Finding out about National Implementation of EU law

Ian ThomsonUniversity of Zagreb: Faculty of Law: LibrarySeminar: New developments in EU legal research, 27 October 2008

University of Zagreb: Faculty of Law: Library: Seminar: New developments in EU legal research, 27 October 2008: Finding out about National Implementation of EU Law

Finding out about National Implementation of EU law

EU Directives need to be transposed into the national law of each Member State – these are called ‘National Implementing Measures’ (NIM)

Traditionally, the EU itself does not publish the full text of NIM – so how do you find this information?

University of Zagreb: Faculty of Law: Library: Seminar: New developments in EU legal research, 27 October 2008: Finding out about National Implementation of EU Law

Finding out about National Implementation of EU law

EUR-LEXoffers bibliographical information

for national implementing measures is promising to offer in the near future

links to the full text of national implementing measures in the language of the Member State concerned

University of Zagreb: Faculty of Law: Library: Seminar: New developments in EU legal research, 27 October 2008: Finding out about National Implementation of EU Law

Finding out about National Implementation of EU law

N-Lex

A common gateway to national lawN-Lex is intended to help searching for

national law of a country, not specifically ‘national implementing measures’

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University of Zagreb: Faculty of Law: Library: Seminar: New developments in EU legal research, 27 October 2008: Finding out about National Implementation of EU Law

Finding out about National Implementation of EU law

Government departments in the Member States will often have information relating to the national implementation of particular pieces of EU law

University of Zagreb: Faculty of Law: Library: Seminar: New developments in EU legal research, 27 October 2008: Finding out about National Implementation of EU Law

Finding out about National Implementation of EU law

A ‘good model’ example:

University of Zagreb: Faculty of Law: Library: Seminar: New developments in EU legal research, 27 October 2008: Finding out about National Implementation of EU Law

Finding out about National Implementation of EU law

European Commission information about national implementation

University of Zagreb: Faculty of Law: Library: Seminar: New developments in EU legal research, 27 October 2008: Finding out about National Implementation of EU Law

Finding out about National Implementation of EU law

Guide to transposing a Directive