Part I: lawmaking in EC law -- Setting the scene -- Sources of EC law and EC legislation -- Guiding principles for legislation -- Part II: Community soft law instruments -- Introduction to the concept of soft law in EC law -- Categories and functions of soft law -- Part III: legal issues of Community soft law -- Legally binding force -- The competence to adopt soft law -- Indirect legal effects for the legislature -- Indirect legal effects for the judiciary -- Indirect legal effects for the executive -- Part IV: summary, conclusions and recommendations -- The use of Community soft law evaluated.