FOURTH SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 27309/16
Barnabás MOLNÁR against Romania
and 19 other applications
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting on 21 October 2021 as a Committee composed of:
Armen Harutyunyan, President,
Jolien Schukking,
Ana Maria Guerra Martins, 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’ complaints under Article 3 of the Convention concerning the inadequate conditions of detention were communicated to the Romanian 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 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 18 November 2021.
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Viktoriya Maradudina Armen Harutyunyan
Acting Deputy Registrar President
APPENDIX
List of applications raising complaints under Article 3 of the Convention
(inadequate conditions of detention)
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 declaration
Amount awarded for pecuniary and non‑pecuniary damage and costs and expenses
per applicant
(in euros)[1]
27309/16
14/06/2016
Barnabás MOLNÁR
1980
15/09/2021
25/06/2021
3,000
38611/16
21/02/2017
Gheorghe BĂLAŞA
1966
Irina Maria Peter
Bucharest
15/09/2021
21/06/2021
3,000
39683/16
20/07/2016
Robert-Remus BĂLOIU
1985
Irina Maria Peter
Bucharest
15/09/2021
21/06/2021
3,000
39738/16
12/08/2016
Imre BEDÖ
1970
15/09/2021
05/08/2021
3,000
39744/16
26/09/2016
Ciprian Ovidiu COZARIUC
1974
15/09/2021
13/07/2021
3,000
39775/16
21/09/2016
Nicolae PÎRJOL
1972
15/09/2021
20/09/2021
3,000
39945/16
05/07/2016
Nina MICLE
1961
Valeria Florescu
Bucharest
15/09/2021
23/06/2021
3,000
40439/16
05/07/2016
Deni Mihael IONESCU
1977
15/09/2021
22/07/2021
3,000
44821/16
28/11/2016
Mircea GEORGESCU
1971
09/09/2021
20/05/2021
3,000
45051/16
25/07/2016
Petru POCOL
1980
Lucian Petruţa
Cluj-Napoca
09/09/2021
07/09/2021
3,000
45160/16
26/07/2016
Vasile GORGAN
1987
Ionela Mărgărit
Bucharest
09/09/2021
08/06/2021
3,000
51959/16
26/08/2016
Eduard POHRIB
1968
15/09/2021
05/07/2021
5,000
52196/16
07/10/2016
Ciprian-Angel ENACHE
1974
Marian Gâlia
Galați
15/09/2021
01/07/2021
5,000
52270/16
25/10/2016
Cristian CENUŞA
1991
Irina Maria Peter
Bucharest
15/09/2021
17/08/2021
3,000
64659/16
25/11/2016
Valentin BUCUR
1975
09/09/2021
22/07/2021
3,000
33664/17
27/04/2017
Andrei BÂLC
1964
09/09/2021
22/07/2021
3,000
36789/17
13/07/2017
Grigore GIURUMESCU
1957
Irina Maria Peter
Bucharest
09/09/2021
12/05/2021
3,000
45184/17
14/07/2017
Ionel NEDEA
1982
Irina Maria Peter
Bucharest
09/09/2021
12/05/2021
3,000
76392/17
21/11/2017
Gheorghe-Cristian ENACHE
1974
Irina Maria Peter
Bucharest
10/09/2021
12/05/2021
3,000
76717/17
30/01/2018
Claudiu Ştefan MANCIU
1979
Irina Maria Peter
Bucharest
09/09/2021
12/05/2021
3,000
[1] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.