CEDH · PRESS;HEARINGS;ENG — 17 juin 1999

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ROMANIA   Thursday, 17 June 1999 at 9 a.m.   The applicant     The case concerns an application (application no. 28342/95) brought by a Romanian national, Dan Brumărescu, who was born in 1926 and lives in Bucharest. Mr Brumărescu is retired.   Summary of the facts     In 1950, the applicant’s parents’ house in Bucharest was nationalised without payment of compensation. On 9 December 1993, in proceedings brought by the applicant, the Bucharest Court of First Instance held that the nationalisation had been unlawful. As there was no appeal, the judgment became final and enforceable. In 1994 the applicant regained possession of the house. On an unspecified date, the Procurator-General of Romania lodged an application to have the judgment of 9 December 1993 quashed. In a decision of 1 March 1995, the Supreme Court of Justice quashed the judgment of 9 December 1993 on the ground that the house had passed into State ownership by virtue of a legislative instrument and that the manner in which such an instrument was applied could not be reviewed by the courts, this being a matter for the executive or the legislature.   Complaints     The applicant complains that the decision of 1 March 1995 deprived him of his “right to a court” under Article 6 § 1 and of a violation of his right to peaceful enjoyment of his possessions under Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 to the European Convention of Human Rights.   Procedure     The application was lodged with the European Commission of Human Rights on 9 May 1995. Having found the application admissible, the Commission adopted a report on 15 April 1998 in which it expressed the unanimous opinion that there had been a violation of Article 6   § 1 of the Convention and of Article 1 of Protocol No. 1. The Commission referred the case to the Court on 6 November 1998. The applicant also referred the case to the Court on 3   November 1998.   Composition of the Court     Under the transitional provisions of Protocol No. 11 to the Convention, the case was transmitted to the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights on 1 November 1998, the date on which the Protocol entered into force. The case will be heard by the Grand Chamber composed as follows:   Luzius Wildhaber (Swiss), President , Elisabeth Palm (Swedish), Christos Rozakis (Greek), Nicolas Bratza (British), Luigi Ferrari Bravo [1] (Italian), Georg Ress (German), Lucius Caflisch [2] (Swiss), Loukis Loucaides (Cypriot), Willi Fuhrmann (Austrian), Karel Jungwiert (Czech), Boštjan Zupančič (Slovenian), Nina Vajić (Croatian), John Hedigan (Irish), Margarita Tsatsa-Nikolovska (FYROMacedonia), Tudor Pantiru (Moldovan), Egils Levits (Latvian), Judges Lucian Mihai (Romanian), ad hoc Judge , Jean-Paul Costa (French), Snejana Botoucharova (Bulgarian), substitute Judges ,   and also Maud de Boer-Buquicchio , Deputy Registrar .   Representatives of the parties   Government: Corneliu-Liviu Popescu, Agent , Roxana Rizoiu and Titus Corlăţean , Advisers ;   Applicant: Corneliu Dinu , Counsel .     The applicant will also be attending 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: (0)3 88 41 24 92) or           Emma Hellyer   (telephone: (0)3 90 21 42 15) Fax: (0)3 88 41 27 91     The European Court of Human Rights was set up in 1959 in Strasbourg to deal with alleged violations of the 1950 European Convention on Human Rights. On 1 November 1998 a permanent Court was established, replacing the original two-tier system of a part-time Court and Commission. [1] The judge elected in respect of San Marino. [2] The judge elected in respect of Liechtenstein.