Information Note on the Court’s case-law 16
March 2000
Protopappa and Marangou v. Greece - 38971/97
Judgment 28.3.2000 [Section III]
Article 6
Civil proceedings
Article 6-1
Reasonable time
Length of proceedings relating to expropriation: violation
The case concerns the length of proceedings relating to the applicants' request for judicial review of the implicit refusal to revoke ministerial decisions to expropriate land. The applicants lodged their request in August 1993 and no decision has been given yet by the Council of State.
Conclusion: violation (unanimously).
Article 41: The Court awarded each of the applicants 2 million drachmas (GRD) in respect of non-pecuniary damage. It also made an award in respect of costs.
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