THIRD SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 31934/23
Lajoš LERIK against Serbia
and 47 other applications
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (Third Section), sitting on 13 March 2025 as a Committee composed of:
Oddný Mjöll Arnardóttir, President,
Úna Ní Raifeartaigh,
Mateja Đurović, 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 N. Vuletić, a lawyer practising in Subotica.
The applicants’ complaints under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention and Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 concerning the non-enforcement or delayed enforcement of domestic decisions given against socially/State-owned companies 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 Government also undertake to ensure the enforcement of the domestic decisions under consideration in the cases concerned (see appended table) within the same three-month period, and to pay any costs of the domestic enforcement proceedings.
The payment and the enforcement of the domestic decisions in the cases concerned 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 3 April 2025.
Viktoriya Maradudina Oddný Mjöll Arnardóttir
Acting Deputy Registrar President
APPENDIX
List of applications raising complaints under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention and Article 1 of Protocol No. 1
(non-enforcement of domestic decisions given against socially/State-owned companies)
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]
31934/23
03/08/2023
Lajoš LERIK
1951
01/10/2024
17/07/2024
1,000
30
31936/23
03/08/2023
Slavka ŠAJINOVIĆ STRIKA
1959
01/10/2024
17/07/2024
1,000
30
31938/23
03/08/2023
Snežana MILOVANOVIĆ
1963
01/10/2024
17/07/2024
1,000
30
31943/23
03/08/2023
Ištvan KOVAČ
1954
01/10/2024
17/07/2024
1,000
30
31946/23
03/08/2023
Ištvan DELIĆ
1951
01/10/2024
17/07/2024
1,000
30
31948/23
03/08/2023
Tibor MESAROŠ
1960
01/10/2024
17/07/2024
1,000
30
31951/23
03/08/2023
Vesna STEVOVIĆ
1956
01/10/2024
17/07/2024
1,000
30
31953/23
03/08/2023
Slavko VUJIČIN
1995
01/10/2024
17/07/2024
1,000
30
31956/23
03/08/2023
Francois DELIĆ
1975
01/10/2024
17/07/2024
1,000
30
31957/23
03/08/2023
Gizela FARBAŠ
1964
01/10/2024
17/07/2024
1,000
30
31963/23
03/08/2023
Šandor KLEBEČKO
1967
01/10/2024
17/07/2024
1,000
30
31965/23
03/08/2023
Jožef VIŠONTAI
1961
01/10/2024
17/07/2024
1,000
30
31966/23
03/08/2023
Viktorija BARANJI
1956
01/10/2024
17/07/2024
1,000
30
31969/23
03/08/2023
Elvira ČABRADI
1966
01/10/2024
17/07/2024
1,000
30
31971/23
04/08/2023
Lajoš ČABRADI
1954
01/10/2024
17/07/2024
1,000
30
31975/23
03/08/2023
Janoš HERK
1970
01/10/2024
17/07/2024
1,000
30
31980/23
03/08/2023
Julijana ČELUSKA
1957
01/10/2024
17/07/2024
1,000
30
32130/23
04/08/2023
Mira HAJBOK LAZIĆ
1961
01/10/2024
17/07/2024
1,000
30
32146/23
04/08/2023
Marija BERKEŠ
1959
01/10/2024
17/07/2024
1,000
30
32324/23
04/08/2023
Jožef HERK
1953
01/10/2024
17/07/2024
1,000
30
32340/23
04/08/2023
Dragoljub KOCIĆ
1961
01/10/2024
17/07/2024
1,000
30
32350/23
04/08/2023
Karolj GERE
1952
01/10/2024
17/07/2024
1,000
30
32355/23
04/08/2023
Titus ŠINKOVIĆ
1971
01/10/2024
17/07/2024
1,000
30
32428/23
04/08/2023
Jagoda HUREMOVIĆ
1961
01/10/2024
17/07/2024
1,000
30
32432/23
04/08/2023
Duško ŠAJINOVIĆ
1965
01/10/2024
17/07/2024
1,000
30
32434/23
04/08/2023
Eva BLAŽEK
1964
01/10/2024
17/07/2024
1,000
30
32438/23
04/08/2023
Marica MAGO
1958
01/10/2024
17/07/2024
1,000
30
32440/23
04/08/2023
Aniko LACI
1971
01/10/2024
17/07/2024
1,000
30
32441/23
04/08/2023
Tibor RAJČAN
1949
01/10/2024
17/07/2024
1,000
30
35525/23
04/08/2023
Lajoš ČABRADI
1982
01/10/2024
17/07/2024
1,000
30
35578/23
15/09/2023
Mihajlo KORCEBA
1953
01/10/2024
17/07/2024
1,000
30
35580/23
15/09/2023
Branka VREČIĆ
1952
01/10/2024
17/07/2024
1,000
30
35581/23
15/09/2023
Milan CVIJETIĆANIN
1969
01/10/2024
17/07/2024
1,000
30
35603/23
15/09/2023
Eržebet FERENC
1964
01/10/2024
17/07/2024
1,000
30
35605/23
15/09/2023
Zoltan RAFAI
1951
01/10/2024
17/07/2024
1,000
30
35608/23
15/09/2023
Robert MILOVANOVIĆ
1968
01/10/2024
17/07/2024
1,000
30
35610/23
15/09/2023
Hajnalka FRINDIK
1966
01/10/2024
17/07/2024
1,000
30
35617/23
15/09/2023
Gospava PEROVIĆ
1961
01/10/2024
17/07/2024
1,000
30
35620/23
15/09/2023
Branislava DEKET
1956
01/10/2024
17/07/2024
1,000
30
35675/23
15/09/2023
Arpad VERES
1962
01/10/2024
17/07/2024
1,000
30
35676/23
15/09/2023
Slavica RAC PETIN
1960
01/10/2024
17/07/2024
1,000
30
35677/23
15/09/2023
Žužana ŠTOF
1959
01/10/2024
17/07/2024
1,000
30
35679/23
15/09/2023
Aranka VARGA
1963
01/10/2024
17/07/2024
1,000
30
35680/23
15/09/2023
Jožef KOVAČ
1955
01/10/2024
17/07/2024
1,000
30
35681/23
15/09/2023
Ilonka MAČAI
1962
01/10/2024
17/07/2024
1,000
30
35682/23
15/09/2023
Margita GALAMBOŠ
1961
01/10/2024
17/07/2024
1,000
30
35683/23
15/09/2023
Mirjana VUKOVIČ
1967
01/10/2024
17/07/2024
1,000
30
35684/23
15/09/2023
Edit BAKOŠ
1970
01/10/2024
17/07/2024
1,000
30
[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.