FOURTH SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 47019/14
Árpád-Mihály KISS against Romania
and 5 other applications
(see list appended)
The European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting on 1 September 2016 as a Committee composed of:
Vincent A. De Gaetano, President,
Egidijus Kūris,
Gabriele Kucsko-Stadlmayer, judges,
and Hasan Bakırcı, 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 22 September 2016.
Hasan BakırcıVincent A. De Gaetano
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 /
Date of registration
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 / household
(in euros)[i]
47019/14
28/07/2014
Árpád-Mihály KISS
05/09/1973
28/06/2016
21/06/2016
3,500
50029/14
02/07/2014
Valeriu PIETRĂROIU
05/05/1969
24/11/2015
13/04/2016
3,000
6509/15
16/02/2015
Zoltán SZABÓ
12/02/1986
27/06/2016
24/05/2016
10,100
13361/15
06/04/2015
Alin-Cornel GABOR
28/09/1972
14/06/2016
13/06/2016
3,000
22156/15
25/05/2015
Costel STANCIU
22/03/1977
13/06/2016
31/05/2016
7,800
46408/15
12/11/2015
Radian ŞTEFAN
10/01/1974
Peter Irina Maria
București
13/06/2016
06/06/2016
8,100
[i] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.
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