FOURTH SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 40331/16
Doru-Marian BUJOREANU against Romania
and 8 other applications
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting on 25 August 2022 as a Committee composed of:
Armen Harutyunyan, President,
Jolien Schukking,
Ana Maria Guerra Martins, 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 is set out in the appended table.
The applicants’ complaints under Article 3 of the Convention concerning the inadequate conditions of detention were communicated to the Romanian 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 Romania 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 15 September 2022.
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Viktoriya Maradudina Armen Harutyunyan
Acting Deputy Registrar President
APPENDIX
List of applications raising complaints under Article 3 of the Convention
(inadequate conditions of detention)
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 pecuniary and non‑pecuniary damage and costs and expenses
per applicant
(in euros)[1]
40331/16
03/10/2016
Doru-Marian BUJOREANU
1984
15/06/2022
24/01/2022
5,000
40526/16
06/10/2016
Sorin COCHEŞ
1964
Cătălin Gabriel Filişan
Constanța
15/06/2022
10/12/2021
3,000
53957/16
08/09/2016
Florina MAIOR
1979
15/06/2022
23/03/2022
1,000
58515/16
30/09/2016
Ilie CHIŢURLAN
1989
15/06/2022
26/01/2022
3,000
4501/17
24/07/2017
Călin MARIAN
1989
26/05/2022
28/02/2022
3,000
21528/17
08/03/2017
George PARASCHIV
1988
Claudia Nadina Daciana Cândea
Timișoara
20/01/2022
09/06/2022
3,000
32440/17
10/06/2017
Albert-Florin DOBRE
1991
Doru Ristea
Bucharest
15/06/2022
25/05/2022
3,000
33052/17
26/06/2017
Ion POPESCU
1957
15/06/2022
17/05/2022
5,000
62781/17
16/08/2017
Carol FARKAS
1991
Nicoleta Iuga
Arad
15/06/2022
17/01/2022
5,000
[1] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.