Outline of The European Union - Law and Policy

Law and Policy

1. Treaties of the European Union – Founding and amending treaties (primary legislation)
   • Treaty of Paris (1951)
   • Treaty of Rome (1957)
   • Merger Treaty (1965)
   • Single European Act (1986)
   • Treaty of Maastricht (1992)
   • Treaty of Amsterdam (1997)
   • Treaty of Nice (2001)
   • Treaty of Accession 2003
   • Treaty of Accession 2005
   • Treaty of Lisbon (2007)
   • Related documents
     • Schengen treaty
     • Treaty establishing a constitution for Europe
     • Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union
2. EU Policy Areas
   • Economic and Monetary Union of the European Union (Euro)
   • European Political Cooperation
   • Common Agricultural Policy
   • Common Fisheries Policy
   • Regional policy
   • Trans-European Networks
   • Energy
3. EU law
   • Acquis Communautaire
   • Official Journal of the European Union
   • EU competition law (see also Antitrust, Cartel, Economics, Microeconomics, Perfect competition, Industrial organization, Game theory)
4. Forms of Secondary Legislation
   • Directive
   • Regulation
   • Recommendation
5. Topics of Secondary Legislation
   • Copyright law of the European Union
6. Directives and Regulations of Secondary Legislation:
   • European Company Statute
   • Protected designation of origin
   • Community patent
   • Registration, Evaluation and Authorization of Chemicals
   • Directive on the enforcement of intellectual property rights
   • Directive 95/46/EC on the protection of personal data
   • Directive on harmonising the term of copyright protection