International and Foreign Competition Law Research Guide

There is a wealth of information available about antitrust activities and polices in the European Union. This section will provide some specific information on locating EU legislation, cases, and other useful materials.

• European Commission: Competition Policy
  Best place to start your research on antitrust and competition law in the EU. Use the menu bar near the top of the page to browse by policy, by topic (antitrust, cartels, mergers, and state aid), and by industry. Scroll down for quick links to sources of relevant EU case law and legislation.

The following resources will help you to quickly identify and retrieve E.U. competition legislation.

• EUR-Lex: Summaries of E.U. Legislation: Competition
  EUR-Lex is the E.U.’s free legislation database. This page provides summaries of E.U. competition legislation, with citations to relevant regulations and/or directives along with links to their full texts.
• European Commission: Competition Policy
  The European Commission maintains this page from providing access to compilations of competition legislation, regulatory guidelines, procedural rules, and related policy documents. Includes dedicated pages for Antitrust and Cartels Legislation, Mergers Legislation, and State Aid Legislation.

The European Commission’s Competition department serves as the monitoring and enforcement power and issues decisions. The European Court of Justice also rules on antitrust cases.

• European Commission: Competition Case Law
  This is a database of antitrust commission decisions only. The search function is somewhat complicated, but does offer searching by sector and filters for document type, decision type, and legal basis. Does not support full-text keyword searching, so most useful for locating information and documents for a particular case or if searching for cases involving a particular company.
• European Court of Justice: Curia
  This comprehensive database includes all published ECJ case law since mid-June 1997 and some unpublished decisions since May 2004. Most materials are available in English.
• CMLR Antitrust Reports KJE925.5.C853 (1990–2022)
  This monthly reporter includes Commission decisions, court judgments, latest actions, and status of pending cases in the area of antitrust. 
• Reports of Cases Before the Court of Justice and the Court of First Instance KJE924.5 .C68 (1991–2010)
  Official print reporter for ECJ cases.