Questão jurídica principal
Whether the request for a public hearing under Art. 6(1) ECHR was timely
Decisão extraída
The request was timely because it was filed within the ordinary exchange of briefs and before any procedural step made it disruptive.
Fundamentação extraída
A public-hearing request need not accompany the appeal; it is sufficient if made within the ordinary written exchange. No procedural order had yet been taken that would be undermined by the later request.