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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

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Agriculture Audiovisual and media topic

Audiovisual and media Budget topic

Budget

Competition Consumers topic

Consumers

Culture

Customs

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 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

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