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Case: EU [from Print source using OSCOLA]

Overview
The preferred source for cases from the European Court of Justice (ECJ) or the Court of First Instance (CFI) is the
European Court Reports (ECR). ECJ cases are reported in the ECR I series (volume 1) and CFI cases are reported in
the ECR II series (volume 2). The series numbers are attached to the page number with a dash and follow the
abbreviated series title e.g. ECR I-4921, ECR II-669.
If an ECR citation is not available, you may cite the Common Market Law Reports (CMLR). If the case is in any UK
law reports series, you can cite these using the same order of preference as for UK cases i.e. the Official Law
Reports (Appeal Cases, Queens Bench etc.), the Weekly Law Reports (WLR) and then the All England Reports (All
ER). For unreported cases cite the relevant notice in the Official Journal of the European Communities (OJ). If the
case has not been reported in the OJ, give the case number, case name, court and date of judgement.
Cases since 1989 have been numbered according to whether they have come from the European Court of Justice
(prefix C) or the Court of First Instance (prefix T). Cases before 1989 have no prefix at all. The case number is cited
before the party names with no punctuation between them.

Standard Form
As a footnote:
Case number (cases since 1989 designated as C if European Court of Justice or T if Court of First Instance) case
name [Year] Law report series abbreviation first page, pinpoint paragraph (para) or paragraphs (paras) if required.
As with UK cases the first mention of a case name in the text needs to be in full, after which it can be shortened,
e.g in Aluminium Silicon Mill Products GmbH v Council of the European Union can be shortened after the first
mention to ... in the Aluminium Silicon Mill case or ... in Aluminium Silicon Mill
similarly in footnotes
1

C-430 and 431/93 Jereon van Schijndel v Stichtung Pensioenfonds voor Fysiotherapeuten [1995] ECR I-4705

para 23
2

Jereon van Schijndel (n1) para 5

Examples
1

Case 240/83 Procureur de la Republique v ADBHU [1985] ECR 531.

Case C-415/93 Union Royale Belge des Societes de Football Association ASBL v Jean-Marc Bosman [1995] ECR I4921.
3

Case T-107/04 Aluminium Silicon Mill Products GmbH v Council of the European Union [2007] ECR II- 669, paras

34-36.
Joined cases
4

Case C-430 and 431/93 Jereon van Schijndel v Stichtung Pensioenfonds voor Fysiotherapeuten [1995] ECR I-4705

Reference List
In text and in footnote citations the title of a case or the party names are always printed in italics in a reference
list they are not. Remember to omit any pinpoint references at this point to.
If you have only a few EU cases referenced it is probably easier to integrate them in a single list with other cases
thus
Aluminium Silicon Mill Products GmbH v Council of the European Union (T-107/04) [2007] ECR II- 669
Arne Mathisen AS v Council (T- 344/99) [2002] ECRII-2905

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Jereon van Schijndel v Stichtung Pensioenfonds voor Fysiotherapeuten (C-430 and 431/93) [1995] ECR I-4705
Procureur de la Republique v ADBHU (C-240/83) [1985] ECR 531
Union Royale Belge des Societes de Football Association ASBL v Jean-Marc Bosman (C-415/93) [1995] ECR I4921
If it is more useful to list EU cases in a seperate section of your case list either list them seperately in chronological
and numerical order for each jurisdiction (ECJ, CFI, Commission) with case number as first element omit the word
case.
Thus
C-240/83 Procureur de la Republique v ADBHU [1985] ECR 531
C-415/93 Union Royale Belge des Societes de Football Association ASBL v Jean-Marc Bosman [1995] ECR I4921
C-430 and 431/93 Jereon van Schijndel v Stichtung Pensioenfonds voor Fysiotherapeuten [1995] ECR I-4705
T- 344/99 Arne Mathisen AS v Council [2002] ECRII-2905
T-107/04 Aluminium Silicon Mill Products GmbH v Council of the European Union [2007] ECR II- 669
or if you have agreed an alphabetical order is preferable with your tutor/supervisor use the forms in the first
example above in a separate section labelled EU cases

Notes
EC Commission Decisions on competition law, antitrust and mergers for example are treated as cases and the
preferred source is the Official Journal of the European Communities (OJ). The next best source is the Common
Market Law Reports (CMLR).
You should reference the law report (i.e. where the case was reported) rather than the Case Analysis
document in Westlaw wherever possible. The Case Analysis document is more like an article summary or
abstract, so although you can rely on it for the facts of the case, you should be looking at the law report or
transcript, which contains the judgment, if you want to quote the judge's words.
In text and in footnote citations the title of a case or the party names are always printed
in italics. If the footnote details are transferred to a Case List in the Bibliography italicisation
should be removed. All other details of the case are then shown but the pinpoint reference to the
precise paragraph will be omitted.
Reference: Faculty of Law, University of Oxford, OSCOLA: Oxford Standard for the Citation of Legal Authorities
(4th edn Oxford University 2010) 10-11 30.

Disclaimer: This guide aims to help you reference your sources correctly. However, your department or lecturer may prefer you to
reference your sources differently. Always follow the requirements of your department or lecturer. External visitors are
welcome to use this guide, but note that your institution's requirements may differ from those used by The University of
Portsmouth.

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