1. In respect of an application submitted under Article 34, a committee may, by a unanimous vote,

    1. declare it inadmissible or strike it out of its list of cases, where such decision can be taken without further examination; or

    2. declare it admissible and render at the same time a judgment on the merits, if the underlying question in the case, concerning the interpretation or the application of the Convention or the Protocols thereto, is already the subject of well-established case-law of the Court.

  2. Decisions and judgments under paragraph 1 shall be final.

  3. If the judge elected in respect of the High Contracting Party concerned is not a member of the committee, the committee may at any stage of the proceedings invite that judge to take the place of one of the members of the committee, having regard to all relevant factors, including whether that Party has contested the application of the procedure under paragraph 1.b.