This is a blog about the use of emerging technologies to boost the governance of public procurement. It used to be a blog on EU law, with a focus on free movement, public procurement and competition law issues (thus the long archive of entries about those topics). I use it to publish my thoughts and to test some ideas. All comments are personal and in no way bind any of the institutions to which I am affiliated and, particularly, the University of Bristol Law School. I hope to spur discussion and look forward to your feedback and participation.

ECLI and the new method of citing case law of the CJEU

April 23, 2014

The Court of Justice of the European Union is in the process of changing the way its Judgments are reported (now only electronically and in monthly sets) and cited. A transition period has started and the movement towards full use of the ECLI (European Case-Law Identifier) referencing system should be completed within the first semester of 2014.

This change is fundamentally oriented towards enhancing the usability of the case law as an enriched information source, facilitating the introduction and use of metadata in citations and the searchability of European case law. All these changes should be welcome and, if possible, pushed forward so that Member States also adopt ECLI citation quickly.

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