4 and Mr Peter FREDRIKSSON, principal adviser, Ministry of the Environment, Housing and Buildings Department. 14. The Committee was addressed by Ms REINHARDT, Mr BOUCHET, Mr ALDRIDGE, Mr UHRY, Mrs TISSIER and Mr KOSONEN and received answers to questions from its members. 15. Following the hearing, the Committee gave the government time to respond to some of these matters. 16. The replies were registered on 3 October 2007 and communicated to ATD Fourth World and FEANTSA. SUBMISSIONS OF THE PARTIES A – ATD Fourth World 17. ATD Fourth World asks the Committee to find that France is in violation of Articles 16, 30 and 31 of the revised Charter, alone or taken in conjunction with Article E. B – The Government 18. The Government considers that the French authorities are doing everything possible to ensure that the legislation intended to guarantee decent housing for all is applied, especially in extremely complex situations like those in Herblay and Kaltenhouse. It therefore maintains that ATD’s allegation that, notwithstanding the existence of favourable legislation on the right to housing, French government practice does not make this right effective is unfounded and considers that there has been no violation of Articles 16, 30 and 31 of the revised Charter. RELEVANT DOMESTIC LAW 19. The main pieces of legislation concerning housing to which the parties have referred to comprises: a) b) c) d) e) f) g) h) i) j) k) Legal basis of the right to housing The right to decent housing The right to housing fit for human habitation Measures to combat eviction Reducing the number of homeless and the number of people in emergency accommodation Rehabilitation accommodation Social housing construction Conditions for the allocation of social housing Means of appeal Assistance with access to and retention of housing Prohibition of discrimination in access to housing