Council of the European Union's Central Library is available to all officials and other employees of the General Secretariat of the Council and of the other institutions of the European Union and members of the permanent representations. Access may be granted, under certain conditions, to external visitors.
Monday - Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursdays also from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. August: Monday - Friday from 12 a.m. to 15 p.m. The library is closed on official Council holidays.
Staff of the Council, other EU institutions and permanent representations: free access.
All other visitors: by appointment.
System Software
ALEPH 500
Services Offered
Database contains about 100.000 monographs and 26.000 article titles.
Reference works (dictionaries, encyclopaedias, yearbooks, etc.) and the latest editions of periodicals and newspapers from EU member states are available at the reading room.
Monograph loans for one month.
Online services: lists of selected articles and information dossiers on different aspects of the European Union policies, the legal issues and the activities of the institutions.
Collection Topic
European integration (especially: common foreign and security policy, justice and home affairs).
(International / IFLA-) Code of Ethics for Librarians and other: draft 
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