Published on 19 September 2022
FIRST SECTION
Application no. 32590/07
Donatella DE STASIO and Others against Italy
and 13 other applications
(see list appended)
communicated on 29 August 2022
SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CASE
The applications concern an alleged legislative interference, through the enactment of section 1 paragraph 55 of Law no. 243/04. A detailed description of the factual background of the case is set out in Arras and Others v. Italy (no. 17972/07, §§ 7-25, 14 February 2012).
In particular, the applicants are either pensioners or heirs of pensioners (retired prior to 31 December 1990) of the Banco di Napoli. Following its privatisation, the more favourable equalisation mechanism (meccanismo perequativo) was suppressed by Law 218/1990. According to a settled judicial interpretation, the suppression was considered inapplicable to persons who were already retired at the date of 31 December 1990. Nevertheless, the Banco di Napoli paid reduced amounts to the applicants, in application of the less favourable equalisation mechanism. Therefore, relying on the settled interpretation, the applicants entered into litigation with the Banco di Napoli and initially obtained favourable decisions.
With the enactment of the contested legislation (section 1 paragraph 55 of Law no. 243/04), the less favourable equalisation mechanism was considered applicable also to persons retired before 31 December 1990, such as the applicants, notwithstanding pending judicial proceedings. Their claims were therefore dismissed on appeal and by the Court of Cassation.
The applicants complain that section 1 paragraph 55 of Law no. 243/04 constituted a legislative interference with their pending proceedings, in breach of Article 6 of the Convention.
QUESTIONS TO THE PARTIES
Did the applicants listed in the appended table have a fair hearing in the determination of their civil rights and obligations, in accordance with Article 6 § 1 of the Convention?
In particular, was there interference by the legislature with the administration of justice designed to influence the judicial determination of a dispute?
If so, was the interference based on compelling grounds of general interest?
Lastly, was the interference compatible with the principles of legal certainty (see Arras and Others v. Italy, no. 17972/07, 14 February 2012; Natale and Others v. Italy, no. 19264/07, 15 October 2013; and Casacchia and Others v. Italy, nos. 23658/07 and 2 others, 15 October 2013)?
APPENDIX
No.
Application no.
Case name
Lodged on
Applicant
Year of Birth
Represented by
1.
32590/07
De Stasio and Others v. Italy
26/07/2007
Donatella DE STASIO
1975
Giuseppe PETROSILLO
1937
Massimo RUSSO
1934
Household
Fernanda DE GREGORIO
1931
Luisella MASCIOLI
1957
Davide MASCIOLI
1982
Marta MASCIOLI
1985
Avv. Giuseppe FERRARO
2.
12769/10
De Divitiis and Others v. Italy
18/12/2009
Gaetano DE DIVITIIS
1936
Household
Maria Antonietta IMPERIO
Born in 1933
Deceased in 2013
Francesco DE MATTIA
1959
Antonio DE MATTIA
1961
Alfonso Maria DE MATTIA
1965
Giuseppina RIOTTA
1927
Adriana MAGGIA
1934
Marino BALZERANO
1950
Vittorio VEGLIANTE
1937
Piero GUERRINI
1949
Alberto DE MARCO
1913
Vito Vittorio CARIGNANI
1943
Michele ANGELILLIS
1929
Avv. Giuseppe FERRARO
3.
12770/10
Damiano and Others v. Italy
18/12/2009
Liliana DAMIANO
1951
Household
Maria Ludovica D’ANCHINO
1948
Donatella D’ANCHINO
1957
Annalisa D’ANCHINO
1955
Franco BENAZZO
Born in 1931
Deceased in 2015
Heirs
Nella PRIANO
1935
Michela BENAZZO
1969
Alessandro DI SALVIA
Born in 1940
Deceased in 2011
Heirs
Grazia ZAMBELLI
1938
Antonio Pio Giovanni DI SALVIA
1969
Angelo DI SALVIA
1979
Anna DE GIORGIO
1920
Maria Antonietta CAPACCHIONE
1950
Mario DEL PIZZO
1937
Franco DE BORTOLI
1942
Avv. Giuseppe FERRARO
4.
