European Case Law Identifier

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Enter your search terms to search in all the ECLI metadata and the text of the decisions/judgments in the system.
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Enter your search terms to search in all the ECLI metadata and the text of the decisions/judgments in the system.
You can also use logical Boolean operators such as AND, OR or wildcards (* and ?).

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European Case Law Identifier

Issuing court

The publishing body may assign ECLI to the decisions of courts and tribunals which are not in the list established by the national ECLI coordinator or to decisions from other countries and international courts which have not been assigned an ECLI. Such decisions have a court code of ‘XX’. By default these decisions are included in the search, but you may exclude them by checking this checkbox.

Exclude decisions/judgments that have not been assigned an ECLI by the court responsible

Reference Identifier

Type

Relation

Reference Identifier *

Use this criterion to search for ECLI decisions/judgments which are cited in / refer to legislation, case law or other sources.

The 'Relation' dropdown allows you to limit your search to the particular relation type of the reference to the ECLI. The available 'Relation' types and the exact syntax of the identifier which you have to enter in the 'Reference Identifier' box vary depending on the selected reference 'Type'.

Examples:
– If you want to search for all ECLI decisions which cite CELEX 32007R0967, you should select CELEX under Type, then enter 32007R0967 under Reference Identifier and then select ”Citing” under Relation.
– If you want to search for all ECLI decisions which are referred to in CELEX 32007R0967, you should select CELEX under Type, then enter 32007R0967 under Reference Identifier and then select ”Cited by” under Relation.

If you are looking for references to a CELEX and are not sure how to write the number, you can select a regulation or treaty article, and the system will automatically search for references with the correct CELEX number for you.

Type of decision/judgment

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Date of decision/judgment :

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Specify a particular date or date range for when the decision/judgment was made.

Date of publication :

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Specify a particular date or date range for when the decision/judgment was published.

Wording of decision/judgment

Abstract

Description

Wording of decision/judgment

Title

Specify keywords or parts of the abstract, description, title or wording of the decision/judgment itself. Note that your input is not automatically translated into other languages.

Field of law

Restrict your search to a particular field of law. If the field in question is not listed, select ‘Any’ or ‘Other’.

Publisher

If you know the name of the ECLI document’s publisher, you can enter it here. Once you start typing, suggestions will be displayed.

Access type

ECLI documents are classed as ‘public’ (if available in the public domain) or ‘private’ (if access is restricted for commercial or other reasons).

Contributor

Contributors are usually judges, advocates-general or other legal professionals. Once you start typing, a name suggestion will be displayed.

Creator

Specify the creator of the ECLI you're looking for - usually the full name of the court or of a chamber or division.