Fact Sheets
Edition 2004

Edition 1999 - 2002

	Information to the reader
Part I	How the European Community works
Part II	Citizens' Europe
Part III	The internal market
Part IV	Common policies
Part V	Economic and monetary union
Part VI	The Union's external relations

PART I - HOW THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY WORKS
1.	1.	Historical evolution of European integration
		1.	The first Treaties
		2.	Developments up to the Single European Act
		3.	The Maastricht and Amsterdam Treaties
		4.	Current perspectives for the European Union: the Treaty of Nice and the Convention on the future of Europe

1.	2.	Main characteristics of the Community legal system
		1.	Sources and scope of Community law
		2.	The principle of subsidiarity

1.	3.	European Union institutions and bodies
		1.	The European Parliament: historical background
		2.	The European Parliament: powers
		3.	The European Parliament: organisation and operation
		4.	The European Parliament: electoral procedures
		5.	The European Parliament: relations with the national parliaments
		6.	The Council
		7.	The European Council
		8.	The Commission
		9.	The Court of Justice and the Court of First Instance
		10.	The Court of Auditors
		11.	The Economic and Social Committee
		12.	The Committee of the Regions
		13.	The European Investment Bank
		14.	The European Ombudsman

1.	4.	Decision-making procedures
		1.	Supranational decision-making procedures
		2.	Intergovernmental decision-making procedures
		3.	The budgetary procedure

1.	5.	Financing
		1.	The Union's revenue and expenditure
		2.	Implementation of the budget
		3.	Budgetary control

PART II - CITIZENS' EUROPE
2.	1.	Respect for fundamental rights in the EU (1 file)
2.	2.	The citizens of the Union and their rights (1 file)
2.	3.	Freedom of movement for persons (1 file)
2.	4.	Voting rights and eligibility (1 file)
2.	5.	The right of petition (1 file)

PART III - THE INTERNAL MARKET
3.	1.	Principles and general completion of the internal market (1 file)

3.	2.	The main freedoms of the internal market
		1.	Free movement of goods
		2.	Free movement for workers
		3.	Freedom of establishment, freedom to provide services and mutual recognition of diplomas
		4.	The free movement of capital

3.	3.	Rules on competition
		1.	General competition policy and concerted practices
		2.	Abuse of a dominant position and investigation of mergers
		3.	State aid
		4.	Public undertakings and services of general economic interest

3.	4.	Approximation of legislation
		1.	Opening up public procurement contracts
		2.	Company law
		3.	Financial services
		4.	Intellectual, industrial and commercial property

PART IV - COMMON POLICIES
4.	1.	Common agricultural policy
		1.	The Treaty of Rome and the foundations of the CAP
		2.	The reforms of the CAP
		3.	Common organisations of the market (COMs): general concept
		4.	Common organisations of the market (COMs:) sectoral applications
		5.	Rural development policy
		6.	Financing the CAP: the EAGGF
		7.	External agricultural policy: agricultural agreements under WTO
		8.	The agricultural implications of enlargement
		9.	The CAP in figures

4.	2.	Forestry policy (1 file)

4.	3.	Common fisheries policy
		1.	Common fisheries policy: origin and general evolution
		2.	Fisheries resources policy
		3.	Fisheries structural policy
		4.	International fisheries relations
		5.	Fisheries policy in figures

4.	4.	Regional policy
		1.	Economic and social cohesion
		2.	The European Regional Development Fund (ERDF)
		3.	The Cohesion Fund

4.	5.	Transport policy
		1.	Transport policy: general principles
		2.	Inland transport: market access and competition
		3.	Inland transport: traffic and safety regulations
		4.	Inland transport: harmonisation of legislation
		5.	Air transport: market access
		6.	Air transport: competition and fares
		7.	Air transport: air-traffic and safety rules
		8.	Sea transport: market access and competition
		9.	Sea transport: traffic and safety rules

4.	6.	Trans-European networks
		1.	Development of trans-European networks
		2.	Financing the trans-European networks

