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| Subject Matter |
1961-70 |
1971-75 |
1976-80 |
1981-85 |
1986-90 |
1991-95 |
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Agriculture |
% |
20.4 |
30.9 |
25.1 |
20.3 |
19.6 |
12.5 |
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(30) |
(109) |
(176) |
(153) |
(160) |
(135) |
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Free Movement of Goods |
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13.6 |
19.6 |
17.1 |
19.8 |
18.5 |
14.9 |
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(20) |
(69) |
(120) |
(149) |
(151) |
(161) |
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Social security |
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19.7 |
12.5 |
10.3 |
8.4 |
9.1 |
10 |
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(29) |
(44) |
(72) |
(63) |
(74) |
(108) |
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Taxes |
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11.6 |
2 |
4.6 |
4.8 |
8 |
8.5 |
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(17) |
(7) |
(32) |
(36) |
(65) |
(92) |
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Competition |
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8.8 |
6.3 |
3.6 |
4.5 |
5 |
8.2 |
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(13) |
(22) |
(25) |
(34) |
(41) |
(89) |
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Approximation of laws |
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2.8 |
.3 |
1.9 |
4.9 |
3.8 |
5.1 |
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(4) |
(1) |
(13) |
(37) |
(31) |
(55) |
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Transportation |
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2 |
.6 |
1.4 |
1.3 |
1.5 |
2.9 |
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(3) |
(2) |
(10) |
(10) |
(12) |
(31) |
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Establishment |
.7 |
2.6 |
2.3 |
2.7 |
5.6 |
6.6 |
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(1) |
(9) |
(16) |
(20) |
(46) |
(72) |
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Social Provisions |
.7 |
.3 |
1.1 |
3.7 |
4.2 |
8.8 |
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(1) |
(1) |
(8) |
(28) |
(34) |
(95) |
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External |
.7 |
2.8 |
1.7 |
2.4 |
.9 |
1.5 |
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(1) |
(10) |
(11) |
(18) |
(7) |
(16) |
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Free Movement of Workers |
.7 |
4.3 |
2 |
4.1 |
5 |
3.2 |
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(1) |
(15) |
(14) |
(31) |
(41) |
(35) |
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Environment |
0 |
0 |
.4 |
1.6 |
.9 |
2 |
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(3) |
(12) |
(7) |
(22) |
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Commercial Policy and Dumping |
0 |
.6 |
1.4 |
.9 |
.9 |
1.8 |
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(2) |
(10) |
(7) |
(7) |
(19) |
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Total Claims |
147 |
352 |
702 |
754 |
816 |
1084 |
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% of Total Claims by Period |
3.8 |
9.1 |
18.2 |
19.6 |
21.2 |
28.1 |
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Table constructed from data compiled by the authors with the help the Court of Justice. The table lists only the thirteen most important legal domains which, combined, comprise more than 80% of total claims. We coded references by subject matter and relevant provision of the EEC Treaty. Each of the legal subject matters listed in the first column correspond to the sections of the EEC Treaty following in parentheses: agriculture (arts. 38-47); free movement of goods (9-37); social security (51); taxes (95-99); competition (85-94); approximation of laws (100-102); transportation (74-84); establishment - the freedom to establish undertakings and to provide services (52-66); social provisions (117-122); external (a miscellaneous category including all EC economic policies affecting the European Free Trade Area, the GATT, food aid, and special agreements with non-EC states); free movement of workers (48-50); environment (130R-T); commercial policy and dumping (110-116). Of the 3,855 EC subject matters implicated in references, more than 80% fall within the thirteen domains listed in table 3. Although most references are limited to a single subject matter of EC law, some references contain claims based on as many as five subject matters. This accounts for the difference between the total number of references and the total number of subject matters invoked in references.
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