European links

European Institutions

http://europa.eu

Gateway to the European Institutions

Council of the European Union

http://ue.eu.int

European Commission

http://ec.europa.eu

European Parliament

http://www.europarl.europa.eu

Court of Justice of the European Communities

http://www.curia.europa.eu

European Economic and Social Committee

http://eesc.europa.eu

European Committee of the Regions

http://www.cor.europa.eu

Business Europe (former UNICE) - Confederation of European Business

http://www.businesseurope.eu

Avenue de Cortenberg 168
B - 1000  Brussels
main(at)businesseurope.eu 

Business Europe - former UNICE - is uniting the central industrial and employers' federations from 30 European countries and acts as spokesperson vis-à-vis the European Institutions in order to strengthen corporate competitiveness.

European Agency for Safety and Health at Work

http://osha.europa.eu

This European Agency focuses on occupational safety and health which is about preventing people from being harmed or made ill through work. It is the discipline concerned with preserving and protecting human and other resources in the workplace.
The site enables the target groups -  workers, employers, practitioners or experts - to find the information relevant to them such as good practice, legislations and regulations, research, statistics and training.

European Committee for Standardization – CEN

http://www.cen.eu

Avenue Marnix 17
B - 1000 Brussels
infodesk(at)cen.eu 

CEN is contributing to the objectives of the European Union and European Economic Area with voluntary technical standards which promote free trade, the safety of workers and consumers as well as environmental protection.

SIMAP

http://simap.europa.eu

Gateway to European public procurement.
SIMAP provides background information, links and automatic exchange tools to public purchasers and businesses interested in embracing public procurement opportunities in Europe.

SOLVIT

http://ec.europa.eu/solvit/site/index_en.htm

SOLVIT is a European Union on-line problem solving network in which EU Member States work together to solve without legal proceedings problems caused by the misapplication of Internal Market law by public authorities. There is a SOLVIT centre in every European Union Member State (as well as in Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein). SOLVIT Centres can help with handling complaints from both citizens and businesses. They are part of the national administration and are committed to providing real solutions to problems within ten weeks. Using SOLVIT is free of charge.

UNI-Europa

http://www.uni-europa.org

Rue de l'Hôpital 31
B - 1000 Brussels
uni-europa(at)union-network.org 

UNI-Europa is the European employees’ organisation of Union Network International.
Intercedes with the EU Institutions in order to guarantee the social and democratic dimension of the European integration.