FOURTH SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 10374/16
Petre PAUL against Romania
and 15 other applications
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting on 25 November 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 16 December 2021.
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]
10374/16
27/06/2016
Petre PAUL
1976
Vasile Rareş Biro
Satu Mare
21/10/2021
23/09/2021
3,000
17362/16
28/06/2016
Andrei CÎRCOTĂ
1990
21/10/2021
05/08/2021
3,000
20958/16
12/07/2016
Birel-Mihai RADU
1972
Irina Maria Peter
Bucharest
21/10/2021
02/07/2021
3,000
21656/16
12/07/2016
Constantin MATACHE
1989
Irina Maria Peter
Bucharest
21/10/2021
02/07/2021
5,000
46484/16
18/10/2016
Gheorghe BOACĂ
1960
21/10/2021
05/10/2021
3,000
46586/16
20/03/2017
Cristian DĂNULESCU
1973
Irina Maria Peter
Bucharest
21/10/2021
02/07/2021
1,000
51095/16
02/03/2017
Florin-Radu ȘUTA
1982
Ioan Cătălin Daniel Trif
Satu Mare
15/09/2021
05/10/2021
3,000
53598/16
24/10/2016
Mihai-Alexandru VASILE
1986
15/09/2021
02/06/2021
3,000
60857/16
09/11/2016
Cosmin GUȘATU
1988
21/10/2021
09/07/2021
3,000
67387/16
22/12/2016
Silivan-Viorel MĂRGINEAN
1992
21/10/2021
13/07/2021
3,000
70552/16
27/12/2016
Daniel-Viorel TUDORACHE
1983
21/10/2021
19/07/2021
3,000
77407/16
12/01/2017
Bogdan-Ionuț HERMENIUC
1988
21/10/2021
31/08/2021
5,000
9065/17
20/01/2017
Liviu-Valentin VÂCLEA
1951
21/10/2021
30/06/2021
3,000
10197/17
20/03/2017
Ionuț-Cristinel SCÎNTEIE
1984
21/10/2021
09/07/2021
3,000
20059/17
07/03/2017
Bobby FARKAS
1992
Vasile Rareş Biro
Satu Mare
21/10/2021
23/09/2021
3,000
30427/17
14/04/2017
Călin-Augustin BOROȘ
1978
Vasile Rareş Biro
Satu Mare
21/10/2021
23/09/2021
3,000
[1] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.