CEDH · PRESS;GENERAL;ENG — 22 octobre 2002

.s800EAC49 { font-size:12pt } .s5FFF0A77 { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:1pt } .sBB9EE52A { font-family:Arial } .sFE10DC93 { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:center } .s29100277 { font-family:Arial; font-weight:bold } .s32563E28 { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt } .s94935B0F { width:389.85pt; display:inline-block } .sA36B60A1 { font-family:Arial; font-style:italic } .sCB9E0544 { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:left } .s4DDA3AA3 { font-family:Arial; font-weight:bold; font-style:italic } .s69BE285C { margin-top:0pt; margin-left:85.05pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:-85.05pt } .s18D96D33 { width:15.69pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block } .sBF401EEE { width:32.35pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block } .s3964C3A3 { width:1.36pt; display:inline-block } .s901C2590 { width:56.7pt; display:inline-block }   EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS     517   22.10.2002     Press release issued by the Registrar   CHAMBER HEARING ON THE MERITS IN THE CASE OF CHEVROL v. FRANCE   Tuesday 22 October 2002 at 2.30 p.m.     The applicant   The case concerns an application (no. 49636/99) brought by Yamina Chevrol, a French national who was born in Algeria in 1942 and lives in Aubagne.   Summary of the facts   Having qualified as a doctor in Algeria in 1969 after graduating from the University of Algiers, she applied to be registered as a member of the Bouches-du-Rhône ordre des médecins (Medical Association) in 1987. Her application was unsuccessful and she reapplied in 1995, relying on the Government Declarations of 19 March 1962 on Algeria (the so-called Evian Agreements), which provide, among other things, for mutual recognition of qualifications awarded in Algeria and France. The département , regional and national councils of the ordre des médecins refused her applications. The applicant applied to the Conseil d’Etat , which asked the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to submit preliminary observations on her application. The Ministry expressed the view that the agreements could not be regarded as having legal force, because the condition of reciprocity laid down in Article 55 of the French Constitution had not been satisfied. In a judgment of 9 April 1999 the Conseil d’Etat dismissed the applicant’s application. It pointed out that it was not for the administrative courts to rule on the conditions for the implementation of a treaty and, on the basis of the Ministry’s observations, held that the applicant was not entitled to rely on the provisions of the agreements.   In a decision of 12 April 1999 the Council of the ordre des médecins for the département of Bouches-du-Rhône registered the applicant as a member of the ordre .   Complaint   Relying on Article 6 § 1 (right to a fair hearing) of the European Convention on Human Rights, the applicant complains about the interference by the executive with the Conseil d’Etat ’s judicial powers. She argues that the Ministry’s intervention was crucial to the outcome of her case and that she had no means of challenging it.         Procedure   The application was lodged with the European Commission of Human Rights on 4 March 1996 and transmitted to the Court on 1 November 1998. It was declared   admissible on 4 June 2002.   Composition of the Court   The case will be heard by a Chamber composed as follows:   András Baka (Hungarian), President , Jean-Paul Costa (French), Gaukur Jörundsson (Icelandic), Loukis Loucaides (Cypriot), Corneliu Bîrsan (Romanian), Mindia Ugrekhelidze (Georgian), Antonella Mularoni (San Marinese), judges , Karel Jungwiert (Czech), Volodymyr Butkevych (Ukrainian), Wilhelmina Thomassen (Netherlands), substitute judges , and also Lawrence Early , Deputy Section Registrar .   Representatives of the parties   Government:   Antoine Buchet , Agent , Brigitte Jarreau , Counsel ,   Applicant:   Benoît Tabaka , Counsel .   Yamina Chevrol will attend the hearing.   ***   After the hearing the Court will begin its deliberations, which are held in private. Judgment will be delivered at a later date.   Registry of the European Court of Human Rights F – 67075 Strasbourg Cedex Contacts:   Roderick Liddell (telephone: +00 33 (0)3 88 41 24 92)   Emma Hellyer (telephone: +00 33 (0)3 90 21 42 15)   Stéphanie Klein (telephone: +00 33 (0)3 88 41 21 54) Fax: +00 33 (0)3 88 41 27 91   The European Court of Human Rights was set up in Strasbourg in 1959 to deal with alleged violations of the 1950 European Convention on Human Rights. On 1 November 1998 a full-time Court was established, replacing the original two-tier system of a part-time Commission and Court.