FIRST SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 45904/17
Vesna BEZJAK against Croatia
and 6 other applications
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (First Section), sitting on 26 August 2021 as a Committee composed of:
Erik Wennerström, President,
Lorraine Schembri Orland,
Ioannis Ktistakis, 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 formal declarations accepting a friendly settlement of the cases,
Having deliberated, decides as follows:
FACTS AND PROCEDURE
The list of applicants and their representatives, if any, is set out in the appended table.
The applicants’ complaints under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention concerning the excessive length of civil proceedings were communicated to the Croatian Government (“the Government”).
The Court received the friendly-settlement declarations, signed by the parties, under which the applicants agreed to waive any further claims against Croatia in respect of the facts giving rise to these applications, subject to an undertaking by the Government to pay them the amounts detailed in the appended table. These amounts will be converted into the currency of the respondent State at the rate applicable on the date of payment, and will 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 undertake 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 cases.
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 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 a 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 16 September 2021.
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Viktoriya Maradudina Erik Wennerström
Acting Deputy Registrar President
APPENDIX
List of applications raising complaints under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention
(excessive length of civil proceedings)
No.
Application no.
Date of introduction
Applicant’s name
Year of birth
Representative’s name and location
Date of receipt of Government’s declaration
Date of receipt of Applicant’s declaration
Amount awarded for non-pecuniary damage
per applicant/
household
(in euros)[1]
Amount awarded for costs and expenses per application
(in euros)[2]
45904/17
21/06/2017
Vesna BEZJAK
1953
Vaić Nikola
Rijeka
26/04/2021
01/06/2021
800
250
22666/18
03/05/2018
Household
Stevo STOJANOVIĆ
1949
Danica STOJANOVIĆ
1951
Vučković Radojica
Osijek
07/06/2021
17/05/2021
2,000
250
24845/18
21/05/2018
Ankica ŠAFAR
1962
Volić Tihomir
Garešnica
07/06/2021
18/05/2021
2,000
250
40901/18
18/08/2018
Davor GJURAŠIN
1957
07/06/2021
12/04/2021
2,000
3653/19
09/01/2019
Venucio HONOVIĆ
1957
Matanović Marina
Pazin
07/06/2021
03/03/2021
1,000
250
41040/20
10/09/2020
Ivan MATETIĆ
1952
Mamić Tadija
Split
07/06/2021
15/03/2021
3,500
250
49508/20
30/10/2020
Almir MUHELJIĆ
1972
Klaić Nikola
Kutina
07/06/2021
31/05/2021
3,000
250
[1] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.
[2] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.
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