THIRD SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 26380/11
Dragoş Mihai IONESCU against Romania
and 9 other applications
(see list appended)
The European Court of Human Rights (Third Section), sitting on 18 June 2015 as a Committee composed of:
Luis López Guerra, President,
Johannes Silvis,
Valeriu Griţco, judges,
and Karen Reid, 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 6 § 1 of the Convention concerning the excessive length of criminal proceedings 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, to cover any pecuniary and non-pecuniary damage as well as costs and expenses, plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants. 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
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 its Protocols and finds no reasons to justify the 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 9 July 2015.
Karen ReidLuis López Guerra
RegistrarPresident
APPENDIX
No.
Application no.
Date of introduction
Applicant
Date of birth
Date of receipt of Government’s declaration
Date of receipt of Applicant’s declaration
Amount (in euros per applicant or jointly when the case)
26380/11
13/04/2011
Dragoș Mihai IONESCU
03/08/1951
24/02/2015
16/01/2015
3,600
54908/11
24/08/2011
Mihail GEORGEVICI
02/09/1949
Lucian GEORGEVICI
06/11/1981
11/02/2015
27/01/2015
2,300 jointly
1167/12
12/12/2011
Gheorghe GHIURĂU
05/09/1963
24/02/2015
14/01/2015
1,500
25438/12
20/04/2012
Gheorghe FOICA
31/01/1964
25/02/2015
27/01/2015
2,400
40345/12
05/06/2012
Aurelian Daniel MUNTEAN
19/12/1977
19/03/2015
12/01/2015
2,000
73378/12
01/11/2012
Dorin Eliodor PĂUN
23/10/1969
19/03/2015
05/01/2015
1,800
41739/13
19/06/2013
Florian-Alexandru MĂRCULESCU
23/03/1952
19/03/2015
21/01/2015
3,000
55943/13
27/08/2013
Benoni BECA
11/07/1961
20/02/2015
16/01/2015
2,400
58358/13
27/08/2013
Mihai JUNCU
19/07/1973
23/02/2015
14/01/2015
2,400
59643/13
16/09/2013
Ștefan RIZA
05/11/1954
23/02/2015
21/01/2015
6,600
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