This page is divided into 7 parts. They cover selected primary and secondary EU law, other selected legal documents, selected EU press releases, selected lists of frequently asked questions about the EU, EU reports, and a range of archives of EU institutions. Finally the last section provides some IMF reports.
EU- Selected Primary and Secondary Law
- EUR-Lex: Access to European Union Law – Home website
- Consolidated Treaty on the EU
- Consolidated Treaty on the Functioning of the EU
- Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union
- Protocol on the Statute of the ESCB and of the ECB
- Consolidated version of the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy
Community - Directory of European Union legislation in force
- EU Case Law
EU – Other Selected Legal Documents
- Council Regulation (EC) No 332/2002 of 18 February 2002 establishing a facility providing medium-term financial assistance for Member States’ balances of payments – Financial Assistance Mechanism for non Euro-zone member states [see point (7, page1)]
- Council Regulation (EU) No 679/2010 of 26 July 2010 Amending Council Regulation (EC) No 479/2009 as regards the quality of statistical data in the context of the excessive deficit procedure – Endowed EUROSTAT with very broad monitoring powers
- The Economic Adjustment Programme for Greece – The Financial Stability Facility and the attached Conditionalities agreed on 2 May 2010
- The Economic Adjustment Programme for Portugal – Agreed on 30 May 2011
- European Central Bank Decision establishing the Securities Market Programme of 14 May 2010 – Through the SMP the ECB buys central government and private debt bonds
- European Council Regulation of 11 May 2010 establishing a European Financial Stabilisation Mechanism
- EFSF Framework Agreement
- European Commission EU Economic Governance Package: 1)Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 1467/97 on speeding up and clarifying the implementation of the excessive deficit procedure, 2)Proposal for a Regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 1466/97 on the strengthening of the surveillance of budgetary positions and the surveillance and coordination of economic policies, 3)Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the prevention and correction of macroeconomic imbalances, 4)Proposal for a Council Directive on requirements for budgetary frameworks of the Member States, 5)Proposal for a Regulation on the effective enforcement of budgetary surveillance in the euro area and 6)Proposal for a Regulation on enforcement measures to correct excessive macroeconomic imbalances in the euro area
- Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the European Systemic Risk Board (ESRB)
- Regulation of the European Parliamnet and of the Council establishing the European Banking Authority (EBA)
- CEBS Guidelines on Stress Testing
- Regulation of the European Parliamnet and of the Council establishing the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA)
- Regulation of the European Parliamnet and of the Council establishing the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA)
- Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council clarifying the powers of the ESRB, EBA, EIOPA and the ESMA
- Council Regulation conferring specific tasks upon the ECB concerning the functioning of the European Systemic Risk Board
- Europe and IMF Agree €110 Billion Financing Plan With Greece
- Statement of the Heads of State or Government of the Euro Area – Implementation of Greek Package (May 7, 2010)
- European Council Decision of May 10, 2010 addressed to Greece about sovereign debt crisis
- IMF agreement with Greece: Letter of Intent, Memorandum of Economic and Financial Policies and Technical Memorandum of Understanding (6/8/2010, 8/12/2010, 28/02/2011)
- IMF agreement with Ireland: Letter of Intent, Memorandum of Economic and Financial Policies and Technical Memorandum of Understanding
- IMF agreement with Portugal : Letter of Intent, Memorandum of Economic and Financial Policies and Technical Memorandum of Understanding
- EU Economic Adjustment Programme for Greece: February 2011, (see EU’s Greek Loan Facility)
- EU Economic Adjustment Programme for Ireland: February 2011, May 2011, (see EU’s Programme for Ireland)
- EU Economic Adjustment Programme for Portugal: June 2011, (see EU’s Programme for Portugal)
EU – Selected Press Releases
- European Council Press Release announcing the creation of the European Financial Stabilization Mechanism
- European Council Press Release announcing the creation of the European Systemic Risk Board (ESRB), the European Banking Authority(EBA), the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) and the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA)
- European Commission Communication reporting the proposal of the creation of the European Semester – a mechanism to “align national budget and policy planning for economic policy coordination, so that MSs would benefit from early coordination at European level as they prepare their national budgets and national reform programmes”, as they prepare “Stability and Convergence Programmes and National Reform Programmes.
- Press Release Proposing the Creation of the European Stability Mechanism (EMS) and FAQ– The EMS is the proposed permanent version of the EFSF
- Statement by the Eurogroup and ECOFIN Ministers on 28 November 2010 – Rescuing Ireland and proposing an extension of the maturity of the Greek rescue package
- ECB Post Governing Council Meeting Press Conference of 2 December 2010 informing the media that the Securities Market Programme is “ongoing”.
- Council Conclusions of the Heads of State or Government (March 11, 2011) – Official Proposal of the Pact for the Euro (the negotiated version of the Competitiveness Pact
- European Council March 24 & 25 Conclusions – Comments on European Semester, Rules of the ESM and the Euro Plus Pact.
- Proposed ESM Treaty – March 25, 2011 Draft (as found @ Open Europe)
- October 26-27 Council Meeting – Remarks by President of the European CouncilHerman Van Rompuyfollowing the meeting of the Euro Summit; Main results of Euro Summit; Euro summit Statement; Statement of EU Heads of State or Government
EU – Selected Frequently Asked Questions
- The European Stabilization Mechanism – Frequently Asked Questions
- The European Financial Stability Fund – Frequently Asked Questions(see question A7 for difference between EFSF and EFSM)
- European Systemic Risk Board (ESRB) – Q&A
- European System of Financial Supervisors (ESFS): Frequently Asked Questions
Selected EU Reports, Institutional Communications & Proposed (but deceased) Treaties
- Pleven Plan to create the European Defense Community, Presented in 1950
- Treaty Constituting the European Defense Community (Unofficial Translation), signed in 1952, rejected in 1954
- Speech by Walter Hallstein on the financing of the CAP (24 July 1966), with many thanks to CVCE (article here)
- Werner Report to the Council and the Commission of the European Communities of 1970 -First Proposal for Monetary Union
- Delors Report on Economic and Monetary Union in the European Community of 1989 -Final and Decisive Proposal for Monetary Union
- The Road to the Euro
- Co-ordinated Public dDebt Issuance in the Euro Area, Report by the Giovannini Group to the European Commission
- CEBS 2010 EU wide Stress Testing – Summary Report
- Larosiere Report on financial supervision in the EU (link) – Original proposal upon which the ESRB was based, February 25, 2009
- “Energy 2020: A strategy for competitive, sustainable and secure energy”, European Commission Staff Report, and Citizens’ Summary
- The European Covered Bond Fact Book – by the European Covered Bond Council
- European Commission Report on European Economic Governance: (1),(2) and (3)
- Franco-German Deauville Agreement – Text and a Context Note, October 18, 2010
- Van Rompuy Report – Strengthening Economic Governance in the EU – Final Report to the European Council, October 21, 2010
- Franco-German Pact for Competitiveness, February 3, 2011
- Barroso-VanRompuy Competitiveness Pact Proposal, February 25, 2011
- Joint Letter of President Nicholas Sarkozy, of France and President Silvio Berlusconi, of Italy, to President Herman Van Rompuy of the European Council, regarding the urgent need for reform of the Schengen treaty, April 11, 2011
- Franco-German proposal of a Fiscal Compact
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