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Summaries of EU legislation

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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

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Summaries by topic

Agriculture topic Agriculture
Audiovisual and media topic Audiovisual and media
Budget topic Budget
Competition topic Competition
Consumers topic Consumers
Culture topic Culture
Customs topic Customs
Development topic Development
Digital single market topic Digital single market
Economic and monetary affairs topic Economic and monetary affairs
Education, training, youth, sport topic Education, training, youth, sport
Employment and social policy topic Employment and social policy
Energy topic Energy
Enlargement topic Enlargement
Enterprise topic Enterprise
Environment and climate change topic Environment and climate change
External relations topic External relations
External trade topic External trade
Food safety topic Food safety
Foreign and security policy topic Foreign and security policy
Fraud and corruption topic Fraud and corruption
Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection topic Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection
Human rights topic Human rights
Institutional affairs topic Institutional affairs
Internal market topic Internal market
Justice, freedom and security topic Justice, freedom and security
Oceans and fisheries topic Oceans and fisheries
Public health topic Public health
Regional policy topic Regional policy
Research and innovation topic Research and innovation
Taxation topic Taxation
Transport topic Transport