FIRST SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 26955/19
Małgorzata Jolanta GIERCZYŃSKA against Poland
and 29 other applications
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (First Section), sitting on 9 December 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 declarations submitted by the respondent Government requesting the Court to strike the applications out of the list of cases, and the applicants’ replies to these declarations,
Having deliberated, decides as follows:
FACTS AND PROCEDURE
The list of applicants and their representative is set out in the appended table.
The applicants’ complaints under Article 6 § 1 and Article 13 of the Convention concerning the excessive length of civil proceedings and the lack of any effective remedy in domestic law were communicated to the Polish Government (“the Government”).
The Government submitted declarations with a view to resolving the issues raised by these complaints. They further requested the Court to strike out the applications.
The Government acknowledged the excessive length of civil proceedings and the lack of any effective remedy in domestic law. They offered to pay the applicants the amounts detailed in the appended table and invited the Court to strike the applications out of the list of cases in accordance with Article 37 § 1 (c) of the Convention. The amounts would be converted into the currency of the respondent State at the rate applicable on the date of payment, and would 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 undertook 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 applicants informed the Court that they agreed to the terms of the declarations.
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 finds that, following the applicants’ express agreement to the terms of the declaration made by the Government, the cases should be treated as a friendly settlement between the parties.
It therefore 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 the 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 13 January 2022.
Viktoriya Maradudina Erik Wennerström
Acting Deputy Registrar President
APPENDIX
List of applications raising complaints under Article 6 § 1 and Article 13 of the Convention
(excessive length of civil proceedings and lack of any effective remedy in domestic law)
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 acceptance
Amount awarded for pecuniary and non-pecuniary damage and costs and expenses
per applicant
(in euros)[1]
26955/19
15/05/2019
Małgorzata Jolanta GIERCZYŃSKA
1957
Zalasiński Przemysław Jakub
Warszawa
02/06/2021
14/06/2021
4,446
27520/19
15/05/2019
Marta BOCZKOWSKA
1943
Zalasiński Przemysław Jakub
Warszawa
02/06/2021
14/06/2021
4,446
27521/19
15/05/2019
Zygmunt CHYLA
1953
Zalasiński Przemysław Jakub
Warszawa
02/06/2021
14/06/2021
4,446
27522/19
15/05/2019
Janina CZARNIECKA
1945
Zalasiński Przemysław Jakub
Warszawa
02/06/2021
14/06/2021
4,446
27523/19
15/05/2019
Mariusz ĆWIKLIŃSKI
1951
Zalasiński Przemysław Jakub
Warszawa
02/06/2021
14/06/2021
4,446
27524/19
15/05/2019
Ryszard FIJAŁKOWSKI
1934
Zalasiński Przemysław Jakub
Warszawa
02/06/2021
14/06/2021
4,446
27525/19
15/05/2019
Agata GADOMSKA-KOTZIAN
1976
Zalasiński Przemysław Jakub
Warszawa
02/06/2021
14/06/2021
4,446
27526/19
15/05/2019
Krzysztof Andrzej GERULA
1943
Zalasiński Przemysław Jakub
Warszawa
02/06/2021
14/06/2021
4,446
27527/19
15/05/2019
Wiesław GIERCZYŃSKI
1959
Zalasiński Przemysław Jakub
Warszawa
02/06/2021
14/06/2021
4,446
27528/19
15/05/2019
Lucyna GRABOWIECKA
1969
Zalasiński Przemysław Jakub
Warszawa
02/06/2021
14/06/2021
4,446
27529/19
15/05/2019
Ewa GRENDA
1950
Zalasiński Przemysław Jakub
Warszawa
02/06/2021
14/06/2021
4,446
27530/19
15/05/2019
Ewa JÓŹWIAK
1950
Zalasiński Przemysław Jakub
Warszawa
02/06/2021
14/06/2021
4,446
27531/19
15/05/2019
Waldemar JÓŹWIAK
1954
Zalasiński Przemysław Jakub
Warszawa
02/06/2021
14/06/2021
4,446
27532/19
15/05/2019
Krystyna LESZCZYŃSKA-GERULA
1944
Zalasiński Przemysław Jakub
Warszawa
02/06/2021
14/06/2021
4,446
27533/19
15/05/2019
Mariusz MAŁOLEPSZY
1963
Zalasiński Przemysław Jakub
Warszawa
02/06/2021
14/06/2021
4,446
27534/19
15/05/2019
Andrzej MAZURKIEWICZ
1944
Zalasiński Przemysław Jakub
Warszawa
02/06/2021
14/06/2021
4,446
27535/19
15/05/2019
Maria MIŁKOWSKA
1947
Zalasiński Przemysław Jakub
Warszawa
02/06/2021
14/06/2021
4,446
27536/19
15/05/2019
Elżbieta OLECHOWICZ
1955
Zalasiński Przemysław Jakub
Warszawa
29/07/2021
10/08/2021
4,446
27537/19
15/05/2019
Magdalena PIETROSIUK
1953
Zalasiński Przemysław Jakub
Warszawa
02/06/2021
14/06/2021
4,446
27538/19
15/05/2019
Joanna SADOWSKA
1973
Zalasiński Przemysław Jakub
Warszawa
02/06/2021
14/06/2021
4,446
27539/19
15/05/2019
Czesława SIEMASZ
1946
Zalasiński Przemysław Jakub
Warszawa
02/06/2021
14/06/2021
4,446
27540/19
15/05/2019
Jerzy SIKORSKI
1942
Zalasiński Przemysław Jakub
Warszawa
02/06/2021
14/06/2021
4,446
27541/19
15/05/2019
Zofia SKONIECZNA
1968
Zalasiński Przemysław Jakub
Warszawa
02/06/2021
14/06/2021
4,446
27542/19
15/05/2019
Nina STACHOWSKA
1942
Zalasiński Przemysław Jakub
Warszawa
02/06/2021
14/06/2021
4,446
27543/19
15/05/2019
Jerzy STACHOWSKI
1943
Zalasiński Przemysław Jakub
Warszawa
02/06/2021
14/06/2021
4,446
27544/19
15/05/2019
Janusz SZYMCZAK
1986
Zalasiński Przemysław Jakub
Warszawa
02/06/2021
14/06/2021
4,446
27545/19
15/05/2019
Czesława ŻBIKOWSKA
1945
Zalasiński Przemysław Jakub
Warszawa
02/06/2021
14/06/2021
4,446
27546/19
15/05/2019
Piot ŻBIKOWSKI
1972
Zalasiński Przemysław Jakub
Warszawa
02/06/2021
14/06/2021
4,446
28754/19
15/05/2019
Anna HRYCKIEWICZ
1938
Zalasiński Przemysław Jakub
Warszawa
02/06/2021
14/06/2021
4,446
28759/19
15/05/2019
Tomasz WYSZYŃSKI
1987
Zalasiński Przemysław Jakub
Warszawa
02/06/2021
14/06/2021
2,964
[1] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.