4.	7.	Industrial policy
		1.	General principles of EU industrial policy
		2.	Steel industry
		3.	Shipbuilding
		4.	The automobile industry
		5.	The chemical and pharmaceutical industries
		6.	The aerospace industry
		7.	The audiovisual industry
		8.	Information technologies
		9.	Biotechnology industry
		10.	Defence industry

4.	8.	Social and employment policy
		1.	Social and employment policy: general principles
		2.	The European Social Fund
		3.	Employment policy
		4.	Social security cover in other Member States of the Union
		5.	Health and safety at work
		6.	Social dialogue: information, consultation and participation of workers
		7.	Equality for men and women
		8.	Disabled persons, the elderly and the excluded

4.	9.	Environment policy
		1.	Environment policy: general principles
		2.	Implementation of Community environmental law
		3.	Sustainable development
		4.	Treatment of waste
		5.	Noise
		6.	Air pollution
		7.	Water protection and management
		8.	Nature protection and biodiversity
		9.	Industrial risks: dangerous substances and technologies
		10.	Integrated product policy

4.	10.	Consumer protection and public health
		1.	Consumer policy: principles and instruments
		2.	Consumer protection measures
		3.	Public health

4.	11.	Cooperation in justice and home affairs
		1.	Justice and home affairs: general aspects
		2.	Judicial cooperation
		3.	Police and customs cooperation

4.	12.	Energy policy (1 file)
4.	13.	Policy for research and technological development (1 file)
4.	14.	Small and medium-sized enterprises (1 file)
4.	15.	Tourism (1 file)
4.	16.	Education, vocational training and youth policy (1 file)
4.	17.	Cultural policy (1 file)
4.	18.	Media and sport policy (1 file)

4.	19.	Taxation
		1.	General tax policy
		2.	Value added tax
		3.	Excise duties: alcohol and tobacco
		4.	The taxation of energy
		5.	Personal and company taxation

PART V - ECONOMIC AND MONETARY UNION
5.	1.	The development of economic and monetary union (1 file)
5.	2.	The institutions of economic and monetary union (1 file)
5.	3.	European monetary policy (1 file)
5.	4.	Coordination of economic policies (1 file)
5.	5.	Framework for fiscal policies (1 file)

PART VI - THE UNION'S EXTERNAL RELATIONS
6.	1.	Common foreign and security policy (CFSP)
		1.	Foreign policy: aims, instruments and achievements
		2.	Defending human rights
		3.	Security and defence policy

6.	2.	External trade and economic policy
		1.	The European Union as a trade power
		2.	The European Union and the World Trade Organization (WTO)

6.	3.	Relations with certain countries or regions
		1.	The enlargement of the Union
		2.	The European Economic Area (EEA)
		3.	The Western Balkan countries
		4.	Russia and other countries of the former Soviet Union
		5.	The Southern and Eastern Mediterranean countries
		6.	The United States of America and Canada
		7.	Latin America
		8.	The countries of the Arabian Peninsula, Iraq and Iran
		9.	Japan
		10.	China
		11.	The countries of South Asia - SAARC
		12.	ASEAN and the other countries of South-East Asia
		13.	Australia and New-Zealand

6.	4.	General development aid policy
		1.	A general survey of development policy
		2.	Trade regimes applicable to developing countries
		3.	Humanitarian aid
		4.	Food aid and food security
		5.	Relations with the African, Caribbean and Pacific countries: from the Yaoundé and Lomé Conventions to the Cotonou Agreement

Fact Sheets
Edition 2004

Edition 1999 - 2002

Information to the reader

PART I - HOW THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY WORKS

PART II - CITIZENS' EUROPE

PART III - THE INTERNAL MARKET

PART IV - COMMON POLICIES

PART V - ECONOMIC AND MONETARY UNION

PART VI - THE UNION'S EXTERNAL RELATIONS

Fact Sheets Edition 2004

Edition 1999 - 2002

Information to the reader

PART I - HOW THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY WORKS

PART II - CITIZENS' EUROPE

PART III - THE INTERNAL MARKET

PART IV - COMMON POLICIES

PART V - ECONOMIC AND MONETARY UNION

PART VI - THE UNION'S EXTERNAL RELATIONS

Fact Sheets
Edition 2004