Europa (web portal)
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Type of site | Public serviceportaland institutionalinformation |
|---|---|
| Owner | European Union |
| Created by | European Commission |
| URL | europa |
| Commercial | No |
| Launched | February 1995 |
| Current status | online |
Europais the officialweb portalof theEuropean Union(EU), providing information on how the EU works, related news, events, publications and links to websites ofinstitutions,agenciesand other bodies..europa.euis also used as a commonsecond level domainfor the websites of the EU's bodies, for instanceiss.europa.euis the address of theInstitute for Security Studies.
Europa was first published in February 1995 at theG7ministerial meeting on information society inBrussels.Originally designed for that specific event, the portal expanded rapidly and the European Commission decided to develop it into a general information resource, specialising in the work and domain of the EU's bodies.
Laws and documents of major public interest are published in all 24 officialEU languages.Documents that are not legally binding are usually published in the EU's institutionalworking languages;English, French and German.
Services
[edit]Europa also offers other services such as:
- EU law (EUR-Lex)
- EU TV information service, (Europe by satellite)
- EU Open Data(EU Open Data Portal)
- contact data of EU officials in management positions (EU Whoiswho)
- EU research and development (CORDIS)
- public procurement (TED)
See also
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- Agency of the European Union
- EUR-Lex
- European NAvigator
- EuroVoc
- Institutions of the European Union
- Publications Office of the European Union