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The bilingual brochure “Continental Law” (free download here), published by the German Law Societies explains the basic principles of Continental Law (in particular the German and French legal systems) and argues that applying Continental Law in international contracting brings many advantages. More information on the website: www.kontinentalesrecht.de

Eclas (European Commission Libraries Catalogue)http://europa.eu.int/eclas/

Europa Information http://europa.eu.int/geninfo/info/guide/index_en.htm

The abc of the European Union http://www.europa.eu.int/abc-en.htm

The European Union in the World http://europa.eu.int/com http://www.eutelsat.org/home/index.html m/world/

Delegation of the European Commission to the United Stateshttp://www.eurunion.org/

A-Z Index of European Union Websites http://www.eurunion.org/infores/euindex.htm

EC/USA Cooperation http://europa.eu.int/comm/education/ec-usa/usa.html

The European Commission http://europa.eu.int/comm/index_en.htm

Commission’s Directorates-General and Services http://europa.eu.int/comm/dgs_en.htm

Economic and Social Commitee http://www.esc.eu.int

Council of the European Union http://ue.eu.int/cms3_fo/index.htm

Court of Justice of European Communitiescuria.europa.eu/ European Court of Human Rights www.echr.coe.int/

European Central Bank http://www.ecb.int/home/html/index.en.html

Euro-Ombudsman European Union Treaties European Agency for health & safety at work http://www.euro-ombudsman.eu.int

Eurostat (Statistical Office of the EU) http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu

Organization for Security and Cooperation http://www.osce.org/

European Documentation Centre http://www.library.law.uu.nl/edc-eu/

European Patent Office (EPO) http://www.european-patent-office.org/index.en.php

Community Research and Development Info Service (CORDIS) http://cordis.europa.eu/

European Monitoring Centre for Drugs http://www.answers.com/topic/european-monitoring-centre-for-drugs-and-drug-addiction

Joint Research Center http://www.jrc.cec.eu.int/

EU citizens site http://ec.europa.eu/citizensrights/

European Governments on-line http://www.gksoft.com/govt/en/europa.html

European Regional Development and Cohesion Fund http://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/index_en.htm

Commitee of Regions Eurostat http://europa.eu.int/comm/eurostat/

Publications Office http://publications.eu.int/general/en/index_en.htm

Public Opinion http://europa.eu.int/comm/dg10/epo/polls.html

Schengen Visa http://www.eurovisa.info