Indexed EU and CoE Materials

JustCite indexes a wide range of material from the European Union and from the Council of Europe.  Follow the links on the right for full coverage details.

European Union

JustCite indexes documents from the Official Journal and CELEX sectors 1-9, C and E including case law, legislation, treaties, proposals and conventions. EU documents are cited using their CELEX numbers. Click the Sector title to see a list of document types for each sector.

Please note

  • EUR-OP provide very little information in CELEX Sector 0 (Consolidated Secondary Legislation) and CELEX Sector 8 (National Case Law), so we have decided to omit them from JustCite for the time being.

Council of Europe

The Council of Europe was established in 1949 with the aim of protecting human rights, democracy and the rule of law.  It is responsible for the European Convention on Human Rights (now given further effect in UK law by the Human Rights Act 1998) and the Convention’s supervising court, the European Court of Human Rights.


Official Journal of the European Union

Documents appearing in the Official Journal of the European Union.

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CELEX Sector C – Official Journal C Series Documents 1995 - present Publications Office of the European Union Justis / Westlaw / Europa

CELEX Sector C (Official Journal C Series Documents) Document Types:

  • N – Other documents published in the Official Journal C Series
CELEX Sector E – EFTA Documents 1994 - present Publications Office of the European Union Justis / Westlaw / Europa

CELEX Sector E (EFTA Documents) Document Types:

  • A – European Free Trade Association – international agreements
  • C – European Free Trade Association – Acts of the Surveillance Authority
  • G – European Free Trade Association – Acts of the Standing Committee
  • J – European Free Trade Association – decisions, orders and consultative opinions of the Court
  • P – European Free Trade Association – pending cases of the Court
  • X – European Free Trade Association – other Acts
Official Journal C Series 1990 - 2010 Publications Office of the European Union Justis / Europa

Contains documents from the C Series of the Official Journal of the European Union, with the full text of proposed legislation (known as COM DOCs) from January 1990, along with written questions and their answers from the European Parliament, notices of new treaties and details of competition law.


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CELEX Documents

Documents published via CELEX, the official legal database of the European Union. For citation information, see the entry on CELEX numbers.

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CELEX Sector 1 – EU Internal Agreements (Treaties) 1951 - present Publications Office of the European Union Justis / Westlaw / Europa

CELEX Sector 1 (Internal Agreements) – Document Types:

  • A – Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community (1957)
  • B – Accession Treaty (Denmark, Irish Republic, Norway, United Kingdom) (1972)
  • C – Treaty of Nice, amending the Treaty on European Union, the Treaties establishing the European Communities and certain related acts (2001)
  • D – Treaty of Amsterdam, amending the Treaty on European Union, the Treaties establishing the European Communities and certain related Acts (1997)
  • E – European Economic Community Treaty (1957); European Communities Treaty consolidated versions (1992 and 1997)
  • F – Merger Treaty establishing a single Council and a single Commission (1965).  Treaty amending certain budgetary provisions (1970)
  • G – Amending Treaty (Greenland) (1985)
  • H – Accession Treaty (Greece) (1979)
  • I – Accession Treaty (Portugal, Spain) (1985)
  • J – Accession Treaty 2012 (Croatia)
  • K – European Coal and Steel Community Treaty (1951)
  • L – Treaty of Lisbon
  • M – Treaty on European Union i.e. Maastricht Treaty (1992) and consolidated versions (1997,2002,2006,2008,2010)
  • N – Accession Treaty (Austria, Finland, Norway, Sweden) (1994)
  • R – Treaty amending certain financial provisions.  Treaty amending certain provisions of the statute of the European Investment Bank (1975).  Act amending the protocol on the statute of the European Investment Bank (1993)
  • P – Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union (2007,2010,2012)
  • R – Treaty amending financial provisions (1975). Treaty amending
    amending certain provisions of the statute of the European Investment Bank (1975). Act amending the protocol on the statute of the European Investment Bank (1993)
  • S – Accession Treaty (Blugaria, Romania) (2005)
  • T – Accession Treaty 2003 (Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia, Slovakia)
  • U – Single European Act (1986)
  • V – European Constitution (2004)
CELEX Sector 2 – EU External Agreements 1953 - present Publications Office of the European Union Justis / Westlaw / Europa

CELEX Sector 2 (External Agreements) Document Types:

  • A – Agreements with non-member countries or international organisations
  • D – Acts of bodies created by international agreements
  • P – Acts of parliamentary bodies created by international agreements
  • X – Other acts
CELEX Sector 3 – EU Secondary Legislation 1952 - present Publications Office of the European Union Justis / Westlaw / Europa

CELEX Sector 3 (Secondary Legislation) Document Types:

  • A – Opinions
  • B – Budget
  • C – Declarations
  • D – Decisions and decisions sui generis
  • E – Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) – common positions, common strategies and joint actions (Pre-Lisbon title V)
  • F – Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) – common positions and framework decisions (Pre-Lisbon title V)
  • G – Resolutions
  • H – Recommendations
  • J – Merger decisions (non-opposition to a notified joint venture)
  • K – European Coal and Steel Community – recommendations
  • L – Directives (European Communities/EURATOM)
  • M – Merger decisions (non-opposition to a notified concentration)
  • O – European Central Bank – guidelines
  • Q – Institutional arrangements – Rules of Procedure and Internal Agreements
  • R – Regulations (European Communities/EURATOM)
  • S – European Coal and Steel Community – general decisions
  • X – Other Acts (resolutions, opinions etc) published in the Official Journal L series
  • Y – Other Acts published in the Official Journal C series
CELEX Sector 4 – EU Supplementary Legislation 1952 - present Publications Office of the European Union Justis / Westlaw / Europa

CELEX Sector 4 (Supplementary Legislation) Document Types:

