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

European legislation

• EU legislation — databases and information about legislative procedures
• EUR-Lex — EU law currently in force
  • Consolidated version of the Treaty on European Union
  • Consolidated version of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union
  • Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union
• PreLex
• Official documents from EU institutions
• EEA Agreement [312 KB] — European Economic Area Agreement

Contractor guides

Guidelines

• Guide for contractors translating for the European Commission [391 KB]
• Translation checklist [206 KB]
• Guidelines for translating into Slovak [156 KB]

EU terminology

• IATE — EU terminology database
  • How to use IATE? [132 KB] [Updated 06.02.2012]
• 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

• Slovak style guide [2 MB] — DG Translation in-house style guide
• Interinstitutional Style Guide — for Slovak
• Joint practical guide for EU legislative drafting — for Slovak

Language-specific information

Terminology and glossaries

• Combined nomenclature [17 MB] [Updated 06.02.2012]
• Trade terminology [124 KB]
• Procurement terminology [234 KB]
• State aid terminology [92 KB]
• Budget terminology [151 KB] — Financial regulation
• Schengen and migration terminology [163 KB]

Models and templates

• LegisWrite models (EN-SK) [8 KB] (TMX) [Updated 06.02.2012]
• LegisWrite models (FR-SK) [8 KB] (TMX) [Updated 06.02.2012]
• Explanatory memorandum model (EN-SK) [35 KB] (TMX)
• Explanatory memorandum model (FR-SK) [36 KB] (TMX)
• Protection of the financial interests of the Union (EN-SK) [99 KB]
• Protection of the financial interests of the Union (FR-SK) [98 KB]
• Legislative financial statement [111 KB]
• Legislative financial statement for proposals having a budgetary impact exclusively limited to the revenue side [18 KB]
• Financial statement [13 KB]
• Notice of open competitions [45 KB]
• Manual for translating Commission decisions on state aid [230 KB] [Updated 06.02.2012]
• Factsheet for publication in the Official Journal, C series (state aid) [6 KB]
• Opinion of the Advisory Committee [67 KB]  [Updated 06.02.2012]
• PDO and PGI models — protection of geographical indications and designations of origin
  • amendment application [18 KB]
  • single document [17 KB]
  • summary [10 KB]
• Transfer of appropriations [25 KB]

Useful links (national legislation / authorities / expert bodies)

• see Language resources and useful links for Slovak