Kernrechtsfrage
Whether Art. 6 § 1 ECHR applies to the dismissal of an automobile inspector.
Extrahierter Entscheid
Yes. The inspector did not exercise a sovereign or core public-authority function; the dispute concerned the end of employment and salary, so Art. 6 § 1 ECHR applied.
Extrahierte Begründung
The Court applied the functional test: only agents directly or indirectly participating in the exercise of public power and safeguarding the State's general interests are excluded. An automobile inspector performs subordinate technical tasks, has limited responsibility, and is too remote from core sovereign functions.