Caselex


Caselex is a unique legal information service opening up national case law and other important decisions with a European connotation to legal professions. As such it contributes to the Europeanisation of law.

Caselex: a unique gateway to the interpretation of European law

Relying on a network of editors throughout Europe Caselex systematically summarizes in English case law and other decisions that have a cross border value to legal professionals. The service consists of the Caselex Market Definitions Module and several Case Law Modules.

Caselex Market Definitions Module

Defining relevant markets is crucial in concentration control and antitrust cases. The Caselex Market Definitions Module gives user friendly access to English summaries of relevant markets definitions of concentration control decisions rendered by all 34 national and European competition authorities since 2000 up to today.
Accordingly, by giving an instant synoptic European-wide overview of all relevant markets defined it provides support to lawyers submitting notifications and to competition authorities responsible for concentration control under the as well as national rules thereon. Each product market is searchable on the basis of names of products and NACE codes and each definition backed up by the line of reasoning of the competition authority. Full texts of original decision are also available and downloadable in PDF.
Currently, the database holds over 3.500 national and 900 DG COMP decisions holding more than 10.000 market definitions. The launch of this Module is foreseen in January 2016.

Caselex Case Law Modules

Next to that Caselex covers important national case law from all EU Member States Caselex. Well structured English summaries allow for instant access to and full understanding of case law that would otherwise not travel across Europe. Currently the Modules hold almost 5.000 summaries covering the following areas of law: