FOURTH SECTION
DECISION
This version was rectified on 21 December 2017
under Rule 81 of the Rules of Court.
Application no. 77738/14
Gheorghe Ion CIOTĂU against Romania
and 25 other applications
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting on 21 September 2017 as a Committee composed of:
Vincent A. De Gaetano, President,
Georges Ravarani,
Marko Bošnjak, judges,
and Liv Tigerstedt, 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 friendly-settlement declarations 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 12 October 2017.
Liv TigerstedtVincent A. De Gaetano
Acting Deputy RegistrarPresident
APPENDIX
List of applications raising complaints under Article 3 of the Convention
(inadequate conditions of detention)
No.
Application no.
Date of introduction
Applicant name
Date of birth
Representative name and location
Date of receipt of Government declaration
Date of receipt of applicant’s declaration
Amount awarded for pecuniary and non-pecuniary damage and costs and expenses
per applicant (in euros)[i]
77738/14
16/01/2015
Gheorghe Ion Ciotău
24/03/1975
15/12/2016
12/07/2016
3,000
4062/15
10/07/2015
Levente-Attila Istvanfi[1]
07/01/1985
14/12/2016
16/11/2016
4,500
40430/15
12/11/2015
Mircea Taraş
27/03/1951
14/12/2016
19/07/2016
9,000
42832/15
16/09/2015
Gabriel Rădulescu
09/11/1983
05/12/2016
09/11/2016
4,400
43315/15
08/01/2016
Adrian Marasin-Jicmon
21/11/1976
Andreia Mihaela Marasin-Jicmon
Brașov
14/12/2016
25/10/2016
3,000
51983/15
06/01/2016
Silviu-Elvis Secrieriu
27/03/1989
29/11/2016
20/10/2016
3,200
55789/15
25/03/2016
András Mátyás
14/03/1969
01/03/2017
10/01/2017
15,000
60974/15
03/06/2016
Claudiu Benea
09/02/1971
21/12/2016
07/11/2016
4,500
133/16
25/01/2016
Zoltan Stretea
05/01/1984
04/11/2016
05/04/2017
3,600
1753/16
15/03/2016
Cristian-Lucian Bulea
10/05/1983
Alexandru Mitrean
Cluj-Napoca
01/03/2017
10/01/2017
3,000
2855/16
26/05/2016
Gheorghe Fîciu
31/07/1980
14/12/2016
27/10/2016
6,600
6813/16
29/02/2016
Marian Sandu
22/09/1969
Irina Maria Peter
Bucharest
09/12/2016
07/11/2016
4,800
8823/16
05/02/2016
Dragoș-Ionuț Irimia
05/03/1991
Daniela Tonică
Huși
24/11/2016
02/08/2016
12,300
8826/16
05/02/2016
Mihăiţă-Ionuţ Irimia
21/03/1987
Daniela Tonică
Huși
24/11/2016
02/08/2016
12,300
9885/16
19/04/2016
Florentin-Cătălin Matei
23/09/1975
01/03/2017
11/01/2017
5,400
12869/16
01/03/2016
Costel Obreja
24/05/1981
14/12/2016
07/11/2016
5,600
16630/16
25/05/2016
Mihail-Virgil Poienaru
01/09/1968
14/12/2016
24/10/2016
5,700
17827/16
27/04/2016
Iulian-Adrian Pîndaru
11/07/1988
09/12/2016
10/11/2016
5,000
19675/16
09/05/2016
Teodor Fluturaș
10/06/1983
14/11/2016
07/11/2016
12,300
20012/16
04/04/2016
Aurel Mailat
25/02/1986
George Bogdan Pocovnicu
Bacău
21/12/2016
12/10/2016
3,500
21877/16
21/05/2016
Nicolae-Silviu Ionescu
27/07/1986
Irina Maria Peter
Bucharest
14/12/2016
30/09/2016
8,600
23744/16
22/04/2016
Vasile Hobeanu
25/09/1971
14/12/2016
24/10/2016
3,000
24190/16
16/05/2016
Marin Cobzaru
28/10/1976
01/03/2017
03/01/2017
3,900
26977/16
26/05/2016
Marius-Cătălin Ioniţă
07/05/1984
Irina Maria Peter
Bucharest
21/12/2016
03/10/2016
11,700
31422/16
16/05/2016
Cristian-Bogdan Ban
25/04/1988
Vasile Rareș Biro
Satu Mare
21/12/2016
04/10/2016
6,000
31426/16
17/05/2016
Nicolae-Andrei Hamzo
13/09/1988
14/12/2016
10/10/2016
7,200
[1] Rectified on 21 December 2017: the text was: “Levente Atilla Istvanfi”.
[i]. Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.
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