FIRST SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 66506/12
Constantino Alberto ABRANTES RODRIGUES and others
against Portugal
The European Court of Human Rights (First Section), sitting on 26 August 2014 as a Committee composed of:
Mirjana Lazarova Trajkovska, President,
Paulo Pinto de Albuquerque,
Ksenija Turković, judges
and Søren Prebensen, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,
Having regard to the above application lodged on 2 October 2012,
Having regard to the formal declarations accepting a friendly settlement of the case,
Having deliberated, decides as follows:
FACTS AND PROCEDURE
The applicants are all Portuguese nationals. They were all represented before the Court by Mr T. Mariz, a lawyer practising in Coimbra (Portugal). A list of the applicants is set out in the appendix.
The Portuguese Government (“the Government”) were represented by their Agent, Mrs M. F. da Graça Carvalho, Deputy Attorney-General.
The applicants complained under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention about the length of administrative proceedings before the Administrative and Fiscal Court of Coimbra.
On 23 April and 6 June 2014 the Court received friendly settlement declarations signed by the parties under which the applicants agreed to waive any further claims against Portugal in respect of the facts giving rise to this application against an undertaking by the Government to pay each applicant EUR 3,412.50 (three thousand four hundred and twelve euros and fifty cents) to cover any non-pecuniary damage and to jointly pay them EUR 1,600 (one thousand and six hundred euros) to cover costs and expenses, which will be free of any taxes that may be applicable. These sums will be payable within three months from the date of notification of the decision taken by the Court. In the event of failure to pay them within the said three-month period, the Government undertook to pay simple interest on them, from the expiry of that period until settlement, at a rate equal to the marginal lending rate of the European Central Bank during the default period plus three percentage points. The payment will constitute the final resolution of the case.
THE LAW
The Court takes note of the friendly settlement reached between the parties. It is satisfied that the settlement is based on respect for human rights as defined in the Convention and its Protocols and finds no reasons to justify a continued examination of the application. In view of the above, it is appropriate to strike the case out of the list.
For these reasons, the Court, unanimously,
Decides to strike the application out of its list of cases in accordance with Article 39 of the Convention.
Søren PrebensenMirjana Lazarova Trajkovska
Acting Deputy RegistrarPresident
Appendix
No.
Name
Birth Date
Place of Residence
1.
Constantino Alberto Abrantes Rodrigues
28/11/1946
Alhadas, Coimbra
2.
Alberto Carvalho Santos
15/06/1945
Coimbra
3.
Manuel António de Jesus Florêncio
08/09/1956
Abrantes
4.
Joaquim Manuel Duarte de Oliveira
21/08/1949
Pernes
5.
Carlos Alberto Rebelo Mota
30/06/1947
Coimbra
6.
Rui Nazaré Rodrigues
05/03/1942
Amadora
7.
Luís Carlos Amador de Faria e Silva
27/12/1954
Faro
8.
Custódio Francisco Duarte
19/08/1948
Évora
9.
Ângelo Manuel Martins Nogueira dos Reis
06/12/1954
S. João das Lampas
10.
José Joaquim Ribeiro Manso
04/07/1949
Setúbal
11.
Norberto Peão dos Santos
15/10/1945
Palmela
12.
Hélder dos Reis Ferreira e Cunha
25/12/1955
Aveiro
13.
Nelson Manuel Vieira Pinto
13/11/1950
Oliveirinha
14.
António Henrique Parreira da Palma
28/11/1944
Palmela
15.
José Albertino Figueiredo Marques
24/05/1954
Aveiro
16.
Procópio José Calado
20/10/1954
Évora
17.
Luís Carlos Duarte Bastos
04/08/1947
Santarém
18.
Augusto Manuel Figueiredo Marques
22/12/1955
Quiaios
19.
Miguel Augusto Borges Leitão
21/09/1946
Coimbra
20.
Alberto Manuel Silva Galvão
14/05/1956
Amadora
21.
Maria Fátima Noia Pereira Alves Paixão
10/08/1947
Linda-a-Velha
22.
Carlos Varela dos Santos
20/11/1946
Coimbra
23.
Sérgio Augusto Duarte Agostinho
17/11/1956
Pontével
24.
Maria Carolina Pereira Cavaco
28/09/1954
Corroios
25.
José Francisco Vieira Torres
03/09/1956
Évora
26.
José de Jesus Mendes
24/06/1949
Viseu
27.
Judite Dias Vieira
14/01/1953
Penela
28.
Rosa Maria Almeida Oliveira
15/04/1955
Viseu
29.
José Júlio Alves de Figueiredo
24/08/1958
Viseu
30.
José Júlio Abílio Guerra
02/07/1949
Mealhada
31.
Rui Manuel Marinheiro Carvalheiro
18/09/1955
Figueira da Foz
32.
Rui Manuel da Silveira Duarte Coelho
02/06/1946
Coimbra
33.
Rui Manuel Correia Pancas
31/10/1965
Coimbra
34.
Fernando Henriques Coimbra da Fonseca
02/09/1947
Coimbra
35.
José Estevão Mesquita
29/10/1957
Amadora
36.
Joaquim Ferreira Guedes
06/11/1951
Massamá
37.
Aníbal da Conceição Lopes
03/04/1957
Sobral de Monte Agraço
38.
Helena Maria Figueiredo da Silveira Almeida
28/01/1963
Évora
39.
Fernando José Barbas Correia Carita
26/01/1957
Évora
40.
Carlos Manuel da Costa Ilharco de Moura
19/12/1947
Coimbra
41.
Arlindo Valente Domingues Prina
12/12/1951
Ílhavo
42.
Quintino Duarte Barreto
21/05/1946
Odivelas
43.
Maria Isabel Sobral Pita Moita de Deus
17/09/1951
Azeitão
44.
Ricardina Margarida de Quina
03/07/1955
Cacia
45.
António José Venda Marquito
03/07/1955
Évora
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