Looking for act or draft?

One of the most significant areas of work of the Ministry of Justice is legislature, i.e. preparation of drafts of legal acts. The draft act is the act project, which becomes an act in case of approval from the Riigikogu.

English translations of Estonian legal acts can be found here:
Legaltext

You can find information pertaining to the drafts, which entered the procedure on February 1, 2003 or later, on the web-page of draft coordination information system e-Law.

Legal acts databases

Estonian legal acts:

State Gazette

ESTLEX

IBS Legal Acts Database

European Union legal acts:

EUR-Lex: European Union Law

CELEX

European Legal Information Network – paid service

European Union Document Delivery Service – paid service

Council of Europe legal acts: 

Treaties of the Council of <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />Europe

CE Ministers’ Committee documents

UN treaties:

United Nations Treaty Collection – paid service

Databases of legal acts of foreign countries:

US Federal Laws

FINLEX – Finnish legal acts

UK Legislation  - acts of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland