Kluwer Competition Law User Manual
Welcome
to Kluwer Competition Law
Getting
Started with Kluwer Competition Law
Logging in to Kluwer Competition Law
Logging out of Kluwer Competition Law
European Cartel Digest Precedent Finder
Advanced Search Filtering Fields
Working with Advanced Searches
To search documents using Advanced Search:
Working with your Search Results
Printing your Documents and Analyses
Examples of Using Boolean Operators
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
Welcome to Kluwer Competition Law
Kluwer Competition Law is a fully
searchable collection of primary source materials, new, commentary, and
analysis for anyone with an interest in competition law. The specific focus is
the EU but it does provide materials for countries outside of the EU.
Searching and browsing is quick and simple, as the database has been
organized into the specific competition law topics:
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Antitrust
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Cartels
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Mergers
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State Aid
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Liberalisation
Each main topic category is further grouped into four text types:
Legislation and Notices, Commission Decisions, Court Decisions and Commentary.
You can also browse the service by jurisdiction where you will find
information on the competition authorities, legislation and notices plus
jurisdictions specific commentary.
Kluwer Competition Law includes over 70 books and 3 journals which are
fully browsable and searchable.
Kluwer Competition Law Blog offers useful and interesting commentaries
on recent developments in the field of Competition Law.
External sources of content
Kluwer Competition Law includes daily updates of EU materials from
external websites including The European Court of Justice and the European
Commission. Content includes the European Commission Annual Reports on
Competition Policy from 1958.
Kluwer Competition Law also includes e-Competitions published by the Institute of Competition Law. e-Competitions is
a weekly Bulletin published in English on national competition laws and
regulations and on the implementation of European Union (EU) competition law by
Member States. The service contains over 4600 articles to date and includes
contributors from major law firms and universities throughout the EU who
provide first-hand access to national decisions and court judgments applying EU
rules and delivering detailed analysis.
With Kluwer Competition Law, you can:
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Browse for specific documents
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Use the extensive search function to
quickly find the documents you need
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Print and/or email selected documents
Getting Started with Kluwer Competition Law
The following minimum recommended system requirements are required to
use Kluwer Competition Law.
Internet
Browser
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Operating System
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Microsoft Windows 98 or later;
Other Software
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A recent version of the Adobe Acrobat
Reader. (Download the most recent Acrobat Reader version at http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html).
Logging in to Kluwer Competition Law
Subscribers will only be able to view documents within the database when
they log in to the website.
To log in to Kluwer Competition Law:
1.
Find the LOG IN 
section.
2.
Enter your User id and Password.
3.
Click the Log In 
icon.
You are now logged into the Kluwer Competition Law application and can
access all documents contained within your subscription. Near the top of the
page you will see Logged on: Your Name.
Note: Kluwer Competition Law may also
be accessed through IRN/Intelliconnect.
Logging out of Kluwer Competition Law
To log out of Kluwer Competition Law:
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Find and click the log off text
near the top of the page and next to Logged on: Your Name.
You are now logged out of the Kluwer Competition Law application.
Under the Browse Categories tab on the homepage the following categories
can be found;
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Jurisdictions
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e-Competitions
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Antitrust
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Cartels
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Mergers
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State Aid
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Liberalisation
About the Jurisdictions Category
The Jurisdictions category includes reports from numerous jurisdictions and organisations.
The reports include national legislation, commentaries, and e-Competitions
articles, derived both from KLI publications and the e-Competitions
bulletin. Here you can also find a link to the national competition authority.
Browsing for Jurisdictions documents
To browse for Jurisdictions documents:
1. Select Jurisdictions in the drop-down box under the
Browse Categories tab on the homepage to display the document list of
jurisdictions.
2. You will view a page which shows you all the jurisdictions
that are contained within the database.
You can click on the jurisdiction of your choice.
3. Your results have been filtered for you. You now have
the option of clicking on one of the tabs; choose one of these to display a
document list.
