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The European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting as a Chamber composed of:
The applicant alleged a breach of her right to a fair hearing in that the Tarragona Audiencia Provincial had declared her appeal inadmissible owing to her failure to deposit the sum she had been ordered to pay at first instance.
On 20 May 1998 the Commission (Second Chamber) decided to give notice of the application to the Government and to invite them to submit written observations on its admissibility and merits. The Government submitted their observations on 3 July 1998 and the applicant replied on 23 September 1998.
Following the entry into force of Protocol No. 11 to the Convention on 1 November 1998 and in accordance with Article 5 § 2 thereof, the case was examined by the Court.
In accordance with Rule 52 § 1 of the Rules of Court, the President of the Court, Mr L. Wildhaber, assigned the case to the Fourth Section. The Chamber constituted within that Section included ex officio Mr A. Pastor Ridruejo, the judge elected in respect of Spain (Article 27 § 2 of the Convention and Rule 26 § 1 (a)), and Mr M. Pellonpää, President of the Section (Rule 26 § 1(a)). The other members designated by the latter to complete the Chamber were Mr G. Ress, Mr J. Makarczyk, Mr I. Cabral Barreto, Mr V. Butkevych and Mrs N. Vajić (Rule 26 § 1 (b)).
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