The module examines:

• The historical development of the European integration
• The archiving policy
• The historical and active archives of the European Union
• The codification of the legislation of the European Union and the procedure of legislation

The aim of the module is student’s familiarization with knowledge connected with

• The functioning of the institutions of the European Union and its archiving policy
• The classification of the historical and active archives
• The numbering method of the EU documents
• The procedure of legislation and the activities of the networks of archiving services of the state members

After the successful completion of their studies students will be able to know:

• The functioning of the institutions of the EU and its archiving policy
• The classification of the historical and active archives
• The numbering method of the EU documents
• The procedure of legislation and the method of codification
• The networks of the archiving services of the state members and their activities

Week #1: Historical development of the European Union since its establishment until today

Week #2: The archiving policy of the EU (historical development)

Week #3: Access and personal data

Week #4: Classification and numbering method of the EU documents

Week #5: The active archives of the EU

Week #6: The producing institutions and the content of the working documents

Week #7: The networks of the archiving services of the state members of the EU

Week #8: The historical archives of the EU belonging to the European University Institute of Florence (archiving collections of the EU institutions)

Week #9: The historical archives of the EU belonging to the European University Institute of Florence (private collections and political groups of the European Parliament)

Week #10: The historical archives of the EU kept in their producing institutions

Week #11: The codification of the EU legislation

Week #12: Procedure of legislation in the EU

Week #13: Repetition

• Μούσης, Ν., Ευρωπαϊκή Ένωση: Δίκαιο, οικονομία, πολιτική, Αθήνα, Παπαζήσης, 2015
• European University Institute, Historical Archives of the European Union (https://www.eui.eu/Research/HistoricalArchivesOfEU),
• Proceedings of the DLM Forum 2002-2017 (http://www.dlmforum.eu),
• Historical Archives of the European Commission (http://ec.europa.eu/historical_archives/archiv_fonds_en.htm)
• Historical Archives of the European Parliament (http://www.europarl.europa.eu/historicalarchives/en/holdings.html).

Lectures, written works

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Oral examination or written exams