The European Commission's translation service (DG Translation) outsources part of its translation work to private contractors. The links and guidelines listed here help them to produce high-quality translations on EU matters.

General EU information

EU institutions

• Names of institutions, bodies and agencies of the European Union
• List of directorates-general and departments of the European Commission
• List of EU Commissioners
• Council configurations
• European Parliament committees

European legislation

• EU legislation — databases and information about legislative procedures
  • Treaty of Lisbon
• EUR-Lex — EU law currently in force
• PreLex
• Official documents from EU institutions

Contractor guides

Guidelines

• Guide for contractors translating for the European Commission [391 KB]
• Translation checklist [207 KB]

EU terminology

• IATE — EU terminology database
• TARIC codes — Online customs tariff database
• EU Budget online
• Eurovoc — multilingual thesaurus covering EU policy fields
• RAMON — Eurostat's statistical metadata website (including combined nomenclature)

Style guides

• Interinstitutional Style Guide — for Estonian
• Joint practical guide for EU legislative drafting
• Guidelines for Estonian [189 KB] — DG Translation in-house guidelines
• Consolidated linguistic advice for Estonian [182 KB] — from EKI

Language-specific information

Terminology and glossaries

• Use of legal terminology for Estonian [159 KB] — as agreed on by EU institutions
• EU agencies [89 KB] — list of names

Models and templates

• LegisWrite models [279 KB] — Treaty of Lisbon (Word)
• EEA Joint Committee decision [94 KB]
• Explanatory memorandum [221 KB]
• Financial statement [197 KB]
• Financial statement [64 KB] — table
• State aid:
  • Factsheet form No 5 [86 KB]
  • Factsheet form XA [80 KB]
  • Form XA summary information [128 KB]
  • Form XA summary sentences [120 KB]
• Agri-environment measure [93 KB]
• Prior notification of concentration [53 KB]
• Designation of origin:
  • Corrigendum to Regulation 1216/2007 (full text)
  • Corrigendum to Regulation 1898/2006 (full text)
• Combined nomenclature classification regulations [94 KB]

Useful links (national legislation / authorities / expert bodies)

• English-Estonian legal translation handbook
• ESTLEX — law database
• Tariff classification of goods — Estonian Tax and Customs Board
• see also Language resources and useful links for Estonian