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- ↑ Admissibility decision in case 250/57 (in French)
- ↑ Grand Chamber judgment in case 19392/92
- ↑ Grand Chamber judgment in case 21237/93
- ↑ Grand Chamber judgment in case 23885/94
- ↑ Judgment in case 25141/94 (in French)
- ↑ Judgment in cases 22723/93, 22724/93 and 22725/93
- ↑ Judgment in case 26482/95 (in French)
- ↑ Grand Chamber judgment in cases 41340/98; 41342/98; 41343/98; 41344/98
- ↑ Grand Chamber judgment in case 44158/98
- ↑ Judgment in case 47978/99
- ↑ Judgment in case 65659/01
- ↑ Judgment in case 46626/99
- ↑ Judgment in cases 39210/98 and 39974/98 (in French)
- ↑ Judgment in case 59489/00
- ↑ Judgment in case 39434/98 (in French)
- ↑ Judgment in case 1444/02 (in French)
- ↑ Admissibility decision in case 17582/05
- ↑ Judgment in case 51290/99 (in French)
- ↑ Judgment in cases 25803/04 and 25817/04 (in French)
- ↑ Judgment in case 28003/03
- ↑ Judgment in case 12976/07
- ↑ Judgment in case 40959/09 (in French)
- ↑ Judgment in case no. 3840/10 (in French)