4. Click a document link to open the document.
About e-Competitions
Kluwer Competition Law features all English
articles from the e-Competitions Bulletin covering over 60 jurisdictions.
To browse for e-Competitions:
1. Select e-Competitions in the drop-down box under
Browse Categories tab on the homepage to display the list of jurisdictions.
2. Click one of the jurisdiction links to display a document
list.
3. Click a document link to open the document.
Note: e-Competitions may also be accessed from the Kluwer Competition
Law home page (www.kluwercompetitionlaw.com) in the Browse Categories box.
About the Antitrust Topic Category
The Antitrust topic category is divided into the following text type
sections: Legislation and Notices, Commentary, Court Decisions,
Commission Decisions. Please note that the topics on KCL, including the Antitrust topic,
cover European Union-wide content only.
Browsing for Antitrust Documents
To browse for antitrust documents:
1. Select Topics in the drop-down box under Browse
Categories tab on the homepage to display the menu of Topics.
2. Click on Antitrust.
3. Click one of the text types to display a document
list.
4. Click a document link to open the document.
About the Cartels Topic Category
The Cartels topic category is divided into the following text type sections:
Legislation and Notices, Commentary, Court Decisions, Commission Decisions.
Please note that the topics on KCL, including the Cartels topic, cover European
Union-wide content only. In addition, the Cartels topic initially covers primary source materials only.
Browsing for Cartels Documents
To browse for cartel documents:
1. Select Topics in the drop-down box under Browse Categories tab on the homepage to display the menu of Topics.
2. Click on Cartels.
3. Click one of the text types to display a document list.
4. Click a document link to open the document.
About the Mergers Topic Category
The Mergers topic category is divided into the following text type
sections: Legislation and Notices, Commentary, Court Decisions,
Commission Decisions.
Please note that the topics on KCL, including the Mergers topic, cover European
Union-wide content only.
Browsing for Merger Documents
To browse for merger documents:
1. Select Topics in the drop-down box under Browse
Categories tab on the homepage to display the menu of Topics.
2. Click on Mergers.
3. Click one of the text types (Legislation and Notices,
Commission Decisions, Court Decisions, or Commentary) to display a document
list.
4. Click a document link to open the document.
About the State Aid Topic Category
The State aid topic category is divided into the following text type
sections: Legislation and Notices, Commentary, Court Decisions,
Commission Decisions.
Please note that the topics on KCL, including the State Aid topic, cover
European Union-wide content only.
Browsing for State Aid Documents
To browse for state aid documents:
1. Select Topics in the drop-down box under Browse
Categories tab on the homepage to display the menu of Topics.
2. Click on State Aid.
3. Click one of the text types (Legislation and Notices,
Commission Decisions, Court Decisions, or Commentary) to display a document
list.
4. Click a document link to open the document.
About the Liberalisation Topic
Categories
The Liberalisation topic category is divided into the following text type sections:
Legislation and Notices, Commentary, Court Decisions, Commission Decisions.
Please note that the topics on KCL, including the Liberalisation topic, cover
European Union-wide content only.
Browsing for Liberalisation Documents
To browse for liberalisation documents:
1. Select Topics in the drop-down box under Browse Categories tab on the homepage to display the menu of Topics.
2. Click on Liberalisation.
3. Click one of the text types (Legislation and Notices,
Commission Decisions, Court Decisions, or Commentary) to display a document list.
4. Click a document link to open the document.
The Books section contains both all KLI Competition Law book publications
plus the Annual Reports published by the European Commission. They can be
sorted by Title, Author or Year of publication.
To browse Books:
1. Click on the Books tab to see the document list for
all books included in the Kluwer Competition Law database
2. Click a document link to open the document
About the Annual Reports on Competition
Policy
The Annual Reports on Competition Policy page lists all Annual Reports
on European Competition Policy published by the European Commission since 1958.
Click on the Books tab to see the document list and select "Annual Reports
on Competition Policy".
