E) THE FORMS AND EFFECTS OF EU INSTITUTIONS' ACTS
See the Joint Practical Guide of the European Parliament, the Council, and the Commission for Persons Involved in the Drafting of Legislation within the Community Institutions at http://eur-lex.europa.eu/en/techleg/index.htm
Preparatory documents, together with other documents of the European
institutions of possible public interest may be accessed from http://eur-lex.europa.eu/en/prep/index.htm
Preparatory acts can also be accessed using the search functions of EUR-Lex at http://eur-lex.europa.eu/RECH_actes_preparatoires.do?ihmlang=en
PreLex enables to monitor the decision-making process between EU institutions http://ec.europa.eu/prelex/apcnet.cfm?CL=en
SEC documents and COM documents may be found under the link "Preparatory Acts" at EUR-Lex at http://eur-lex.europa.eu/en/prep/index.htm
These are far not all the EU institutions', bodies', and agencies' soft acts having legal effects. See literature referred at the e-learning environment, and: http://lepo.it.da.ut.ee/~yana/eu_as_a_multi_level_legal_system/index.html