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Beyond these more formal rules, authors sometimes include additional information, leave out
information, change the order in which information is presented, or use the alternative
abbreviation of the Official Journal (“OJEC”). For example, some authors cite documents
published in the Official Journal as follows:
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EC Regulation 3285/94 on the common rules for imports, OJEC 1994 L349/53.
3.0 Jurisprudence: European Court of Justice (ECJ) & Court of First Instance (EFI)
Cite cases introduced before January 1, 1989 by “Case”, case number [number/year of filing],
name of the parties (italicized and separated by “v”), year of decision (in square brackets), title of
the reporter (“ECR”), volume (if necessary), and page and paragraph referenced:
Case 120/88 Commission v Italy [1991] ECR I-621.
Cite cases introduced after January 1, 1989 by “Case”, followed by “T” (for the Court of First
Instance) or “C” (for the European Court of Justice), case number [number/year of filing], name
of the parties (italicized and separated by “v”), year of decision (in square brackets), title of the
reporter (“ECR”), volume, and page and paragraph referenced:
Case T-224/95 Tremblay and Others v Commission [1997] ECR, II-2215.
Case C-242/95 GT-Link [1997] ECR, I-4449, para. 36.
Many authors include descriptions of the subject matter of the case following the parties’ names
(in parentheses), especially when a case involves common parties, such as Member States or EU
institutions:
Case C-350/92 Spain v Council (Medicinal product certificates) [1995] ECR, I-1985.
3.1 Joined Cases
Cite joined cases as described in Section 3.0 above, preceded by the words “Joined Cases”:
Joined Cases 106/63 and 107/63 Alfred Töpfer and Getreide-Inport Gesellschaft v
Commission [1965] ECR 405.
Joined Cases C-34/95, C-35/95 and C-36/95 Konsumentombudsmannen v De Agostini
(Svenska) Forlag [1997] ECR, I-3843.
Joined Cases 83 and 94/76, 4, 15 and 40/77Bayerische HNL Vermehrungsbetriebe
GMBH v Council and Commission [1978] ECR 1209.