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This judgment will become final in the circumstances set out in Article 44 § 2 of the Convention. It may be subject to editorial revision.
The European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting as a Chamber composed of
The case originated in an application (no. 32559/96) against the Republic of Finland lodged with the European Commission of Human Rights (“the Commission”) under former Article 25 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (“the Convention”) by a limited liability company domiciled in Finland, Neste Oy, on 28 May 1996. Having merged with another company, it renamed itself Fortum Oil And Gas Oy and eventually became the Fortum Corporation.
The applicant was represented by Mr Marc van der Woude, a lawyer practising in Brussels. The Finnish Government (“the Government”) were represented by their Agents, Mr Holger Rotkirch, then Director-General for Legal Affairs in the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, and subsequently by Mr Arto Kosonen, Director in the same Ministry.
The applicant company alleged, in particular, that it was denied a fair hearing within the meaning of Article 6 of the Convention on account of the Supreme Administrative Court's failure to provide it with an opportunity to comment on documents which the court had received from the first-instance body.
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