This site, hosted jointly by CEN, CENELEC and ETSI, provides various information on the subject of harmonized standards (including the associated directives).

On its website, the European Commission provides information on its institutions and their functions. Recent press releases are also available, together with answers to basic questions concerning the various areas of EU policy. The texts of important treaties (Treaty on European Union, Treaty of Amsterdam, etc.) can be downloaded.

Catalogue of sources of current EU legislation on industrial policy and the internal market. An excellent starting point for searches for more detailed information on internal market subjects.

Search for the texts of EU legislation, from the Treaty on European Union, through the Official Journal, to the directives, with a facility for performing full-text searches. Useful facility for searching for directives, for example, by key words.

EU Treaties in PDF format.

This website is hosted jointly by the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work and the Occupational Safety & Health Administration of the US Department of Labor and provides European and American information on legislation/regulations and good practice. By entering a country code before 'osha' in the internet address, users get direct access to information on the country concerned (example: http://at.osha.europa.eu oder http://fr.osha.europa.eu).

Database provided by the DG Enterprise and Industry of the European Commission with a list of all mandates issued to the European Standards Organisations since June 2002, together with access to their full texts. The text of the mandates is available in English, in some cases also in French and German.

Overview of principal and endorsing Federal legislation on the subject of occupational health and safety, in some cases with access to the legal texts in question

Database which includes all ILO publications and other references to literature on labour and employment.