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How to find Council documents

How to access Council documents

How to find Council documents

Meeting documents

  • Agendas
  • Minutes
  • Conclusions
  • Votes
  • Outcome of meetings

 

  • Archives: 30 years+
  • Request online: Before 1999 and less than 30 years old
  • Document register: After 1999
  • Request online: After 1999 to today  

Legislation

Preparatory documents

  • Archives: 30 years+
  • Request online: Before 1999 and less than 30 years old
  • Document register: After 1999
  • Request online: After 1999 to today

  • Adopted laws/Agreements & conventions: Available online in the Official Journal of the EU

Press releases

  • Archives: 30 years+
  • Contact general enquiries: Before 1999 and less than 30 years old
  • Document register: 1999-2014
  • Press section of Council website: From 2015 to Today

Intergovernmental conferences (IGC)

  • Archives: 30 years+
  • Request online: Before 1999 and less than 30 years old
  • Document register: IGC 2000
  • Inter-governmental conferences section of Council website: IGC 2004 and IGC 2007

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Last review: 5 February 2025