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EU case-law

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Decisions delivered after 20 June 2025 will temporarily not be retrievable when searching by subject matter. To search by subject matter for decisions delivered after this date, go to the CURIA website: CURIA - Search form.

In this section, you can find case-law of the Court of Justice of the European Union, including:

  • Judgments and orders on:
    • cases brought by EU institutions, EU Member States, corporate bodies or individuals against an act or failure to act of an EU institution, body, office or agency
    • cases brought against EU Member States for failing to fulfil their obligations under the EU treaties
    • national courts' requests for preliminary rulings on the validity or interpretation of EU law
    • disputes between the EU and its staff.
  • Opinions and views of Advocates General
  • Opinions of the Court of Justice on draft agreements between the EU and non-EU countries or international organisations.

You will find these documents accompanied by a rich legal analysis and links to related information (e.g. legislation affected or interpreted by a judicial decision, instruments cited in case-law etc.). In most cases, summaries of decisions and references to related academic articles are also available.


How to search in this section

The left-hand side of this page gives access to several search tools.

  • Reports of Cases gives access to a search directly in the official reports by the jurisdictions of the Court of Justice of the European Union.
  • The Directory of case-law contains all the documents of this section organised in 9 main domains and several subdomains.
  • Search in case-law redirects to an advanced search form that offers many options. Searches will be performed only within the remit of the “Case-law” section.

    On the top of the search form, you have the option to: (i) limit your search to documents published in Court Reports; (ii) include or not case-law summaries in search results.

  • The Recently published search gives access to all the documents published in this section in the last 14 days.

You can also search using 4 basic criteria: