CEDH · CASELAW;COMMUNICATEDCASES;ENG — 25 novembre 2019

.s800EAC49 { font-size:12pt } .s379BC09C { margin-top:36pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:right } .sBB9EE52A { font-family:Arial } .s9793A85B { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:14.2pt } .s5E1364CA { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:12pt; text-align:center; page-break-inside:avoid; page-break-after:avoid; font-size:14pt } .s339D85E6 { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:14pt; text-align:center; page-break-inside:avoid; page-break-after:avoid } .s665E407E { margin-top:66pt; margin-bottom:14pt; text-align:center; page-break-inside:avoid; page-break-after:avoid } .s29100277 { font-family:Arial; font-weight:bold } .sA36B60A1 { font-family:Arial; font-style:italic } Communicated on 25 November 2019   FIFTH SECTION Application no. 366/18 Christian SCHNEEBERGER against Austria lodged on 21 December 2017 SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CASE The Salzburg Health Insurance Board ( Salzburger Gebietskrankenkasse ) sentenced the applicant to pay a fine for offences against social security laws. He contested the findings of the Health Insurance Board and appealed to the Federal Administrative Court ( Bundesverwaltungsgericht ), requesting an oral hearing to be held. The Federal Administrative Court dismissed his request, stating that an oral hearing would clearly not have led to a further clarification of the relevant facts, and also dismissed his appeal. The Constitutional Court ( Verfassungsgerichtshof ) as well as the Administrative Court ( Verwaltungsgerichtshof ) refused dealing with his complaints. The applicant claims that his right to a fair trial under Article 6   §   1 of the Convention has been violated as no oral hearing has been held in his case. QUESTION TO THE PARTIES Has there been a violation of the applicant’s right to an oral hearing, as guaranteed by Article   6 § 1 of the Convention (criminal limb, compare Hüseyin Turan v. Turkey , no. 11529/02, §§ 31-37, 4 March 2008; Baischer v. Austria , no. 32381/96, § 22, 20 December 2001)?