FOURTH SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 20246/20
Ivica GOGIĆ against Serbia
and 27 other applications
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting on 14 September 2023 as a Committee composed of:
Faris Vehabović, President,
Anja Seibert-Fohr,
Anne Louise Bormann, 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 were represented by Mr G. Stamenić, a lawyer practising in Čačak.
The applicants’ complaints under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention concerning the excessive length of civil proceedings were communicated to the Serbian 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 Serbia 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 5 October 2023.
Viktoriya Maradudina Faris Vehabović
Acting Deputy Registrar President
APPENDIX
List of applications raising complaints under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention
(excessive length of civil proceedings)
No.
Application no.
Date of introduction
Applicant’s name
Year of birth
Date of receipt of Government’s declaration
Date of receipt of Applicant’s declaration
Amount awarded for non-pecuniary damage
per applicant
(in euros)[1] 2
Amount awarded for
costs and expenses
per application
(in euros)3
20246/20
23/04/2020
Ivica GOGIĆ
1983
05/07/2023
06/04/2023
1,500
250
31676/20
06/07/2020
Dejan MILOSAVLJEVIĆ
1979
05/07/2023
06/04/2023
1,100
250
44622/20
26/09/2020
Žarko FILIPOVIĆ
1967
05/07/2023
06/04/2023
1,500
250
46640/20
07/10/2020
Miloš SIMIĆ
1987
05/07/2023
06/04/2023
1,500
250
47290/20
19/10/2020
Vladan ILIĆ
1976
05/07/2023
06/04/2023
1,500
250
48010/20
20/10/2020
Ranđe GARIĆ
1968
05/07/2023
06/04/2023
1,500
250
48728/20
27/10/2020
Ivica MILOVANOVIĆ
1984
05/07/2023
06/04/2023
1,300
250
4493/21
09/01/2021
Nebojša TOMIĆ
1968
05/07/2023
06/04/2023
800
250
5031/21
11/01/2021
Nebojša STANIŠIĆ
1971
05/07/2023
06/04/2023
1,300
250
9002/21
28/01/2021
Milan MIĆIĆ
1968
05/07/2023
06/04/2023
1,700
250
11383/21
17/02/2021
Milan RADIĆ
1971
05/07/2023
06/04/2023
1,300
250
17582/21
24/03/2021
Ljubiša ZDRAVKOVIĆ
1974
05/07/2023
06/04/2023
1,200
250
25849/21
10/05/2021
Dejan MILOJEVIĆ
1979
05/07/2023
06/04/2023
1,500
250
27265/21
19/05/2021
Miloš ĐORĐEVIĆ
1984
05/07/2023
06/04/2023
1,300
250
27994/21
29/04/2021
Predrag FILIĆ
1963
05/07/2023
06/04/2023
1,500
250
32435/21
17/06/2021
Goran VUKOV
1984
05/07/2023
06/04/2023
1,100
250
32614/21
15/06/2021
Milovan VASIĆ
1973
05/07/2023
06/04/2023
1,300
250
32775/21
18/06/2021
Aleksandar STANKOVIĆ
1980
05/07/2023
06/04/2023
1,300
250
34470/21
28/06/2021
Goran MILADINOVIĆ
1972
05/07/2023
06/04/2023
1,500
250
34678/21
23/06/2021
Milosav JANKOVIĆ
1967
05/07/2023
06/04/2023
1,500
250
39201/21
30/07/2021
Danijel STANOJEVIĆ
1983
05/07/2023
06/04/2023
1,500
250
40995/21
06/08/2021
Jovan DIMITRIJEVIĆ
1987
05/07/2023
06/04/2023
1,500
250
45084/21
10/08/2021
Milovan DUNČEVIĆ
1969
05/07/2023
06/04/2023
1,300
250
51626/21
08/10/2021
Andreja STOŠIĆ
1985
05/07/2023
06/04/2023
1,500
250
54751/21
27/10/2021
Nenad JAŠOVIĆ
1962
05/07/2023
06/04/2023
1,500
250
54771/21
01/11/2021
Ivan TRIČKOVIĆ
1984
05/07/2023
06/04/2023
1,300
250
60419/21
29/11/2021
Boban MARKOVIĆ
1968
05/07/2023
06/04/2023
1,300
250
6145/22
18/01/2022
Dejan LAZAREVIĆ
1971
05/07/2023
06/04/2023
1,500
250
[1] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.
2 Less any amounts which may have already been paid in that regard at the domestic level.
3 Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.