R/decisions.R

In jfjelstul/euip: The European Union Infringement Procedure (EUIP) Dataset

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# Joshua C. Fjelstul, Ph.D.
# euip R package
# automatically generated by the codebookr R package
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#' Decision-level data
#' 
#' This dataset include data on infringement decisions. There is one
#' observation per decision per case (2002-2020). The dataset includes
#' information on the department responsible for the decision and the member
#' state that the decision is against.
#' 
#' @format A data frame with 34 variables:
#' \describe{
#' \item{key_id}{\code{numeric}. An ID number that uniquely identifies each
#' observation in the dataset. }
#' \item{decision_id}{\code{numeric}. An ID number that uniquely identifies
#' each decision in an infringement case.}
#' \item{case_id}{\code{string}. An ID number that uniquely identifies each
#' case.}
#' \item{case_number}{\code{numeric}. The number of the case.}
#' \item{case_year}{\code{numeric}. The year of the case.}
#' \item{decision_date}{\code{date}. The date that the Commission issued the
#' decision in the format \code{YYYY-MM-DD}.}
#' \item{decision_year}{\code{numeric}. The year that the Commission issued
#' the decision.}
#' \item{decision_month}{\code{numeric}. The month that the Commission issued
#' the decision.}
#' \item{decision_day}{\code{numeric}. The day that the Commission issued the
#' decision.}
#' \item{member_state_id}{\code{numeric}. An ID number that uniquely
#' identifies each member state. This ID number is assigned when member states
#' are sorted by accession date and then alphabetically. }
#' \item{member_state}{\code{string}. The name of the member state that the
#' Commission opened the case against. }
#' \item{member_state_code}{\code{string}. A two letter code assigned by the
#' Commission that uniquely identifies each member state. }
#' \item{department_id}{\code{numeric}. An ID number that uniquely identifies
#' each Commission department.}
#' \item{department}{\code{string}. The name of the Commission department that
#' opened the infringement case.}
#' \item{department_code}{\code{string}. A multi-letter code assigned by the
#' Commission that uniquely identifies each department.}
#' \item{case_type_id}{\code{numeric}. An ID number that uniquely identifies
#' each type of state aid cases. Coded \code{1} for noncommunication cases,
#' which are cases that relate to a member state failing to notify the
#' Commission that it has transposed a directive by the stated deadline. Coded
#' \code{2} for nonconformity cases, which are cases that relate to a member
#' state incorrectly transposing a directive. }
#' \item{case_type}{\code{string}. The type of the infringement case. There
#' are two types of cases. Coded \code{noncommunication} for cases that relate
#' to a member state failing to notify the Commission that it has transposed a
#' directive by the stated deadline. Coded \code{nonconformity} for cases that
#' relate to a member state incorrectly transposing a directive. }
#' \item{noncommunication}{\code{dummy}. A dummy variable indicating whether
#' the infringement case is a noncommunication case, which is a case that
#' relates to a member state failing to notify that Commission that it has
#' transposed a directive by the stated deadline.}
#' \item{nonconformity}{\code{dummy}. A dummy variable indicating whether the
#' infringement case is a nonconformity case, which is a case that relates to
#' a member state incorrectly transposing a directive.}
#' \item{directive}{\code{dummy}. A dummy variable indicating whether the
#' description of the infringement case provided by the Commission references
#' a directive that the case relates to. Directive numbers have the format
#' \code{####/####}, where the first set of numbers is the year the directive
#' was enacted and the second set is the number of the directive.}
#' \item{directive_number}{\code{string}. The number of the directive that the
#' infringement case relates to, if applicable. Coded \code{NA} if the
#' description of the case provided by the Commission does not reference a
#' specific directive number.}
#' \item{celex}{\code{string}. The CELEX number of the directive that the
#' infringement case relates to, if applicable. Coded \code{NA} if the
#' description of the case provided by the Commission does not reference a
#' specific directive number. CELEX numbers for directives have the format
#' \code{3####L####}, where the first set of numbers is the year the directive
#' was enacted and the second set is the number of the directive.}
#' \item{decision_stage_id}{\code{numeric}. An ID number that uniquely
#' identifies each decision stage in the infringement procedure. Coded
#' \code{1} for letters of formal notice under Article 258 of the Treaty on
#' the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), coded \code{2} for reasoned
#' opinions under Article 258, coded \code{3} for referrals to the Court of
#' Justice of the European Union (CJEU) under Article 258, coded \code{4} for
#' letters of formal notice under Article 260, coded \code{5} for reasoned
#' opinions under Article 260, and coded \code{6} for referrals to the Court
#' under Article 260.}
#' \item{decision_stage}{\code{string}. The decision stage of the infringement
#' procedure. Possible values include: \code{Letter of formal notice (Article
#' 258)}, \code{Reasoned opinion (Article 259)}, \code{Referral to the Court
#' (Article 258)}, \code{Letter of formal notice (Article 260)},
#' \code{Reasoned opinion (Article 260)}, and \code{Referral to the Court
#' (Article 260)}.}
#' \item{stage_lfn_258}{\code{dummy}. A dummy variable indicating whether the
#' decision is a letter of formal notice sent by the Commission under Article
#' 258 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU).}
#' \item{stage_ro_258}{\code{dummy}. A dummy variable indicating whether the
#' decision is a reasoned opinion sent by the Commission under Article 258 of
#' the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU).}
#' \item{stage_rf_258}{\code{dummy}. A dummy variable indicating whether the
#' decision is a referral to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU)
#' made by the Commission under Article 258 of the Treaty on the Functioning
#' of the European Union (TFEU).}
#' \item{stage_lfn_260}{\code{dummy}. A dummy variable indicating whether the
#' decision is a letter of formal notice sent by the Commission under Article
#' 260 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU).}
#' \item{stage_ro_260}{\code{dummy}. A dummy variable indicating whether the
#' decision is a reasoned opinion sent by the Commission under Article 260 of
#' the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU).}
#' \item{stage_rf_260}{\code{dummy}. A dummy variable indicating whether the
#' decision is a referral to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU)
#' made by the Commission under Article 260 of the Treaty on the Functioning
#' of the European Union (TFEU).}
#' \item{stage_closing}{\code{dummy}. A dummy variable indicating whether the
#' decision is the closing of the case by the Commission. }
#' \item{stage_withdrawal}{\code{dummy}. A dummy variable indicating whether
#' the decision is the withdrawal of the case by the Commission.}
#' \item{stage_additional}{\code{dummy}. A dummy variable indicating whether
#' the decision is an additional decision (a decision of the same type as a
#' previous decision). }
#' \item{press_release}{\code{dummy}. A dummy variable indicating whether the
#' Commission published a press release to publicize the decision.}
#' }
"decisions"

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