In addition to the General Regulations on the Use of Bavarian State Libraries (ABOB), dated August 18, 1993 (GVBl.93, pp.635-640), the following applies:
The library in the Research Centre for Eastern and Southeast Europe is operated jointly by the Institute for East European Law and the Leibniz Institute for East and Southeast European Studies. It is a specialized academic library which is open to the public. The library has a collection of literature on history, economics, law, politics, literature and linguistics (Slavic studies, Finno-Ugric studies, Romanian studies, Albanian studies), area studies, society, culture, and religion of all countries of Eastern and Southeast Europe.