  • A – Agreements between member states
  • D – Decisions or the representatives of the governments of member states meeting within the Council
  • X – Other Acts published in the Official Journal L series
  • Y – Other Acts published in the Official Journal C series
CELEX Sector 5 – EU Proposals 1957 - present Publications Office of the European Union Justis / Westlaw / Europa

CELEX Sector 5 (Proposals) Document Types:

  • AA – Court of Auditors – opinions
  • AB – European Central Bank – opinions
  • AC – European Economic and Social Committee – consultative opinions
  • AE – European Economic and Social Committee – own-initiative opinions
  • AG – Council – common positions
  • AK – European Coal and Steel Community – opinions of the Consultative Committee
  • AP – European Parliament – legislative resolutions
  • AR – Committee of the Regions – consultative opinions
  • BP – European Parliament – budget
  • DC – COM Documents – other documents
  • DP – European Parliament – Internal decisions
  • EC – European Commission - Proposals of codified versions of regulations
  • FC – European Commission – Proposals of codified versions of directives
  • GC – European Commission – Proposals of codified versions of decisions
  • HB – European Central Bank – recommendations
  • IE – European Economic and Social Committee – other opinions
  • IG – Member states – initiatives
  • IP – European Parliament – other resolutions
  • IR – Committee of the Regions – own-initiative opinions
  • JC – European Commission – JOIN Documents
  • KG – Council – assent ECSC
  • PC – COM Documents – proposals for legislation
  • SA – Court of Auditors – special reports
  • SC – SEC documents
  • TA – Court of Auditors – reports
  • XA – Court of Auditors – other acts
  • XB – European Central Bank – other acts
  • XC – Commission – other acts
  • XE – European Economic and Social Committee – other acts
  • XG – Council – other acts
  • XK – European Coal and Steel Community – other acts of the Consultative Committee
  • XP – European Parliament – other acts
  • XR – Committee of the Regions – other acts
  • XX – Other acts
CELEX Sector 6 – EU Cases 1954 - present Publications Office of the European Union Justis / Westlaw / Europa

CELEX Sector 6 (Case law) Document Types:

  • A – CFI/General Court – judgments
  • B – CFI/General Court – orders
  • C – Court of Justice – conclusions of the Advocate-General
  • D – CFI/General Court – third party proceedings
  • F – CFI/General Court – opinions
  • H – CFI/General Court – case reports
  • J – Court of Justice – judgments
  • O – Court of Justice – orders
  • P – Court of Justice – case reports
  • S – Court of Justice – seizures
  • T – Court of Justice – third party proceedings
  • V – Court of Justice – opinions
  • X – Court of Justice – rulings
CELEX Sector 7 – EU National Implementations 1959 - present Publications Office of the European Union Justis / Westlaw / Europa

CELEX Sector 7 (National Implementation) Document Types:

  • L – National Implementation Measures – implementation of Directives
CELEX Sector 9 – EU Parliamentary Questions 1963 - 2009 Publications Office of the European Union Justis / Europa

CELEX Sector 9 (Parliamentary Questions) Document Types:

  • E – European Parliament – written questions
  • H – European Parliament – questions asked during Question Time
  • O – European Parliament – oral questions
  • NOTE: This CELEX sector has not been updated by EUR-OP since 2009
CELEX Sector C – Official Journal C Series Documents 1995 - present Publications Office of the European Union Justis / Westlaw / Europa

CELEX Sector C (Official Journal C Series Documents) Document Types:

  • N – Other documents published in the Official Journal C Series
CELEX Sector E – EFTA Documents 1994 - present Publications Office of the European Union Justis / Westlaw / Europa

CELEX Sector E (EFTA Documents) Document Types:

  • A – European Free Trade Association – international agreements
  • C – European Free Trade Association – Acts of the Surveillance Authority
  • G – European Free Trade Association – Acts of the Standing Committee
  • J – European Free Trade Association – decisions, orders and consultative opinions of the Court
  • P – European Free Trade Association – pending cases of the Court
  • X – European Free Trade Association – other Acts

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Council of Europe Documents

Conventions and agreements of the Council of Europe from 1950 to the present day, and decisions of the European Court of Human Rights from 1960 to the present day.

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Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms 1950 - present Council of Europe Justis / Council of Europe

Adopted by the Council of Europe in 1950, the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (“ECHR”) established certain rights and freedoms, obliged the signatories to secure them for everyone within their jurisdiction and established the European Court of Human Rights.

Decisions of the European Court of Human Rights 1960 - present European Court of Human Rights Justis / European Court of Human Rights

Contains the reports of all cases from the European Court of Human Rights going back to the Court’s earliest judgment in 1960.

European Agreement Relating to Persons Participating in Proceedings of the European Court of Human Rights 1996 - present Council of Europe Justis / Council of Europe

An agreement between the High Contracting Parties to the Convention to afford certain facilities and certain immunities to those participating in proceedings in the ECtHR.

European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages 1992 - present Council of Europe Justis / Council of Europe

An agreement between the High Contracting Parties to the ECHR establishing certain objectives and principles related to regional and minority languages.

European Convention for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment 1987 - present Council of Europe Justis / Council of Europe

An agreement between the member states of the Council of Europe establishing a Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment.  This committee, commonly known as the “CPT”, organises visits to prisons and other places of detention and reports on their findings to the relevant member state.  See the website of the CPT for further information.

European Social Charter 1961 - present Council of Europe Justis / Council of Europe

“The European Social Charter is a Council of Europe treaty which guarantees social and economic human rights. It was adopted in 1961 and revised in 1996.

The European Committee of Social Rights rules on the conformity of the situation in States with the European Social Charter, the 1988 Additional Protocol and the Revised European Social Charter.”

-From the Council of Europe’s website accessed 31/01/11.


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