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Mr
Coëme
asserted
that
the
pecuniary
damage
resulting
from
the
alleged
violations
of
the
Convention
amounted
to
22,660,749
Belgian
francs
(
BEF
)
,
of
which
BEF
20,544,024
represented
lost
income
from
his
activities
as
member
of
Parliament
,
mayor
and
municipal
councillor
and
as
director
on
the
board
of
three
companies
,
which
he
was
unable
to
carry
on
between
May
1996
and
December
1998
or
June
1999
,
and
BEF
2,116,725
represented
the
amount
of
fines
,
confiscations
and
sums
he
was
ordered
to
pay
civil
parties
,
plus
the
costs
of
the
criminal
proceedings
and
registration
fees
.
He
also
asked
the
Court
to
take
into
account
certain
advantages
enjoyed
by
members
of
Parliament
,
but
without
quantifying
these
.
He
submitted
that
the
causal
link
between
this
damage
and
the
violation
of
the
Convention
was
incontestable
since
he
could
not
have
been
convicted
if
the
safeguards
set
forth
in
the
Convention
had
been
respected
.
He
claimed
nothing
for
non‑pecuniary
damage
.
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