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    COMPOSITION OF

    CONSTITUTIONAL COURTSIN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES

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    GERMANY

    (16 Members)

    8 members

    selected by

    Federal Parliament

    8 members

    selected by

    Federal Council

    Right to Individual RecourseRight to Individual Recourse

    EXISTSEXISTS

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    AUSTRIA

    (14 Regular Members, 6 Substitute Members)

    6 regular and

    3 substitute members

    selected by

    Federal Government

    3 regular and

    2 substitute members

    selected by

    National Council

    3 regular members

    and

    1 substitute member

    selected by

    Federal Council

    Right to Individual RecourseRight to Individual Recourse

    EXISTSEXISTS

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    BELGIUM

    (12 Members)

    6 Walon members

    selected by

    House of Representatives

    and Senate

    6 Flemish members

    selected by

    House of Representatives

    and Senate

    Right to Individual RecourseRight to Individual Recourse

    EXISTSEXISTS

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    FRANCE

    (9 Members)

    3 members

    selected by

    President of Republic

    3 members

    selected by

    Speaker of Parliament

    3 members

    selected by

    President of Senate

    Right to Individual RecourseRight to Individual Recourse

    DOES NOT EXISTDOES NOT EXIST

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    ITALY

    (15 Members)

    5 members

    selected by

    Parliament

    5 members

    selected by

    President

    of Republic

    1 member

    selected by

    Court of

    Auditors

    1 member

    selected by

    Council

    of State

    3 members

    selected by

    Court

    of Cassation

    Right to Individual RecourseRight to Individual Recourse

    DOES NOT EXISTDOES NOT EXIST

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    HUNGARY (11 Members)

    Selected by

    Legal, Administrative and Judicial

    Committees of the Parliament

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    EXISTSEXISTS

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    POLAND

    (15 Members)

    All selected by the Parliament

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    EXISTSEXISTS

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    PORTUGAL

    (13 Members)

    10 members

    selected by

    General Assembly

    of the Parliament

    3 members

    selected by the Judges

    of Constitutional Court

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    EXISTSEXISTS

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    ROMANIA

    (9 Members)

    3 members

    selected by

    the Cabinet

    3 members

    selected by

    the Senate

    3 members

    selected by

    President of the State

    Right to Individual RecourseRight to Individual Recourse

    DOES NOT EXISTDOES NOT EXIST

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    RUSSIA

    (19 Members)

    All selected by President of the State

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    EXISTSEXISTS

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    CONSTITUTIONAL COURT (CURRENT STRUCTURE)

    President

    (Amongst the members)

    Deputy President

    (Amongst the members)

    High rank

    bureaucrats

    and lawyers

    3 Regular

    1 Substitute

    Supreme

    Education

    Board

    1 Regular

    Military

    Court

    of

    Cassation

    1 Regular

    Council

    of

    State

    2 Regular

    1 Substitute

    Court

    of

    Cassation

    2 Regular

    2 Substitute

    Court

    of

    Auditors

    1 Regular

    Military

    Supreme

    Administrative

    Court

    1 Regular

    Composed of 11 regular and 4 substitute members.

    8 regular and 3 substitute members are elected by the President amongst 3candidates for each,

    3 Regular and 1 substitute members are elected directly by the President,

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    CONSTITUTIONAL COURT (CONSOLIDATED STRUCTURE)

    President(Amongst the members)

    Deputy President

    (Amongst the members)

    Lawyer

    1 Regular

    (By TGNA)

    Court

    of

    Auditors

    2 Regular

    (By TGNA)

    Military

    Supreme

    Administrative

    Court

    1 Regular

    Council

    of

    State

    2 Regular

    Court

    of

    Cassation

    3 Regular

    High Rank

    bureaucrats

    and

    rapporteurs

    of

    Constitutional

    Court

    4 Regular

    Supreme

    Education

    Board

    3 Regular

    Military

    Court

    of

    Cassation

    1 Regular

    Composed of 17 members.

    10 members elected by the President amongst the candidates nominated by theirnstitutes,

    4 members electeddirectly by the President,3 members by the TGNA amongst the candidates.