Infringement Case Dataset by the European Union

The European Commission provides data on all infringement cases since 2002 on their homepage: Link. We present the data by member state and then combined the data for the figures you find in the book.

We present the data below. While reading, please keep in mind the questions you see below and answer them once you reached the end. In the end, we provide a link to a platform with an interactive version of the dataset and additional tasks.

Table 1: General Tasks for the Dataset

Tasks
Compared to the overall number of infringement cases, which countries are more likely to see a case against them at the moment?
Which policy areas are more affected by infringement cases and why might that be the case?

Dataset Description

Table shows 2 some of the information in the dataset for the first few infringement cases in the dataset. Each infringement procedure has a Infringement number. Since there can be several steps in each procedure (a formal notice, referral or closing of the procedure), most procedures stretch multiple rows in the dataset. The dataset provides information on the type of decision as well as the policy area that is affected by the infringement and the department that is in charge in the European Commission.

Table 2: Main Variables in the dataset

Identification.code	Name	Members.FTE	Lobbying.cost	Interest.represented	EP.passes.on.2023.12.01	Meetings
539145619702-32	University College Dublin – National University of Ireland, Dublin	7.50	1e+06	Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members	NA	4
170823739840-85	Politechnika Rzeszowska im. Ignacego Lukasiewicza	0.50	9e+05	Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members	NA	2
491204349790-32	Alianza 4 Universidades	2.00	5e+05	Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members	1	NA
503560422741-36	Graz University of Technology	6.50	4e+05	Advances interests of their clients	NA	NA
755409142173-02	Botanical Garden of Rome, Department of Environmental Biology, Sapienza University of Rome	12.00	4e+05	Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members	NA	NA
512981127411-22	Bath Spa University	0.35	3e+05	Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members	NA	NA
236715124478-11	UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS	1.00	2e+05	Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members	NA	NA
454428833358-71	UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS	0.25	2e+05	Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members	NA	2
507235311834-96	Welsh Higher Education Brussels	2.00	2e+05	Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members	NA	2
704840351415-26	UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID	0.25	2e+05	Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members	NA	NA

Table 3 shows the remaining information in the dataset for the same cases. The dataset contains a title for each case, which is generally in French, It also has indicators whether the infringement case is active at the time of download and what type of infringement was recorded (i.e. where transposition into national law was late or not reported).