The Gazette 1989

FEBRUARY 1989

Sources of European

Community Law

Where to find them

PART 2

By Margaret Byrne, Librarian, The Law Society

Part 2 of this ar t i c le is a gu i de to t he secondary literature on

Eu r opean Commu n i ty Law. It covers pub l i ca t i ons of t he

Eu r opean Commu n i ty itself and those of comme r c i al

publishers. Part 1 (published in t he January, 1 9 8 9 ,

Gazette

a t page 2 0 ) dea lt w i t h t he sources of t he European

Commun i t y 's l egal sys t em - t he pr ima ry and seconda ry

legislation and internat ional ag r eemen ts - and t he case l aw

of t he Eu r opean Court of Justice.

EC Publications

The publication of EC documents is

largely done by the institutions of

the Community:

The European Parliament

The Council of the European

Communities

The Commi ss i on of the

European Communities

The Court of Justice of the

European Communities

The Economics and Social

Committee

The European Investment

Bank

The Court of Auditors of the

European Communities

and the research agencies

established by the Commission

such as the European Centre for

the Development of Vocational

Training

(Cede f op ),

the

European Foundation for the

Improvement of Living and

Working Conditions, and the

European University Institute.

EC Publications and Catalogues

are available from the Office for

Official Publications of the

European

Communities

Luxembourg or through the official

sales agent in each country which

in Ireland is the Government

Publications Sales Office, Sun

Alliance House, Molesworth Street,

Dublin 2, or, for mail orders, the

Stationery Office, 6th Floor, Bishop

Street, Dublin 8. Tel. (01) 781666.

The catalogue of publications of

the EC, issued quarterly and

annually, lists publications by

subject in a classified index

arrangement. The catalogue is

issued in two separate parts -

Part A: Publications of the EC

lists

monographs,

series

titles,

periodicals, and

Part B: Documents

gives bibliographical details of the

COM Documents (the Com-

mission's legislative proposals and

policy documents), the ESC

Opinions (Opinions, studies, reports

of the Economic and Social

Committee) and the EP Reports

(European Parliament amendments

to draft legislation and other

reports).

The EC Commission's Central

Document

Service

(SCAD)

publishes current awareness and

bibliographical

guides

Commission documents - the

SCAD Bulletin

(weekly),

SCAD

Bibliographies

on various subjects

(irregular) and

SCAD

News

(monthly).

The

Commission

Library

publishes

Recent Publications on

the European

Communities

received by the Library

(11 issues

per year plus supplements).

The following is a selection of EC

publications

which

provide

introductions, overviews and

summaries of legal activities in

particular areas:

Periodicals

The General Report on the

Activities

of the European

Communities.

Issued annually

by the Commission, it indicates

legislative developments in all

areas and the chapter on

Community Law is also

published as a separate

pamphlet.

The Bulletin of the European

Communities.

Issued by the

Commission 11 times a year

with an annual index, it covers

developments on a monthly

basis.

Supplements

to the

Bulletin are published at irregular

intervals. They contain official

Commission material (e.g.

communications to the Council,

programmes, reports and

proposals). The

Programme of

the Commission

for the year

ahead is published as a

Supplement.

The

Report on Competition

Policy

and the

Report on Social

Developments

are published as

supplements to the

General

Report.

The former is a source of

information on EC competition

policy and on the enforcement of

competition law. The latter

covers labour law developments.

The Review of the Council's

work

is published annually by

the Council.

The Court of Justice issues

Information on the Court of

Justice of the EC

(quarterly) and

Synopsis of the work of the

Court of Justice

which covers a

two year period.

Social Europe

is published three

times a year (with Supplements)

by the

Commission

Directorate-General for Employ-

ment, Social Affairs and

Education. It covers the Com-

mission's principal measures and

policies on employment, social

affairs, education, health and

safety, professional training, as

well as the main events taking