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It
is
for
the
Court
to
decide
whether
to
apply
a
balancing
approach
or
to
apply
the
test
of
necessity
.
Hitherto
this
Court
has
applied
either
one
or
the
other
–
never
both
,
contrary
to
today
’s
judgment
.
While
,
according
to
prevailing
case
-
law
,
balancing
between
two
Convention
rights
requires
the
Court
to
defer
to
national
choices
,
both
the
conflicting
rights
must
still
be
given
proper
consideration
(
i.e.
the
Court
must
exercise
its
own
scrutiny
where
one
right
is
simply
declared
decisive
without
proper
reasons
)
.
However
,
in
the
present
case
,
when
performing
the
balancing
test
,
the
domestic
courts
failed
to
take
proper
account
of
both
rights
at
stake
,
and
this
Court
did
not
even
consider
the
matter
,
even
though
it
is
required
to
do
so
by
its
case
-
law
.
In
cases
where
the
balancing
exercise
carried
out
by
the
domestic
court
excluded
any
of
the
requisite
considerations
,
the
Court
must
find
a
violation
.
This
Court
’s
case
-
law
requires
proper
consideration
of
the
following
factors
,
among
others
.
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