FIRST SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 58976/17
Salvatore ACANFORA and Others against Italy
and 10 other applications
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (First Section), sitting on 17 May 2023 as a Committee composed of:
Alena Poláčková, President,
Gilberto Felici,
Raffaele Sabato, judges,
and Viktoriya Maradudina, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,
Having regard to the above applications lodged on the various dates indicated in the appended table,
Having regard to the declarations submitted by the respondent Government requesting the Court to strike the applications out of the list of cases, and the applicants’ replies to these declarations,
Having deliberated, decides as follows:
FACTS AND PROCEDURE
The list of applicants is set out in the appended table.
The applicants’ complaints under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention and Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 concerning the non-enforcement or delayed enforcement of “Pinto” domestic decisions were communicated to the Italian Government (“the Government”).
The Government submitted declarations with a view to resolving the issues raised by these complaints. They further requested the Court to strike out the applications.
The Government acknowledged the non-enforcement or delayed enforcement of “Pinto” domestic decisions. They offered to pay the applicants the amounts detailed in the appended table and invited the Court to strike the applications out of the list of cases in accordance with Article 37 § 1 (c) of the Convention. The amounts would be payable within three months from the date of notification of the Court’s decision. In the event of failure to pay these amounts within the above-mentioned 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 Government also undertake to ensure the enforcement of the domestic decisions under consideration in the cases concerned (see appended table) within the same three-month period, and to pay any costs of the domestic enforcement proceedings.
The payment and the enforcement of the domestic decisions in the cases concerned will constitute the final resolution of the cases.
The applicants informed the Court that they agreed to the terms of the declarations.
THE LAW
Having regard to the similar subject matter of the applications, the Court finds it appropriate to examine them jointly in a single decision.
The Court finds that, following the applicants’ express agreement to the terms of the declaration made by the Government, the cases should be treated as a friendly settlement between the parties.
It therefore 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 the Protocols thereto and finds no reasons to justify the continued examination of the applications.
In view of the above, it is appropriate to strike the cases out of the list.
For these reasons, the Court, unanimously,
Decides to join the applications;
Decides to strike the applications out of its list of cases in accordance with Article 39 of the Convention.
Done in English and notified in writing on 8 June 2023.
Viktoriya Maradudina Alena Poláčková
Acting Deputy Registrar President
APPENDIX
List of applications raising complaints under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention and Article 1 of Protocol No. 1
(non-enforcement or delayed enforcement of “Pinto” domestic decisions)
No.
Application no.
Date of introduction
Applicant’s name
Year of birth or registration, where relevant
Representative’s name and location
Relevant
domestic
decision
Date of receipt of Government’s declaration
Date of receipt of applicant’s acceptance
Amount awarded for non‑pecuniary damage
per applicant
(in euros)[1]
Amount awarded for costs and expenses per application
(in euros)[2]
58976/17
03/08/2017