12771/10
Acquisgrana and Others v. Italy
18/12/2009
Domenico ACQUISGRANA
1932
Oscar GIULIANI
1925
Carmela Silvana ANCORA
1944
Umberto GARZONIO
1923
Giovanni TRITAPEPE
1924
Elisabetta CELENTANO
Born in 1920
Deceased in 2010
Heirs
Annamaria CUOMO
1947
Gilberto CUOMO
1952
Donatella CUOMO
1956
Lanfranco CUOMO
1962
Umberto PORPORA
1930
Carla VITAGLIANO STENDARDO
1950
Domenico GABRIELE
Born in 1933
Deceased in 2018
Heirs
Vincenza FALCONE
1946
Tommaso GABRIELE
1965
Corrado GABRIELE
1966
Alessandra GABRIELE
1974
Household
Maria AVERSA
1927
Antonio TALEVI
1952
Francesco TALEVI
1958
Egidio VERGINE
1930
Mauro BALDI
1940
Vito DE NITTO
1947
Angiola Maria TOSANOTTI
1925
Checchina Santa SCARDINO
1923
Lidia MACCHIA
Born in 1925
Deceased in 2011
Heir
Rocco Roberto BRAY
1952
Household
Aida DE SOCIO
Born in 1919
Deceased in 2013
Silvia DI STEFANO
1953
Annamaria DI STEFANO
1960
Mario GAMBARDELLA
1924
Avv. Giuseppe FERRARO
5.
12772/10
D’Alessandro and Others v. Italy
18/12/2009
Lidya D’ALESSANDRO
1922
Lucia MARCOLLA
1955
Iole CATEMARIO
1949
Household
Sara SIGILLI
1933
Silvia SIGILLI
1943
Sergio SIGILLI
1948
Household
Geido VANNINI
1929
Vania VANNINI
1958
Virna VANNINI
1962
Giuliano TONIATTI
1940
Emilio TRONCI
1942
Giuseppe MAIDA
Born in 1940
Deceased in 2017
Heirs
Pietro MAIDA
1969
Paola MAIDA
1980
Mariateresa MATACERA
1969
Matteo MAIDA
1996
Martina MAIDA
2000
Carla BUONERBA
1949
Felice AMBROSINO
Born in 1928
Deceased in 2016
Heirs
Maria Luisa AMBROSINO
1961
Giuseppe AMBROSINO
1962
Piera AMBROSINO
1965
Assunta ARCASI
1939
Antonella MAFFETTONE
1936
Gian Domenico CARBONE
1936
Angelo BALESTRIERI
1948
Laura ZAGARELLA
Born in 1924
Deceased in 2014
Heirs
Riccardo D’AMATO
1948
Annalisa D’AMATO
1954
Giuliana CAPPUCCIO
Born in 1920
Deceased in 2011
Heirs
Raffaella MASTROPAOLO
1959
Michaela MASTROPAOLO
1963
Fulvia PENNACCHIA
1922
Maria MICCOLIS
Born in 1910
Deceased in 2013
Heirs
Francesco ETTORRE
1938
Mario ETTORRE
1942
Paola ETTORRE
1948
Laura TORTOLI CAROTI
1928
Mariarosaria NIGRO
1941
Vittorio CAPPABIANCA
1943
Angelo CALO’
1931
Carolina ATTANASIO
1938
Rosa REA
1932
Household
Claudio DE BIASI
1949
Sergio DE BIASI
1953
Andrea VATO
1924
Household
Maria NICOLETTI
1959
Filomena NICOLETTI
Born in 1944
Deceased in 2016
Heirs
Mario FLAGIELLO
1943
Giovanni FLAGIELLO
1971
Vanessa FLAGIELLO
1975
Simonetta FALCIANI
1955
Claudio GRIZIOTTI
1952
Salvatore BELLISARIO
Born in 1932
Deceased in 2011
Heirs
Rosa BARBERIO
1936
Gloria BELLISARIO
1960
Patrizia BELLISARIO
1961
Sondra BELLISARIO
1963
Household
Giovanna D’ANGELO
1938
Marco MAISANO
1964
Marina MAISANO
1966
Adriano BIZZO
1933
Lina Maria D’ONOFRIO
1927
Raffaele MASTRANTUONO
1943
Genesia MARCANTONIO
1938
Household
Pasqualina RUBINO
1927
Giovanni LEONE
1943
Mercedes LEONE
1946
Maria Stella LEONE
1948
Claudio LEONE
1952
Silvana LEONE
1955
Maria Adriana CANDELORO
1946
Giovanni NACCARI
1939
Maria Antonietta GIOVENE DI GIRASOLE
1950
Household
Serafino GALLO
1942
Rosanna GALLO
1946
Vally Gabriella Liliana GALLO
1948
Toro Riccardo GALLO
1953
Avv. Giuseppe FERRARO
6.
