SECOND SECTION
DECISION
Applications nos 5131/10 and 25230/14
Nichita IPATE
against the Republic of Moldova
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (Second Section), sitting on 30 April 2020 as a Committee composed of:
Ivana Jelić, President,
Arnfinn Bårdsen,
Darian Pavli, judges,
and Liv Tigerstedt, 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 applications is set out in the appended table.
The applicant was represented by M. Semenihin, a lawyer practising in Cricova.
The applicant’s complaints under Article 8 of the Convention concerning the censorship of his correspondence were communicated to the Moldovan Government (“the Government”).
The Court received friendly-settlement declarations under which the applicant agreed to waive any further claims against the Republic of Moldova in respect of the facts giving rise to these applications, subject to an undertaking by the Government to pay him 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 abovementioned 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 4 June 2020.
Liv TigerstedtIvana Jelić
Acting Deputy RegistrarPresident
APPENDIX
List of applications raising complaints under Article 8 of the Convention
(censorship of correspondence)
No.
Application no.
Date of introduction
Applicant’s name
Date of birth
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 application
(in euros)[1]
5131/10
26/10/2009
Nichita IPATE
14/02/1971
04/02/2020
28/01/2020
800
25230/14
24/03/2014
Nichita IPATE
14/02/1971
04/02/2020
28/01/2020
800
[1] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.
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