There are three journals which can be browsed and are fully searchable
included in the Kluwer Competition Law database. Journals can be sorted by
Volume, Issue, Author or Year of publication. The journal World Competition
is completely included, from 2000 to date. Competition-law related articles from other
journals, such as Common Market Law Review and Legal Issues of Economic
Integration are also included.
To browse Journals:
1.
Click on the Journals tab to see the
document list for all Journals included in the Kluwer Competition Law database.
2.
Select the relevant volume
3.
Select the relevant issue
4.
Click an article document link to open the
document
On the Kluwer Competition Law home page, the News section is divided
into the following four tabs:
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All News
Includes all Blog Posts, News and Updates.
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Blog Posts
Posts are added to the blog multiple times per week by our team of Contributors
under the Editorial supervision of Thomas Graf (Cleary Gottlieb Steen &
Hamilton) and Peter Citron (Hogan Lovells).
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News
Includes Press Releases and New EU Materials.
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Press Releases
Updated daily with PDF documents of press releases from the European Commission
and European Court of Justice. Note: These PDF documents are not included in
the search functionality of the site.
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New EU Materials
Updated daily with PDF versions of the most recent European Commission and
European Court of Justice materials and documents. Note: These PDF documents
are not included in the search functionality of the site however all these
materials will be converted from PDF to XML and will go in to the database
within a few weeks. As soon as they are converted they will first appear in the
New in Database section and will be searchable within the site.
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Updates
Updated daily with the most recent documents added to the Kluwer Competition
Law database. These documents include European Commission and European Court of
Justice materials and new books and periodicals. All of these documents are
searchable within the site.
To browse for news:
1.
Click on the All News tab.
2.
Choose the All News tab you would like to
open (All News, Blog Posts, News or Updates) that you would like to browse.
3.
Click the document link to display the
selected document.
By clicking on the News tab (All News, Blog Posts, News or Updates) you
will be able to view a list of documents on the page or you can select List
all.
European Cartel Digest Precedent Finder
The European Cartel Digest Precedent Finder is a
customised research tool that allows you to research and collate precedents in
the cartel case law of the European Commission, the Bundeskartellamt, the
French Autorité de la Concurrence and the UK Office of Fair Trading, as well as
the relevant courts in these jurisdictions. The Precedent Finder allows you to
access not only the expert practitioner summaries of cartel case law in the
European Cartel Digest (ECD), but also to click through to the relevant parts
of the original source documents from the competition authorities and courts.
The Precedent Finder has been created by the editorial
team of the European Cartel Digest, headed by Johan Ysewyn, partner at
Clifford Chance in Brussels, and Ewoud Sakkers, Head of Unit of the European
Competition Network in the Policy and Strategy Directorate of the European
Commission in Brussels.
The Precedent Finder is updated in February, May, August and November.
Creating a chart
The European Cartel Digest Precedent Finder allows you
to create a customised chart that contains the information that you need, with
hyperlinks to the ECD summaries and source documents.
To create a chart:
From the main screen in the Precedent Finder you
currently have open, click the checkboxes of the jurisdiction you wish to
research, for instance “EU”.
Click the Next button to continue.
On the subsequent screen in which you are asked to
select one or more topics, click in the checkboxes next to the topics you want
to include. The topics cover the principle aspects of cartel enforcement of
interest to practitioners, from types of conduct to aggravating and attenuating
circumstances described or pleaded, to grounds of appeal.
By default all topic menus are expanded: you can
expand and collapse topic menus by clicking the “+” and “-“ icons.
Click the Next button to continue.
You can now narrow your search by date if you wish.
For EU case law, the ECD Precedent Finder goes back to 1969, whilst for all
other jurisdictions the database starts in 2004.
If you do not wish to refine your search by date, you
can click the “All” checkbox at the top of the screen. Otherwise, you can
choose either to select a decade date ranges, or individual years by clicking
the relevant checkboxes.
Note: You can always return to the previous
jurisdiction selection screen by clicking the Prev button.
After selecting your jurisdiction, topic and date
range, click the Next button to see your results displayed.
