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General Report on the Activities of the European Union

This website provides access to the full text of all the official EU annual reports from 1997 to date, giving an overview of all EU activities and policy. Topics covered include: European integration, progress towards European Union enlargement, finance and budgets, the work of individual institutions such as the European Commission, the development of EU law, the work of the intergovernmental conference and progress in the field of human rights. There is a search facility covering the full text of all the reports from 2003 onwards.

European Parliament Fact Sheets

The European Parliament's website, Europarl, provides access to a collection of basic fact sheets for members of the public about the history, current organisation and policies of the European Union. The fact sheets are grouped under six main headings: How the European Community Words, Citizens' Europe, The Internal Market, Common Policies, Economic and Monetary Union and The Union's External Relations.

European Parliament and the IGC 2000

This site was created by the European Parliament to provide information on its involvement in the Inter-Governmental Conference 2000, which paved the way for alterations to EU treaties so that new member states could join. In addition to archived news releases, it includes an overview of how EU treaties are revised and the role in this of the European Parliament. It also provides access to numerous full-text documents produced by the Parliament on this issue; they include parliamentary committee reports, resolutions, debates and speeches.

The Legislative Observatory

The European Parliament's Legislative Observatory website, also known as OEIL, consists mainly of a searchable database tracking every proposal through the EU legislative process. All ongoing legislative procedures are included, plus concluded procedures going back to July 1994. For each procedure, there are summaries of key stages in the legislative process and forecasts of future stages. Links to the full text of many legislative documents are provided.

Euromyths

This site is maintained by the European Commission Representation in the United Kingdom to provide facts about European Union legislation and directives and to undermine any false rumours perpetuated by the British press. It examines newspaper and magazine stories from 1992 onwards. Typical examples include: "the EU is trying to ban Prawn cocktail crisps" and "bagpipes told to pipe down". Each entry makes reference to the actual EU directive involved and provides the facts.

Energy - European Commission

Webpages of the European Commission's Directorate-General for Energy, providing information relating to energy policy in the European Union (EU), including statistics and reports, press releases and the Directorate-General's newsletter, "Energy and Transport in Europe Digest" (2002 to date). Details of priced publications are also given. There are links to policy consultations and calls for tenders. Other sections include information and legislation relating to specific energy sources such as coal, oil and gas.

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