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Summaries of EU 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.
The summaries are grouped into 32 policy fields, and each links to the full, official version of the act. Summaries are not available for legal acts that we consider to be:
- already sufficiently short/clear, or
- aimed exclusively at a specialist audience
Agriculture
Audiovisual and media
Budget
Competition
Consumers
Culture
Customs
Development
Economic and monetary affairs
Education, training, youth, sport
Employment and social policy
Energy
Enlargement
Enterprise
Environment and climate change
External relations
External trade
Fraud and corruption
Food safety
Foreign and security policy
Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection
Human rights
Information society
Institutional affairs
Internal market
Justice, freedom and security
Maritime Affairs And Fisheries
Public Health
Regional policy
Research and innovation
Taxation
Transport
