GETTING IN TOUCH WITH THE EU
In person
All over the European Union there are hundreds of Europe Direct centres. You can find the address of the centre nearest you online 
(european-union.europa.eu/contact-eu/meet-us_en).
On the phone or in writing
Europe Direct is a service that answers your questions about the European Union. You can contact this service: 
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 by freephone: 00 800 6 7 8 9 10 11 (certain operators may charge for these calls),
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 at the following standard number: +32 22999696,
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 via the following form: european-union.europa.eu/contact-eu/write-us_en.
FINDING INFORMATION ABOUT THE EU
Online
Information about the European Union in all the official languages of the EU is available on the Europa website  
(european-union.europa.eu).
EU publications
You can view or order EU publications at op.europa.eu/en/publications. Multiple copies of free publications can be obtained by 
contacting Europe Direct or your local documentation centre (european-union.europa.eu/contact-eu/meet-us_en).
EU law and related documents
For access to legal information from the EU, including all EU law since 1951 in all the official language versions, go to EUR-Lex  
(eur-lex.europa.eu).
EU open data
The portal data.europa.eu provides access to open datasets from the EU institutions, bodies and agencies. These can be downloaded 
and reused for free, for both commercial and non-commercial purposes. The portal also provides access to a wealth of datasets from 
European countries.