2 MEDVEDYEV AND OTHERS v. FRANCE JUDGMENT complained that they had not been brought “promptly” before a judge or other officer authorised by law to exercise judicial power. 4. The application was allocated to the Fifth Section of the Court (Rule 52 § 1 of the Rules of Court). On 10 July 2008, after a hearing on the admissibility and merits (Rule 54 § 3), a Chamber of that Section, composed of Peer Lorenzen, President, Jean-Paul Costa, Karel Jungwiert, Renate Jaeger, Mark Villiger, Isabelle Berro-Lefèvre, Mirjana Lazarova Trajkovska, judges, and Claudia Westerdiek, Section Registrar, declared the application admissible and delivered a judgment in which the Court held by a majority that there had been a violation of Article 5 § 1 of the Convention and no violation of Article 5 § 3. The partly dissenting opinion of Judge Berro-Lefèvre joined by Judges Lorenzen and Lazarova Trajkovska was annexed to the judgment. 5. On 9 and 10 October 2008 respectively the applicants and the Government requested that the case be referred to the Grand Chamber, in accordance with Article 43 of the Convention. A panel of five judges of the Grand Chamber accepted that request on 1 December 2008. 6. The composition of the Grand Chamber was determined according to the provisions of Article 27 §§ 2 and 3 of the Convention and Rule 24. 7. The applicants and the Government each filed observations on the merits. 8. A hearing took place in public in the Human Rights Building, Strasbourg, on 6 May 2009 (Rule 59 § 3). There appeared before the Court: (a) for the Government Mrs E. BELLIARD, Director of Legal Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Agent, Mr J.-C. MARIN, public prosecutor in Paris, Mr L. DI GUARDIA, Principal Advocate-General, Court of Cassation, Ms A.-F. TISSIER, Deputy Director for Human Rights, Legal Affairs Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ms M. MONGIN-HEUZÉ, magistrat, on secondment to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mr T. POCQUET DU HAUT JUSSE, Deputy to the Director of Civil Affairs and Pardons (DACG), Ministry of Justice, Mr J.-C. GRACIA, Head of Litigation Department, Ministry of Justice, Ms D. MERRI, chargée d’études, Legal Affairs Department, Ministry of Defence, Advisers;