Key publications of the European Union - Europa

Introduction
Introduction
Key publications of the European Union is a catalogue presenting a selection of
priced and free-of-charge publications published by the Publications Office, the
European Union’s publisher. It is a booklet promoting the most recent and most
popular titles of the EU institutions and other bodies, including:
Key publications of the European Union 2011
• the Official Jounal of the European Union, the flagship publication, indicating
the content and the various subscription options;
• many titles covering European Union legislation;
• books and booklets about the environment, economy and finance, education
and culture; and
• publications offering statistics on a wide range of subjects.
Entries for each publication indicate the title, the subtitle, a short description of the
content, language availability, bibliographical information (year of publication,
number of pages, format, ISBN and catalogue number) and price.
The structure of this catalogue is organised by theme — see the list on page 5.
For easier searching, you will find two indexes: thematic and alphabetical.
The language versions that are available for a publication are listed, using the
following abbreviations for the official languages of the European Union:
BG
ES
CS
DA
DE
ET
Bulgarian
Spanish
Czech
Danish
German
Estonian
EL
EN
FR
GA
IT
LV
Greek
English
French
Irish
Italian
Latvian
LT Lithuanian
HU Hungarian
MT Maltese
NL Dutch
PL Polish
PT Portuguese
RO
SK
SL
FI
SV
Romanian
Slovak
Slovenian
Finnish
Swedish
The prices of publications are given in euro but do not include VAT and postage
and packing.
Subscription rates are valid until 31 December 2011 and include the postal charges
for surface mail.
How to obtain EU publications
Publications for sale: via EU Bookshop (http://bookshop.europa.eu)
Priced subscriptions (see page 85): via one of our sales agents (see list on pages 93–95)
Free publications:
• via EU Bookshop (http://bookshop.europa.eu), where you can also download a free
PDF version of most publications
• at the European Commission’s representations or delegations
(see list on pages 101–106)
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