… That provision is worded as follows:
‘In the determination of his civil rights and obligations or of any criminal charge against him, everyone is entitled to a fair and public hearing within a reasonable time by an
independent
and
impartial
tribunal
established
by
law
.’
27 In that regard, it should be borne in mind that, according to the case-law, since the ECHR does not constitute, as long as the European Union has not acceded to it, a legal instrument which has been formally incorporated into EU …