Sample charts
For instance, if you search for EU cases which
deal with bid rigging for public contracts in the date range 2001-2010,
your search results will display results fields for all the EU cartel cases in
this period dealing with bid rigging for public contracts, in chronological
order. The hyperlink in the first column takes you to the full text of the
relevant Decision, whilst the hyperlink in the second column takes you to the
relevant section of the European Cartel Digest.
If you search for EU appeals that deal with the
principle of ne bis in idem in the period 1991-2000, your search
results will be displayed in the same way as in the previous example search,
but your first column hyperlink will take you to the relevant paragraphs of the
judgment in question.
If you search for more multiple topics, the search
results will be displayed per topic, i.e. cartel cases in which either of the
topics is relevant, not all topics. Search tip: To generate a manageable number
of search results, we recommend you limit your selected search topics to one or
two'.
Display Options
Your results are by default displayed in the Chart
View. The Chart View allows you to see the related hierarchy of
topics/sub-topics for each query.
Your results can also be displayed in a Matrix View.
The Matrix View presents all the selected queries side-by-side in a table.
To change the way your results are
displayed:
-Click the drop-down arrow next to “Display As” and
select Matrix View or Chart View.
Regardless of which option you choose, the chart
retains active links to the underlying source documents.
Creating a new chart
Once you have created a chart you can reset all of
your selections and create a new chart.
To create a new chart:
With a chart currently displayed on your screen, just
click Start Over.
You are returned to the main screen, all of your
selections have been cleared and you can create a new chart.
Exporting a chart to MS Word
You can export a chart as an MS Word file (.doc file
format) for later viewing. If you are viewing your results in
"Matrix" view, you will not be able to export to MS Word. While
viewing your results in "Matrix" view, you can only export to MS
Excel.
To export a chart to MS Word:
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With a chart displayed on your screen,
simply click the Export link and select MS Word from the
drop-down list that appears.
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When the "File Download"
dialog box appears, click the Save button.
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Select a file name and location for the
file, and then click the Save button.
The chart is saved as an MS Word file, and the file
retains active links to correspondents' websites.
Exporting a chart to MS Excel
You can export a chart as an MS Excel file (.xls file
format) for later viewing, even if you have already selected the "Display
as Chart" option.
To export a chart to MS Excel:
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With a chart displayed on your screen,
simply click the Export link and select MS Excel from the
drop-down list that appears.
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When the "File Download"
dialog box appears, click the Save button.
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Select a file name and location for the
file, and then click the Save button.
The chart is saved as an MS Excel file, and the file
retains active links to Correspondents' websites
Printing a chart
Once you have created a chart, you can print a copy of
the chart.
To view a printer friendly version of a chart:
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With a chart displayed on your screen,
simply click the Printer Friendly link.
A version of the chart specifically formatted for
printing is displayed in the current browser window.
Note:
If you are viewing your results in "Matrix" view, you will not be
able to use the "Printer Friendly" link.
To print a chart while in "Matrix" view:
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Before printing the chart, export the
"Matrix" view of your chart to MS Excel by clicking the Export link
and selecting MS Excel from the drop-down list that appears.
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When the "File Download"
dialog box appears, click the Save button.
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Select a file name and location for the
file, and then click the Save button.
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Open the saved chart in MS Excel.
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Click the File menu and select Print.
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On the "Print" dialog box,
select your print options.
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Click the Print button to print the
chart.
A copy of the chart is sent to your default printer and
printed out.
To print a chart while in "Chart" view:
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With a chart displayed on your screen,
simply click the Print button on the browser window.
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On the "Print" dialog box,
select your print options.
·
Click the Print button to print the
chart.
A copy of the chart is sent to your default printer
and printed out.
Note:
To print all columns of the spreadsheet, you will need to set your print
orientation to "Landscape" mode.
The Quick Search feature enables you to search throughout all content
categories and sources.
To perform a quick search:
1.
Type your term in the Quick Search field.
Note: The Quick Search field is located on the upper right hand side of the
website.
2.
