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Activities of the European Union: Energy

This section of the EU's Europa website gives a concise overview of EU energy policy and acts as a gateway to relevant information and documentation on EU websites. There are links to the European Commission's Energy and Transport Directorate-General, the European Parliament's Committee on Industry, Research and Energy, the Transport, Telecommunications and Energy Council's press releases and other web pages of interest. Legislation, statistics, press releases, the General Report on the Activities of the European Union and other publications are available.

Republic of Cyprus: Government Web Portal

Official website of the Republic of Cyprus. The Government section provides legislation arranged by subject (some of it in English translation) and a link to the Cyprus Government Gazette ('Episemos Ephemeris', Greek only, December 2004 onwards). It also has links to government departments' websites, the Presidency website and other official sites. There is information for citizens and businesses on a wide range of topics, including official forms and links to online services. The website is available in either Greek or English.

EU Bookshop

EU Bookshop is run by the Office for Official Publications of the European Union (also known as the Publications Office). It provides free access to the full text of all EU official publications issued since 1952. This includes all reports, documents and yearbooks from the key EU institutions and Agencies, covering all aspects of EU domestic and foreign policy, including issues relating to the EURO, EU accession and enlargement, legislation and political reports. Users can search or browse the website.

New Zealand Legal Information Institute

The New Zealand Legal Information Institute (NZLII) is a joint project of the University of Otago, the Victoria University of Wellington and the Australasian Legal Information Institute (AustLII). It provides free access to decisions of New Zealand courts and tribunals, starting at various dates in the 1990s and 2000s; New Zealand acts in force (all dates); selected articles from six legal journals, the New Zealand Treaty Series (1944 - ); and publications of the New Zealand Law Commission. The content can be browsed or searched.

Summaries of EU legislation

This section of the EU's Europa portal provides summaries of EU legislation in all policy areas. The information is arranged by subject, including agriculture, competition, employment and social policy, human rights, the internal market, regional policy and transport; these subjects are further sub-divided by specific area of law. Each section has an introduction to the policy, an outline of the legislation, details of relevant policy documents and information about future developments. Links are provided to the legal texts and official documents mentioned.

Iris Oifigiúil

The Iris Oifigiúil is the official Irish State gazette, published twice a week by the Stationery Office in Dublin. It announces public appointments in Ireland, ministerial proclamations, news and details of new Statutory Instruments and details of appointment of receivers to companies. The full text is available from January 2002 onwards, in PDF format. A search screen allows searching by keyword with options to refine by date and section of the Gazette.

Government Gazettes Online

Global guide to government gazettes, official publications which typically contain legislation, government notices and other documents. The site is provided by the University of Michigan. For each country, it gives the title of the gazette, a description of the contents, the date range available on the web and the frequency of publication, with a link to the gazette's website.

International Space Law

This section of the UN Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) website provides access to legal materials and background documents about international space law. These include treaties (bilateral and multilateral); General Assembly resolutions; a database of national laws and official documents relating to outer space (including a directory of space law courses, 'Educational opportunities in space law'); and studies by UNOOSA.

Archive of European Integration

The Archive of European Integration (AEI), maintained by the University of Pittsburgh, is an online repository of documents relating to the development of the European Union. It consists of EU official documents - such as green and white papers, treaties and reports - and independently-published materials such as conference papers, working papers and journal articles. The Archive can be searched by keyword, or browsed by topic, year, or document number.

Hong Kong Gazette

Free online version of the official gazette of Hong Kong, in English and Chinese. The Hong Kong Gazette publishes ordinances, regulations, bills, tenders and official notices. Both the main Gazette and its supplements are provided on the website. Issues may be browsed by date, or searched by key word. The Gazette is produced by the Printing Department of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China.

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