Online Resources

This section contains the main online resources related to EU Institutions, Agencies, Organizations, and publications. 

Visit the Databases section of Rete Italiana dei Centri di documentazione website for further insights.

Commission

Commissione europea
Official website.

Eurydice
Organization and functioning of education systems in Europe.

Justice and Fundamental Rights
Directorate of the European Commission aimed at building a European area of justice.

Justice and Consumers
The Directorate-General of the European Commission responsible for EU policies on justice, consumer rights, and gender equality.

Eurostat
European statistics.

Representation in Italy

The Representation in Italy communicates and interacts with the government, stakeholders, media, and citizens.

Employment, Social Affairs & Inclusion
Catalogue of publications and database of EU strategic documents related to employment, social affairs, and inclusion policies 

Institution Registers
List of registers of major European Institutions. Full-text material published since 2001 is available.

Composed of ministers from the governments of each EU country, it holds, along with the European Parliament, the legislative power of the European Union.

Parliament

European Parliament
Official portal of the European Parliament.

European Parliamentary Research Service

Provides research support with authoritative and objective information for Members of Parliament, committees, and Parliament as a whole.

Legislative Observatory European Parliament
Database for monitoring the decision-making process of the European Parliament. 

Think Tank
Documentation on new EU legislation. 

Multimedia Centre of the Official portal of the European Parliament
Video content from the European Parliament.

Italian Office
Activities of the European Parliament in Italy.

Agencies

Decentralized agencies play an important role within the European Union (EU). They contribute to making Europe a more competitive and better place to live and work, for the benefit of all European citizens. These agencies were established by the EU to carry out technical and scientific tasks and to contribute to the implementation of policies and decisions by European institutions. They are distributed across various EU countries and are important because they provide EU institutions and countries with specialized knowledge in multiple fields.

EFSA - European Foof Safety Authority
(Located in Parma, Italy)

European authority on food safety. Provides scientific advice on food-related risks.


ETF - European Training Foundation
(Located in Torino, Italy)

European foundation for vocational training.


EIGE - European Institute for Gender Equality
(Located in Vilnius, Lithuania)

European agency for gender equality protection.


FRA - Fundamental Rights Agency
(Located in Vienna, Austria)

European agency for the protection of fundamental rights.

Law

EU Founding agreements
Collection of international treaties signed between member states regarding the legal system of the EU.

EUR-Lex
Access to European Union law.

EUR-Lex - Summaries of EU legislation
Short texts that clearly and simply explain the main legal acts adopted by the EU. These are intended for a general and non-specialist audience.  .

EUR-Lex - Official Journal of the European Union

EUR-Lex - Legislative Procedures
This site allows you to follow the progress of a legislative proposal from its presentation to its adoption.

TED - Tenders Electronic Daily
Supplement S of the EU Official Journal. It contains tenders and procurement notices from all member countries.

N-Lex
A single point of access to national legislative databases of individual EU member countries.

European Justice
The European portal for justice and law in EU member states.

Archives

Historical Archives of the European Union
A unique collection of over 150 private archives of prominent pro-European associations and personalities.

Websites Archives of EU Institutions
Archive of EU Institutions.

CORDIS - EU research results
The main source of results from projects funded by the EU's Framework Programs for research and innovation.

AEI - Archive of European Integration

Bibliographic Resources

Find-ER
Discovery tool for European Commission libraries.  

Europeana
Access to more than 50 million digitized resources, including books, music, artworks, and much more.