The Quick Search will immediately give
results, filtered per text type, by author, source, topic, organization, etc.
Use the tabs or the filters (on the left hand side) to apply further filters.
3.
Click the document link to display the
selected document.
The Advanced Search page includes a variety of options for performing a
customized, advanced search. The Advanced Search page includes various search
term fields and date restrictors. The drop down boxes make it easier to use the
appropriate search terms.
There are a few search options specifically appropriated for
e-Competitions.
Advanced Search Filtering Fields
The Advanced Search page contains the following search filtering fields:
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Free Text
Enter any word or phrase that may exist within the title and/or text of a
document.
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Words in title
The search engine will find you all documents containing the specified term(s)
within the database field 'document title'.
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Author
Enter any author's or editor's surname.
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Date
Enter all possible date fields: date of publication and last updated date.
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Jurisdiction
Use the drop down box to select from a list of countries and organizations.
Select a country to list all e-Competitions articles that are grouped under the
selected country. The EU is also added as a Jurisdiction.
·
Groups
Use the drop down box to select from a list of groups. The search engine will
find you all legal and case law documents pertaining to the group of countries
adhering to the international organization selected.
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Organization
Use the drop down box to select from a list of organizations. The search engine
will find you all legal and case law documents pertaining specifically to the
national or international organization selected.
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Source
Use the drop down box to select from a list of sources. The search engine will
find you all documents that were originally published in the selected
publication.
·
Party
Use the drop down box to select from a list of parties. The search engine will
find you all documents containing the specified term(s) within the database
field 'parties to a case'.
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Topic
Use the drop down box to select from a list of the following topic areas:
Antitrust, Cartels, Mergers, State Aid, Liberalisation. Select one or more of the topics.
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Text Type
Select from a list of text types. You can choose one or more of the following
text types: Legislation and Notices, Commentary, e-Competitions, Court
Decisions, Commission Decisions.
·
NACE Code(s)
Use the drop down box to select from a list of the basic NACE sectors. NACE stands
for the Statistical Classification of Economic Activities in the European
Community, commonly referred to as NACE, is a European industry standard
classification system.
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Document Number
Search using a Document number by typing in the number you want to search for.
These are for example the legislation number as for instance. 2000/52/EC
(Commission Directive 2000/52/EC of 26 July 2000) or M.3280 (Air France/KLM,
Commitments Package Case COMP/M.3280) and/or the case number as quoted in the
title, e.g. 13/61 (format for cases before 1990); or T-9/93 (format for cases
since 1990).
·
Publication Number
Search using a Publication Number by typing the number you want to search for.
This is for example the Official Journal number, e.g. L199, C087.
·
Company / cartel name
Search for documents by typing in the name of a company.
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Institutions (e-Competitions)
Use the drop down box to select from a list of institutions. Institution is the
regulatory, legislative or judicial body which issued the case law/legislation
concerned.
·
Business sector(s) (e-Competitions)
Use the drop down box to select from a list of business sectors.
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Subject(s) (e-Competitions)
Use the drop down box to select from a list of frequently used subjects.
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Provision(s) (e-Competitions)
Use the drop down box to select from a list of provisions. Provision is the
applicable legislation.
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Keyword (e-Competitions)
Use the drop down box to select from a list of frequently used keywords.
Working with Advanced Searches
To search documents using Advanced Search:
1.
Click the Advanced Search link.
Note: The Advanced Search link is located in the upper right hand corner of the
homepage, just below the login-button and below the Quick Search field on the
upper part of the page throughout the rest of KluwerCompetitionLaw.com.
2.
Enter your search terms in the Filtering
Fields.
3.
Click the Search button to display a document
list. A document list displays with several tabs, according to text type.
4.
Click the document link to display the
selected document.
Working with your Search Results
Once you have entered your search criteria and processed your search,
your search results will display. At this point, you will have the option to
select a single document or multiple documents to email or print. You will have
the option to further filter your results with the filters on the left hand
side menu, which are similar to the search fields as they appeared in the
advanced search form.
