislation by category / topic.

You can browse this directory "to find the latest: consolidated version of an act (or the basic act if never amended) and amendments/corrigenda to it."

All EU secondary Legislation is available in Westlaw's European Union Legislation source.

Full text of EU directives.

Full text of EU regulations.

Decisions from 1952 to the present.