1 DOMBO BEHEER B.V. v. THE NETHERLANDS JUDGMENT In the case of Dombo Beheer B.V. v. the Netherlands, The European Court of Human Rights, sitting, in accordance with Article 43 (art. 43) of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms ("the Convention") and the relevant provisions of the Rules of Court, as a Chamber composed of the following judges: Mr R. RYSSDAL, President, Mr R. BERNHARDT, Mr L.-E. PETTITI, Mr B. WALSH, Mr S.K. MARTENS, Mr I. FOIGHEL, Mr R. PEKKANEN, Mr M.A. LOPES ROCHA, Mr G. MIFSUD BONNICI, and also of Mr M.-A. EISSEN, Registrar, and Mr H. PETZOLD, Deputy Registrar, Having deliberated in private on 23 April and 22 September 1993, Delivers the following judgment, which was adopted on the last-mentioned date: PROCEDURE 1. The case was referred to the Court by the European Commission of Human Rights ("the Commission") on 26 October 1992, within the threemonth period laid down by Article 32 para. 1 and Article 47 (art. 32-1, art. 47) of the Convention. It originated in an application (no. 14448/88) against the Kingdom of the Netherlands lodged with the Commission under Article 25 (art. 25) on 15 August 1988 by a limited liability company possessing legal personality under Netherlands law (besloten vennootschap), Dombo Beheer B.V. The Commission’s request referred to Articles 44 and 48 (art. 44, art. 48) and to the declaration whereby the Netherlands recognised the compulsory jurisdiction of the Court (Article 46) (art. 46). The object of the request was to obtain a decision as to whether the facts of the case disclosed a breach by the respondent State of its obligations under Article 6 para. 1 (art. 6-1).  The case is numbered 37/1992/382/460. The first number is the case's position on the list of cases referred to the Court in the relevant year (second number). The last two numbers indicate the case's position on the list of cases referred to the Court since its creation and on the list of the corresponding originating applications to the Commission.  As amended by Article 11 of Protocol No. 8 (P8-11), which came into force on 1 January 1990.

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