FOURTH SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 72582/13
Valentin LUCA against Romania
and 36 other applications
(see list appended)
The European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting on 29 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”). In some of the applications, complaints based on the same facts were also communicated under other provisions of the Convention.
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 as regards the complaints concerning the inadequate conditions of detention.
The applicant in case no. 54417/14 also raised other complaints under various Articles of the Convention. The Court has examined this application and considers that, in the light of all the material in its possession and in so far as the matters complained of are within its competence, these complaints either do not meet the admissibility criteria set out in Articles 34 and 35 of the Convention or do not disclose any appearance of a violation of the rights and freedoms enshrined in the Convention or the Protocols thereto. It follows that this part of the application no. 54417/14 must be rejected in accordance with Article 35 § 4 of the Convention.
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 as regards the complaints concerning the inadequate conditions of detention;
Declares the remainder of the application no. 54417/14 inadmissible.
Done in English and notified in writing on 20 October 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
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 (in euros)[i]
72582/13
13/11/2013
Valentin LUCA
17/09/1966
24/08/2016
19/08/2016
15,000
5560/14
21/11/2014
Nicolae-Francisc ISTVANFI
04/12/1988
10/08/2016
03/08/2016
5,400
34094/14
14/11/2014
Gheorghe NICA
05/04/1971
25/07/2016
05/07/2016
5,000
43101/14
08/07/2014
Iulian FOLICĂ
25/08/1988
07/04/2016
22/08/2016
4,500
52272/14
11/09/2014
Manole CĂNĂVOIU
18/07/1973
03/09/2015
02/02/2016
3,000
54417/14
13/10/2014
Marin MITRAN
06/09/1967
25/08/2016
04/08/2016
13,500
56807/14
11/11/2014
Ionuț SECUI
30/05/1990
Pătrașcu Bogdan
Galați
25/07/2016
20/04/2016
3,000
63560/14
04/12/2014
Augustin LĂCĂTUȘ
02/02/1978
Tomele Sorin
Oradea
25/07/2016
26/04/2016
3,000
69098/14
11/11/2014
Florin-Dănuț FEHER
29/03/1980
25/08/2016
07/04/2016
3,900
70235/14
09/01/2015
Petru Daniel SIMION
14/06/1985
25/08/2016
28/07/2016
15,000
77231/14
06/10/2014
Ioan COSTAN
05/11/1964
24/08/2016
05/07/2016
4,400
20620/15
08/06/2015
Mitică TUFĂ
17/10/1962
22/07/2016
19/08/2016
3,200
36636/15
17/08/2015
Marcel FECHETE
02/05/1969
19/08/2016
01/08/2016
3,600
40064/15
18/09/2015
Mădălin-Ionuț LĂCĂTUŞU
01/06/1990
25/08/2016
01/08/2016
7,100
42402/15
05/10/2015
Gheorghe MATISAN
05/04/1967
24/08/2016
03/08/2016
5,900
42454/15
13/10/2015
Florin ȘERBAN
15/09/1973
Peter Irina Maria
București
24/08/2016
31/03/2016
4,200
42698/15
05/10/2015
Marcel NEGRUŢ
05/06/1980
24/08/2016
03/08/2016
15,000
43936/15
16/12/2015
Constantin-Gabriel TIMIȚĂ
11/01/1980
25/08/2016
18/08/2016
5,400
45433/15
16/10/2015
Stelică AGIU
22/01/1967
Peter Irina Maria
București
25/08/2016
05/04/2016
6,200
45820/15
10/09/2015
Nelu ALECSANDRU
24/08/1989
Tonică Daniela
Huși
25/08/2016
22/07/2016
11,700
49400/15
23/12/2015
András PATER
08/09/1967
Szekely Camelia Gabriela
Satu Mare
25/08/2016
03/08/2016
3,600
51988/15
23/12/2015
Dumitru POP
04/06/1975
25/08/2016
18/08/2016
6,900
52307/15
11/11/2015
Sebastian IONESCU
21/05/1987
25/08/2016
02/08/2016
6,000
53754/15
08/01/2016
Gelu PARASCHIV
28/03/1978
Peter Irina Maria
București
10/08/2016
26/07/2016
5,900
56198/15
02/12/2015
Alexandru-Ionuț RECHIȚEAN
17/09/1988
10/08/2016
09/08/2016
3,300
56205/15
03/11/2015
Răzvan-Olimpiu PARFENE
05/01/1983
Stancu Adrian
Oradea
10/08/2016
10/08/2016
4,500
56661/15
18/01/2015
Grigore CONSTANTIN
12/09/1955
Peter Irina Maria
București
25/08/2016
05/04/2016
15,000
57659/15
29/12/2015
Gabriel REZMEŞ
09/12/1994
24/08/2016
08/08/2016
5,700
58150/15
30/12/2015
Aurel-Gigi TOMA
24/12/1980
Peter Irina Maria
București
24/08/2016
26/07/2016
5,400
58248/15
11/12/2015
Aurelian-Iulian DOBRESCU
18/11/1971
Peter Irina Maria
București
10/08/2016
29/07/2016
6,900
58438/15
23/09/2015
Florin SĂNDULESCU
20/10/1982
25/08/2016
12/04/2016
3,000
58530/15
18/01/2016
Cristian NICOLAE
28/05/1969
Peter Irina Maria
București
25/08/2016
01/04/2016
9,000
59794/15
07/01/2016
Dorin POP
09/02/1970
24/08/2016
08/08/2016
12,900
59870/15
06/11/2015
Ioan LEONIDA
26/01/1952
Peter Irina Maria
București
25/08/2016
05/04/2016
3,000
60327/15
04/01/2016
Ion MOCANU
17/02/1956
Peter Irina Maria
București
24/08/2016
01/08/2016
7,700
62532/15
26/01/2016
Costel-Daniel RIZEA
21/04/1972
Peter Irina Maria
București
25/08/2016
01/04/2016
15,000
1770/16
24/12/2015
Ingrid-Luciana MOCANU
13/01/1975
Glonţ Mihail
Bucureștit
25/08/2016
16/06/2016
3,000
[i] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.
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