To email your documents:
1.
Select one or multiple documents by
checking the box next to each document that you want to email. Note: Clicking
the Select all button will select all the documents.
2.
Select Email Selection from the drop down
box at the top of the document list to display the Email Content page.
3.
Enter recipients email address and your
email address the in the appropriate text fields.
4.
Click the Send button to email the
documents to the entered email addresses.
Recipients will receive a header in their email, not the whole document.
Clicking the header will take the recipient back to the specific document on
Kluwer Competition Law.
Note: Recipients of emailed documents also need to be Competition Law
subscribers.
Printing your Documents and Analyses
Kluwer Competition Law enables you to print selected documents both from a document or search
results list and from individual documents.
Important! Please refrain from using the print icon in your
browser menu bar (ALT+R). Also, please refrain from choosing Print (CTRL+P)
from the File menu. Due to browser-related bugs, which cannot be addressed by
Kluwer Law International, this will not have the desired effect of printing
documents in full.
To
print documents from a document or search results list:
1.
Select one or multiple documents by checking
the check box next to each document that you want to print.
2.
Select Print Selected from the
Email Selected/Print Selected dropdown menu.
3.
Click the Go button. The Print
Preview page will display for the selected document(s).
4.
Go to ‘File’ > ‘Print Preview’ and then
chose ‘Print’ to print the document(s) as displayed in the Print Preview Page.
Tip! Multiple
documents can be selected at one time. To select all the listed documents,
click the Select all on this page checkbox.
To print
individual documents:
1.
Select and open the document of your
choice.
2.
Click on the Printer icon. The
Print Preview page will display for the selected document.
3.
Go to ‘File’ > ‘Print Preview’ and then
choose ‘Print’ to print the document as displayed in the Print Preview Page.
To Search Results filters:
In the search results list, you can use the filters on the left hand side
to further narrow down your search. For example, you can further search between
specific dates, for specific text types or by author.
Go back to the Advanced Search from by clicking the Advanced Search Form
hyperlink.
The following symbols cannot be used in any of the search fields - they
will cause the search engine to return an error message:
( ) brackets
[ ] square brackets
,
comma
! exclamation mark
Near boolean
~ boolean symbol for near
& ampersand
In the Free Text search field, you can use the following symbols to
refine your search term(s):
" " to define a phrase rather than a
simple collection of terms
* wildcard to replace one or more
characters - use only at the end of a word!
Boolean connectors are words that are used to combine different kinds of
searches within one field.
You can use the following Boolean operators to refine your search
term(s):
·
near to search for documents containing
the search terms in proximity of each other. NB: Valid only in the Free text
search field - cannot be used in any of the other search fields!
·
and to search for documents containing
each term at least once
·
or to search for documents containing at
least one of the terms
·
and not to search for documents containing
the first term but not the second
Examples of Using Boolean Operators
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cartel AND industry
Will find hits in which both 'defence' and 'industry' occur either combined or
not combined.
·
cartel OR industry
Will find hits in which either term or both terms occur at least once.
·
cartel AND NOT industry
Will find hits in which only the term 'defence' occurs and not the term
industry.
·
cartel AND sector AND NOT industry
Will find hits in which both the terms 'defence' and 'sector' occur, separately
or combined, but not the term 'industry.'
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
General Questions
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How do you obtain your content?
The content in the database is brought to you by Kluwer Law International in cooperation
with the Institute of Competition Law.
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What content is included?
The database includes:
o
Primary Content, including the Annual Report
and Press Releases from the European Commission; Commission Decisions (full and
summary texts of the Decision) and related Opinions of the Advisory Committee and
Final Reports of the Hearing Officer; Court Decisions and related Opinions of the
Advocate General; as well as EU legislation (including Regulations, Directives,
Guidelines and Notices) and national legislation;
o
Analytical Content, including over 70
books from Kluwer Law International's extensive competition law catalogue, as
well as all content from the journal World Competition and selected
articles from the two journals Common Market Law Review and Legal
Issues of Economic Integration, as well as all the content from the
regularly updated looseleaf publications Competition Law of Western Europe
and the USA, EC Merger Control Reporter, Comparative Law on Monopolies, EC
Merger Decision Digest, European Cartel Digest, and the American
publication Antitrust Law - An Analysis of Antitrust Principles and Their Application by Areeda and Hovenkamp;
o
Weekly updates of e-Competitions articles
from the Institute of Competition Law;
o
Kluwer Competition Law Blog posts.
