CASE OF COUDERC AND HACHETTE FILIPACCHI ASSOCIÉS v. FRANCE
Hearing: Couderc and Hachette Filipacchi Associés v. France (no. 40454/07) (Grand Chamber hearing, 2015-04-15 00:00:00)
Application no.: 40454/07
Document type: GRANDCHAMBER
Document date: 2015-11-10 00:00:00
ECLI: ECLI:CE:ECHR:2015:1110JUD004045407
Respondent state: FRA
Articles of the Convention: 8;8-1;10;10-1;10-2;41
Judges: Aleš Pejchal;André Potocki;Angelika Nußberger;Ann Power-Forde;Branko Lubarda;Dean Spielmann;Erik Møse;Helen Keller;Helena Jäderblom;Johannes Silvis;Josep Casadevall;Julia Laffranque;Khanlar Hajiyev;Ledi Bianku;Mark Villiger;Mirjana Lazarova Trajkovska;Päivi Hirvelä;Paul Lemmens;Paulo Pinto De Albuquerque;Robert Spano
Represented by: DE PERCIN M.-Ch.
Issue: Articles 9 and 1382 of the Civil Code
Strasbourg case-law cited: Alkaya v. Turkey, no 42811/06, § 35, 9 October 2012;Axel Springer AG v. Germany [GC], no 39954/08, §§ 90-95, 7 February 2012;Barthold v. Germany, 25 March 1985, § 58, Series A no 90;Björk Eiðsdóttir v. Iceland, no 46443/09, § 67, 10 July 2012;Bladet Tromsø and Stensaas v. Norway [GC], no 21980/93, §§ 59 and 62, ECHR 1999 III;Campmany and Lopez Galiacho Perona v. Spain (dec.), no 54224/00, ECHR 2000-XII;Éditions Plon v. France, no 58148/00, ECHR 2004 IV;Elsholz v. Germany [GC], no 25735/94, § 73, ECHR 2000 VIII;Erla Hlynsdόttir v. Iceland, no 43380/10, § 64, 10 July 2012;Fressoz and Roire v. France [GC], no 29183/95, § 54, ECHR 1999 I;Gurgenidze v. Georgia, no 71678/01, §§ 55 60, 17 October 2006;Hachette Filipacchi Associés (ICI PARIS) v. France, no 12268/03, § 40, 23 July 2009;Hachette Filipacchi Associés v. France, no 71111/01, § 48, 14 June 2007;Haldimann and Others v. Switzerland, no 21830/09, § 57, ECHR 2015;Handyside v. the United Kingdom, 7 December 1976, § 49, Series A no 24;Jersild v. Denmark, 23 September 1994, Series A no 298;Karhuvaara and Iltalehti v. Finland, no 53678/00, § 45, ECHR 2004 X;Lillo-Stenberg and Sæther v. Norway, no 13258/09, § 37, 16 January 2014;Lindon, Otchakovsky-Laurens and July v. France [GC], nos. 21279/02 and 36448/02, § 45, ECHR 2007 IV;Lingens v. Austria, 8 July 1986, § 42, Series A no 103;Mater v. Turkey, no 54997/08, § 55, 16 July 2013;MGN Limited v. the United Kingdom, no 39401/04, 18 January 2011;Minelli v. Switzerland (dec.), no 14991/02, 14 June 2005;Mosley v. the United Kingdom, no 48009/08, 10 May 2011;News Verlags GmbH & Co.KG v. Austria, no 31457/96, § 54, ECHR 2000 I;Ojala and Etukeno Oy v. Finland, no 69939/10, §§ 54-55, 14 January 2014;Pedersen and Baadsgaard v. Denmark [GC], no 49017/99, § 71, ECHR 2004 XI;Pinto Coelho v. Portugal, no 28439/08, § 38, 28 June 2011;Polanco Torres and Movilla Polanco v. Spain, no 34147/06, §§ 47-48, 21 September 2010;Reklos and Davourlis v. Greece, no 1234/05, § 42, 15 January 2009;Roseiro Bento v. Portugal, no 29288/02, § 45, 18 April 2006;Ruusunen v. Finland, no. 73579/10, §§ 49-51, 14 January 2014;Smirnova v. Russia, nos. 46133/99 and 48183/99, § 95, ECHR 2003 IX (extracts);Société Prisma Presse v. France (dec.), nos. 66910/01 and 71612/01, 1 July 2003;Standard Verlags GmbH v. Austria (no 2), no 21277/05 § 52, 4 June 2009;Standard Verlags GmbH and Krawagna-Pfeifer v. Austria, no 19710/02, § 47, 2 November 2006;Stoll v. Switzerland [GC], no 69698/01, ECHR 2007 V;Sunday Times v. the United Kingdom (no 1), 26 April 1979, § 62, Series A no 30;Tănăsoaica v. Romania, no 3490/03, § 41, 19 June 2012;Tønsbergs Blad A.S. and Haukom v. Norway, no 510/04, § 87, 1 March 2007;Verlagsgruppe News GmbH v. Austria (no 2), no 10520/02, § 36, 14 December 2006;Von Hannover v. Germany (no 2) [GC], nos. 40660/08 and 60641/08, ECHR 2012;Von Hannover v. Germany (no 3), no 8772/10, 19 September 2013;Wingrove v. the United Kingdom, 25 November 1996, § 58, Reports of Judgments and Decisions 1996 V
Conclusion: Violation of Article 10 - Freedom of expression -{General} (Article 10-1 - Freedom of expression;Freedom to impart information);Damage - claim dismissed (Article 41 - Non-pecuniary damage;Pecuniary damage;Just satisfaction)
Separate opinion: FALSE