The Legislative Observatory, known as 'OEIL', is a database which was created in 1994 as an instrument for monitoring the EU decision-making process, focusing particularly on the activities of the European Parliament.

These activities include not only the Parliament's legislative powers, but also its budgetary powers, its right of initiative, its power to approve appointments, its resolutions on topical issues, etc.

The operational management of the Legislative Observatory is the responsibility of the European Parliament's Directorate-General for the Presidency. The database is hosted on the European Parliament's Europarl site: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/

The Legislative Observatory publishes bilingual 'procedure files' (French/English). Each file is a collection of regularly updated information on the main parties involved, the key events and the documents (with references and links) relating to an individual dossier. The files also include plans for future stages. They also contain factual and politically neutral summaries of the main documents and events. These summaries help users to better understand how a procedure is conducted overall.

1. Drafting and uploading summaries in French and English based on source document(s);

2. Editorial support.