As a definitive and leading text on the European Union (EU), since the 1980s, "EU Brief" is probably the single most important source of information in the UK. Volume 1 covers EU institutions and contact points. Volumes 2 & 3 state the laws, policies and practice of the EU. Volume 4 provides coverage of EU grants, loans etc. "EU Brief" represents both an investment and an authoritative guide. For example, some 100 pages cover Economic and Monetary Union, the European Central Bank and the social measures under the EC Treaty and a further 400 pages give coverage to the Single Market. Again, the text covers such developments as the radical overhaul of EU competition law (eg. 1999-2001 block exemptions and guidelines on horizontal and vertical agreements), the Competition Act 1998 and Enterprise Act 2002, the 2001 Regulation on the Statute for a European company (Societas Europaea), the changes effected by the Treaty of Nice of February 2001 and the changes effected by the Treaty of Accession of 2003. As the contents section in the website shows, the text provides much more to cover the entire spectrum of EU activity.

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