·
How far back does the database go?
The oldest print publication in the KluwerCompetitionLaw database is the
looseleaf manual Competition Law in Western Europe and the USA, which first
appeared in 1976. However, this included older decisions and legislation,
dating back as far as 1914.
·
In which order are the documents organized
in the database?
As a default the documents are ordered by relevancy (the most relevant
documents will be at the top of the search results). You can also order the
documents by date.
How long do you store your materials?
All our materials, be it PDF or XML, are stored indefinitely.
Search
·
Can you search for blog posts?
You can browse the latest blog posts on the home page and in the News area. We hope
to be able to implement a search function which includes the blog posts on
Kluwer Competition Law in the near future. For the time being, please use the
search engine on the blog at http://kluwercompetitionlawblog.com/.
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What is a NACE code and how can I use it
in my search?
The NACE code is a statistical classification of economic activities in the
European Community. At the moment, NACE codes only relate to Commission
Decisions. Click here to see the full list of NACE codes on the website of the
European Commission. You can search by NACE classification by using the drop
down box in the advanced search field.
News
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I saw an interesting news item on the
homepage but now it's gone. Where can I find it? A limited number of news items
and blog post notifications are highlighted on the home page. Once removed from
the home page, all news items, blog posts and recently added material
notifications can be consulted on the 'All News' tab or found using the
database search engine.
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What is the difference between 'News' and
'Updates'?
News consists of PDF documents from the external EU websites, such as press
releases and newly added Decisions that are downloaded on to
KluwerCompetitionLaw.com on a daily basis. The external websites include The
European Court of Justice and the European Commission: http://curia.europa.eu/
and http://ec.europa.eu/competition. Updates are those documents which have
been converted to fully searchable XML-files. They are now fully part of the
KluwerCompetitionLaw.com database.
Commission and Court Decisions, Press Releases
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Where do you get your commission and court
decisions?
From the launch in 2006 on, KluwerCompetitionLaw.com is updated daily to offer
you the latest Decisions from the European Commission and the European Court of
Justice in the areas of Antitrust, Cartels, Mergers, Liberalisation and State Aid. The
decisions before 2006 are derived from our print publications Comparative
Law of Monopolies, Competition Law in Western Europe and the USA and
EC Merger Control Reporter.
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Can I browse court decisions?
All case law can be browsed for, based on the related country and/or
organization. For an at-a-glance overview of all court decisions from a certain
national jurisdiction, please select that jurisdiction from the Country browse
category. Remember that the (advanced) search engine will obtain the same
results, but will allow you to further specify and amend your search criteria.
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When can I find commission and court
decisions via the advanced search form?
You will be able to find an item in the search engine the same day they are
uploaded onto Kluwer Competition Law.
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How do you search for Press Releases in
the Advance Search form?
To search for Press Releases you need to tick commentary and they will
appear in the results. If you are looking for a particular press release,
please search by Words in Title.
Legislation
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Do you include just the legislation that
is in force?
The database includes both old and new legislation, so you can conduct research
no matter what the age of the issues at hand. The law date or entry into force
date of each document helps define the age.
Case File
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Which documents are linked in the Case
File?
The Case File is a list in which all documents related to Court Decisions and
Commission Decisions are listed. The type of documents you could expect to find
(if available) include: the full text and summary versions of Commission
Decisions; the Opinions of the Advisory Committee; the Final Reports of the
Hearing Officer; Court Decisions of the European Court of Justice; Opinions of
the Advocate General.
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