Terms and conditions of use for electronic resources: English

Access to and use of electronic resources available through the Council Library are governed by license agreements with publishers and information providers which stipulate the specific terms of use and conditions under which the Library may make access available to its users and users can access and use the resource.

General Restrictions

Access to the electronic resources listed on the Council Library webpage website and the Eureka catalogue is restricted to staff of the General Secretariat of the Council of the EU, and in some cases, to on-site visitors, for the purposes of research and private study.

Users must  comply with the specific terms of use or license agreements for the specific electronic resource.

As a general rule, users may not:

• Allow anyone other than an authorized user to use the licensed materials
• Use the licensed materials for commercial purposes
• Systematically download, distribute, or retain substantial portions of information

Users are individually responsible for their compliance with the terms and conditions of use.

Privacy

Users are advised to carefully read the privacy statements and policies of the respective publishers and information providers for the specific electronic resource.

If users disagree with the privacy policy of the publisher, they should not use the respective electronic resource.

Council Library personal data protection and privacy statement:

Personal data of GSC library users and staff processed by the GSC libraries in the library management system Ex Libris Alma and the resource discovery service Eureka (Ex Libris Primo)

Management of Council Library subscriptions and e-resource

Questions on specific terms and conditions may be addressed to the Council Library : library@consilium.europa.eu