FOURTH SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 781/16
Lucian-Cristian GĂVRUŢA against Romania
and 27 other applications
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting on 25 November 2021 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 16 December 2021.
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]
781/16
16/08/2016
Lucian-Cristian GĂVRUŢA
1980
Camelia Gabriela Szekely
Satu Mare
15/09/2021
18/06/2021
3,000
1228/16
27/06/2016
Sandocalm BERKI
1979
Vasile Rareş Biro
Satu Mare
15/09/2021
23/09/2021
3,000
4300/16
07/07/2016
Viorel IANOŞ
1969
Irina Maria Peter
Bucharest
15/09/2021
21/06/2021
3,000
15796/16
11/07/2016
Ionuţ-Marius HORNEA
1981
25/10/2021
12/10/2021
5,000
16893/16
26/08/2016
Sándor-Miklós SZÁSZ
1982
15/09/2021
18/06/2021
3,000
18187/16
11/06/2016
Florin LĂCĂTUŞ
1983
Irina Maria Peter
Bucharest
15/09/2021
21/06/2021
5,000
28411/16
25/07/2016
Crinu-Ionuț ONEL
1973
25/10/2021
05/08/2021
3,000
34022/16
11/07/2016
Dumitru Daniel MARŞAVELA
1989
15/09/2021
10/09/2021
3,000
36064/16
10/07/2016
Petru MIHOV
1982
25/10/2021
02/08/2021
3,000
37996/16
08/02/2017
Ioan-Păun UDREA
1972
15/10/2021
18/08/2021
3,000
38153/16
27/07/2016
Adalbert-Cornel SZEKELY
1968
Camelia Gabriela Szekely
Satu Mare
15/09/2021
18/06/2021
3,000
38919/16
23/08/2016
Cristian TURCU
1984
Beatrice Turcu
Galați
15/10/2021
02/06/2021
3,000
39821/16
08/08/2016
Dumitru-Andrei GHERGHILESCU
1992
15/09/2021
06/07/2021
1,000
40990/16
08/08/2016
Marian LAZĂR
1980
15/09/2021
22/06/2021
5,000
42063/16
02/08/2016
Eduard-Gabriel BŐGŐZI
1986
15/10/2021
20/09/2021
3,000
42112/16
29/08/2016
Ionel CĂPRARU
1975
15/09/2021
13/07/2021
3,000
43424/16
24/10/2016
Alexandru-Gabriel POPESCU
1991
25/10/2021
05/08/2021
3,000
43658/16
26/08/2016
Dinu ZALĂ
1991
15/10/2021
23/06/2021
3,000
44949/16
18/08/2016
Levente INCZE
1989
15/09/2021
09/09/2021
3,000
45975/16
16/09/2016
Ovidiu MEZDREA
1983
15/10/2021
26/05/2021
3,000
46329/16
09/09/2016
Cristian-Marian BOCICAI
1978
15/10/2021
17/08/2021
3,000
52468/16
26/08/2016
Sevastian-Marian EFTENIE
1982
15/09/2021
07/07/2021
1,000
52992/16
01/11/2016
Ștefan TRIFAN
1986
Irina Maria Peter
Bucharest
15/09/2021
20/05/2021
3,000
53633/16
05/09/2016
Arnold-Zsolt VARGA
1987
Vasile Rareş Biro
Satu Mare
15/09/2021
23/09/2021
3,000
55565/16
16/09/2016
Iulian BUCUR
1984
Alina Cauc
Bucharest
15/09/2021
18/06/2021
3,000
56800/16
09/09/2016
Florin HOMENCO
1979
Raluca Ranza
Timișoara
15/09/2021
29/09/2021
5,000
57172/16
21/09/2016
Constantin ŢANE
1971
15/09/2021
05/07/2021
3,000
57419/16
21/12/2016
Ion CIOBANU
1977
15/09/2021
02/08/2021
1,000
[1] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.