12773/10
Mosca and Others v. Italy
18/12/2009
Giulio MOSCA
1936
Liliana SCARAIA
1941
Domenico SIMONELLI
1936
Silvano DUGGENTO
1943
Vito MODUGNO
1939
Avv. Giuseppe FERRARO
7.
12774/10
Tiso and Others v. Italy
18/12/2009
Umberto TISO
1940
Miranda PAOLETTI
1923
Household
Antonio VOLLARO
1950
Gaetano VOLLARO
1951
Avv. Giuseppe FERRARO
8.
12775/10
Zeccardo and Others v. Italy
18/12/2009
Quirino ZECCARDO
Born 1923
Deceased in 2015
Heir
Michele ZECCARDO
1955
Ugo REPETTO
1948
Francesco Saverio RENDINA
1941
Avv. Giuseppe FERRARO
9.
12776/10
Filantropo and Others v. Italy
18/12/2009
Anna FILANTROPO
1912
Teresa Maria NICOLO
1943
Avv. Giuseppe FERRARO
10.
12777/10
Bacca and Others v. Italy
18/12/2009
Aldo BACCA
1927
Vincenzo CRISCUOLO GAITO
1937
Assunta D’ORIO
1943
Adriana D’AGOSTINO
1936
Ciro DI DESIDERO
Born in 1933
Deceased in 2019
Heirs
Anna MONTE
1936
Lucia DI DESIDERO
1960
Luigi DI DESIDERO
1961
Mario DI DESIDERO
1964
Marianna DI DESIDERO
1967
Alberto SANTOLI
1934
Household
Vitaliano ROCCA
1954
Agnese ROCCA
1955
Sergio ROCCA
1956
Maurizio ROCCA
1963
Antonello ROCCA
1964
Annarita ROCCA
1959
Avv. Giuseppe FERRARO
11.
12778/10
Picarelli and Others v. Italy
18/12/2009
Maria Elisa PICARELLI
1925
Manlio PISTOLESI
1933
Antonio RUSSO
1935
Household
Italo RUSSO
1951
Ludovico RUSSO
1948
Avv. Giuseppe FERRARO
12.
12779/10
Saporito and Others v. Italy
18/12/2009
Gianfranco SAPORITO
1935
Mario Michele SOAVE
Born in 1931
Deceased in 2013
Heirs
Teresa ZANNO
1933
Ermanno Matteo SOAVE
1961
Massimiliano SOAVE
1966
Matteo SOAVE
1972
Emilio GRASSO
1947
Alfonso PONZIO
1922
Luigi GRIECO
1942
Giovanni PISANI
1941
Household
Norma BRIVIO
Born in 1923
Deceased in 2014
Maria Raffaella LEO
1956
Massimo LEO
1953
Edda CECCHINI
1940
Household
Sergio Luigi SENNI
1990
Daria Luisa SENNI
1988
Household
Daniela MORI
1944
Antonella MORI
1957
Ernesto LEO
Born in 1935
Deceased in 2013
Heirs
Gabriella LEO
1961
Francesco LEO
1963
Giampiero LEO
1965
Gian Marco PAGLIAI
1940
Luigi PELLEGRINI
1931
Giuseppe TROIANO
Born in 1920
Deceased in 2012
Heirs
Mariassunta TROIANO
1948
Angela TROIANO
1950
Luigi TROIANO
1954
Household
Antonio D’ANNUNZIO
1941
Maria Andrea D’ANNUNZIO
1982
Household
Liliana PAONE
1940
Alessandra NOTARICOLA
1964
Lorenzo NOTARICOLA
1966
Roberta NOTARICOLA
1967
Domenico SANTOLERI
1934
Household
Crocifissa GABRIELE
1926
Isa PANTANELLA
1952
Bruna PANTANELLA
1955
Antonina SERRA
1927
Household
Maria Grazia STAFFA
1942
Eugenio STAFFA
Born in 1944
Deceased in 2013
Heirs
Pasqualina STELLA
1946
Manuela STAFFA
1975
Camillo STAFFA
1979
Giuseppe IZZO
1945
Anna BUCCI
1944
Vezio PALMIERI
1950
Daniele MARRI
1938
Household
Giuseppe MORABITO
1956
Mario Claudio MORABITO
1968
Anna Rosa SANTANGELO
1950
Giuseppe TARANI
1943
Vincenzo PULETTO
1940
Avv. Giuseppe FERRARO
13.
