Croatia
Czech Republic
Denmark
England and Wales
Public Libraries and Museums Act 1964 (with changes over time)
Estonia
Flanders (Belgium)
Germany
Greece
In Greece, public libraries are divided into Public Libraries (under the Ministry of Education) and Municipal Libraries (under the Ministry of Internal Affairs).
- Municipal libraries – Guide for the organisation and operation of popular libraries (1998) (Greek and English)
- National Library, Public Libraries and other provisions (2003) (Greek)
- Decisions: Public Libraries Regulation (2003) (Greek)
- Regulation of issues of the State Certificate: Language Learning, the National Library of Greece and other provisions. (2017) (Greek) – Chapter B Regulates the Issues of the National Library of Greece and Other Public Libraries
Ireland
Public Libraries Act, 1947 (with acts referred to)
Netherlands
Northern Ireland
Norway
Norway Public Libraries Act (1985) (English)
Poland
The Libraries Act (1997) (Polish)
Portugal
Not applicable.
Slovenia
- Slovenian Library Act ( 2001) (English)
- Slovenian Library Act ( 2001) (Slovenian)
Sweden
Switzerland
There is no national library legislation.