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The European Court of Human Rights (Third Section), sitting as a Chamber composed of:
Having deliberated in private on 12 May 2005 and on 11 July and 12 October 2006,
The case originated in an application (no. 65411/01) against the French Republic lodged with the Court under Article 34 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (“the Convention”) by a company incorporated in that State, Société des Mines de Sacilor Lormines (“the applicant”), on 18 October 2000.
The applicant was represented by Mr Schmitt, a lawyer practising in Strasbourg. The French Government (“the Government”) were represented by their Agent, Ms E. Belliard, Director of Legal Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The applicant company alleged, in particular, that the proceedings before the Conseil d'Etat had been unfair, on the grounds that it was not an independent and impartial tribunal and that the Government Commissioner ( Commissaire du Gouvernement ) had participated in or attended the deliberation. It also complained about the length of the various proceedings, relying on Article 6 § 1 of the Convention.
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