12780/10
Pisano and Others v. Italy
18/12/2009
Pier Luigi PISANO
1943
Maria SANTONI
1948
Aldo PUGNO
1938
Gina CARDILLI
1929
Girolamo PULINO
Born in 1925
Deceased in 2011
Heirs
Rita SPINELLI
1935
Adele PULINO
1960
Alessandra PULINO
1964
Vincenzo PULINO
1970
Vincenza MAFFIONE
1922
Erasmo NOCELLA
1940
Aldo GUIDA
1937
Carlo MARTUCCI
1939
Rosaria DONATI
1940
Lucia DI PAOLANTONIO
1950
Roberto CARUSO
1938
Clelia BELLONE
1953
Gennaro SPEZZAFERRO
1939
Vittorio LUPOLI
1940
Anna SGRO’
Born in 1923
Deceased in 2013
Heir
Rita SGRO’
1954
Avv. Giuseppe FERRARO
14.
12781/10
Pescatori and Others v. Italy
18/12/2009
Gaetano PESCATORI
1938
Household
Eduardo PESCE
1959
Alessandra PESCE
1964
Annuziata DI LUCCI
1947
Francesco VASCETTA
1943
Household
Gabriella OLIVA
1938
Giacomo OLIVA
1941
Giorgio OLIVA
1943
Giovanni SASSO
Born in 1949
Deceased in 2019
Heir
Maria SASSO
1939
Elio GIARDINA
1934
Massimino PERILLI
1932
Marina GRIMALDI
1954
Giuseppe SABATINI
Born in 1928
Deceased in 2019
Heirs
Salvatore SABATINI
1951
Enrica SABATINI
1958
Monica SABATINI
1961
Carlo GIACHERY
1925
Armando IANNETTA
1937
Aldo OTTONELLI
Born in 1933
Deceased in 2015
Heirs
Clara SANFRATELLO
1939
Valeria OTTONELLI
1968
Luca OTTONELLI
1969
Lorenzo INGLESE
Born in 1924
Deceased in 2018
Heirs
Gemma Marina DE MAIO
1930
Roberto INGLESE
1954
Riccardo INGLESE
1958
Giovanni Giuseppe VERRENGIA
1945
Antonio POMPILIO
Born in 1920
Deceased in 2010
Heir
Maria Filomena MONDELLI
1935
Giuseppe TARTAGLIONE
Born in 1938
Deceased in 2021
Heirs
Tommasina MAZZA
1939
Luigi TARTAGLIONE
1963
Iolanda TARTAGLIONE
1965
Rosa TARTAGLIONE
1966
Luciano MUCCIANTE
Born in 1926
Deceased in 2015
Heir
Tiziana MUCCIANTE
1961
Maria UMMARINO
1947
Household
Chiara Irene NOCERINO
1941
Maria NOCERINO
1946
Luigi Rosario Mauro NOCERINO
Born in 1949
Deceased in 2017
Heirs
Santa FORMISANO
1939
Rita Maria NOCERINO
1971
Salvatore
NOCERINO
1974
Household
Giancarla TORRIGLIA
1941
Sara SAMPELLEGRINI
1963
Marco SAMPELLEGRINI
1967
Luigi IMPERATO
1932
Emilio GRASSO
1947
Agata GENNARO
1932
Household
Agata GENNARO
1932
Concetta LABATE
1958
Demetrio LABATE
1961
Antonino LABATE
1966
Santina LABATE
1967
Household
Umberto SCALA
1949
Vincenzo SCALA
1954
Maurizio SCALA
1959
Avv. Giuseppe FERRARO