 Ritual slaughter is permitted, with some restrictions.In "Jewish Liturgical Association Cha'are Shalom Ve Tsedek v. France", 27 June 2000, (App No.27417/95) the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights interpreted Article 9 of the European Convention on Human Rights in a case involving a lawsuit by Glatt kosher slaughterers against a French law recognizing a non-Glatt association (the ACIP) as having the exclusive right to conduct Jewish ritual slaughter in France.