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    Summaries of EU legislation

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    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 topic Agriculture
    Audiovisual and media topic Audiovisual and media
    Budget topic Budget
    Competition topic Competition
    Consumers topic Consumers
    Culture topic Culture
    Customs topic Customs
    Development topic 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 topic 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
    Transport topic Transport