(86 applicants)
Salvatore ACANFORA
1952
Antonino ALBANESE
1947
Calogero ALESSI
1949
Francesco ALFANO
1955
Vincenzo AMATO
1952
Giacomo Rosario ANCONA
1950
Rosario ANZELMO
1947
Vito ANZELMO
1957
Giovanni BARTOLOTTA
1948
Felice BENVENUTO
1944
Giuseppe BORTUNA
1958
Ciriaco CALABRESE
1937
Giacinto CAMPANELLA
1950
Antonino CARRUBBA
1958
Gaetano CASTELLUZZO
1957
Cristofaro CELESTINO
1951
Paolo COPPOLA
1941
Mauro CORRADINO
1949
Antonino D’ALESSANDRO
1940
Antonio DAVÌ
1954
Francesco DI FATTA
1939
Antonio DI PUORTO
1947
Pietro FAILLA
1951
Antonino Romualdo FERRERA
1943
Salvatore FERRERI
1949
Vincenzo GAGLIANO
1954
Salvatore GARRAFFA
1954
Nicolò GIARDINA
1952
Liborio GIORDANO
1957
Bruno IBBA
1950
Giovanni INCRIVAGLIA
1943
Gaetano LA CORTE
1950
Nicolò LETA
1951
Pietro LIBRIZZI
1954
Matteo LIUZZA
1951
Salvatore LO MUZZO
1955
Natale LO PICCOLO
1951
Vincenzo MAGNANO
1938
Angelo MARINO
1944
Vincenzo MARINO
1952
Calogero MASCELLINO
1939
Michele MISTRETTA
1938
Vincenza MISURACA
1955
Michele MONTALBANO
1950
Carmelo MONTANA
1939
Salvatore NARO
1940
Salvatore NICASTRO
1943
Mario ODATO
1950
Nicolò ODDÒ
1953
Raimondo PACI
1948
Agostino PARISI
1955
Giuseppe PASSARELLO
1954
Raffaele PECORA
1952
Giuseppe PIZZO
1943
Nicola PROFETA
1947
Salvatore PROVENZANO
1957
Natale RIPELLINO
1954
Angelo ROSANO
1958
Francesco ROSATO
1954
Giacomo Natale SALERNO
1957
Michele SAMMARTANO
1957
Carmelo SAVARINO
1945
Natale SCHIERA
1951
Salvatore SCHIERA
1943
Nicolò SCHILLACI
1957
Antonio SCIACCA
1951
Antonio SCORDIO ROMANO
1955
Ignazio SFRAGARA
1949
Giuseppe SPARACINO
1951
Giovan Battista TODARO
1939
Salvatore TODERO
1942
Sebastiano TRIPI
1944
Michele TUMBARELLO
1945
Antonino VARISCO
1939
Gerlando VELLA BIANCHETTINO
1954
Vincenzo VENTURA
1953
Rosario VITELLO
1950
Antonina ZANGARA
1944
Pietro ZERILLI
1946
Household
Marianna CRIMINISI
1951
Jesus Eliecer GIUDICE
1982
Household
Antonina CAVALLINO
1975
Roberto CAVALLINO
1984
Household
Concetta Rita Calogera CULORA
1949
Gerardo CAPPUCCIO
1976
Gianpaolo CAPPUCCIO
1974
Savoca Alessandro
Palerme
Perugia
Court of
Appeal,
R.G. 2080/2010,
19/02/2013
05/01/2023
18/02/2023
200
30
20430/22
01/04/2022
S.N.C. DI PACIFICO E REINO
1991
Pacifico Erminio Angiolino
San Bartolomeo in Galdo
Naples
Court of
Appeal
R.G. 854/2019,
16/04/2019
05/01/2023
01/02/2023
200
30
21137/22
13/04/2022
Franco VAIRO
1954
Azzarone Antonella
Manfredonia
Bari Court
of Appeal
R.G. 2028/2017,
22/12/2017
05/01/2023
27/01/2023
200
30
21732/22
27/04/2022
Ottavio PANNONE
1955
Pasquariello Gianpiero
Caserte
Naples
Court of
Appeal
R.G. 2056/2020,
09/12/2020
05/01/2023
26/01/2023
200
30
21748/22
27/04/2022
Pasquale IOVANELLA
1950
Caterina INGENITO
1948
Pasquariello Gianpiero
Caserte
Rome Court
of Appeal
R.G. 51423/15,
04/01/2016
05/01/2023
26/01/2023
200
30
21754/22
27/04/2022
Pasquale RAUCCI
1978
Rosanna GRAVANTE
1981
Pasquariello Gianpiero
Caserte
Napoli
Court of
Appeal
R.G. 1127/2020,
10/06/2020
05/01/2023
26/01/2023
200
30
28384/22
30/05/2022
Luigi MARTE
1955
Minuti Maddalena
Mattinata
Lecce Court
of Appeal
R.G. 2160/2015,
03/02/2016
05/01/2023
27/01/2023
200
30
28532/22
20/05/2022
Domenica Anna DE SIMONE
1961
Lecce Court
of Appeal,
R.G. 440/2017,
05/12/2017
05/01/2023
27/02/2023
200
30
28543/22
20/05/2022
Oronzina DELL’ANNA
1962
De Simone Domenica
Lecce
Lecce Court
of Appeal,
R.G. 145/2017,
05/04/2017
05/01/2023
27/02/2023
200
30
28650/22
30/05/2022
Matteo IMPAGNATIELLO
1950
Minuti Maddalena
Mattinata
Lecce Court
of Appeal
R.G. 1581/2015,
20/01/2016
Lecce Court
of Appeal
R.G. 2161/2015,
10/02/2016
05/01/2023
27/01/2023
200
30
28727/22
20/05/2022
Patrizia MALORGIO
1963
De Simone Domenica
Lecce
Lecce Court
of Appeal,
R.G. 588/2017,
08/01/2018
05/01/2023
27/02/2023
200
30
[1] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.
[2] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.