SECOND SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 33849/21
Dragoljub RANKOVIĆ against Serbia
and 13 other applications
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (Second Section), sitting on 7 April 2022 as a Committee composed of:
Jovan Ilievski, President,
Gilberto Felici,
Diana Sârcu, 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 were represented by Mr R. Kojić, a lawyer practising in Belgrade.
The applicants’ complaints under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention and Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 concerning the non-enforcement or delayed enforcement of domestic decisions given against socially/State-owned companies were communicated to the Serbian 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 Serbia 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 Government also undertake to ensure the enforcement of the domestic decisions under consideration in the cases concerned (see appended table) within the same three-month period, and to pay any costs of the domestic enforcement proceedings.
The payment and the enforcement of the domestic decisions in the cases concerned 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 5 May 2022.
Viktoriya Maradudina Jovan Ilievski
Acting Deputy Registrar President
APPENDIX
List of applications raising complaints under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention and Article 1 of Protocol No. 1
(non-enforcement or delayed enforcement of domestic decisions given against socially/State-owned companies)
No.
Application no.
Date of introduction
Applicant’s name
Year of birth
Date of receipt of Government’s declaration
Date of receipt of Applicant’s declaration
Amount awarded for non-pecuniary damage
per applicant (in euros) [1][2]
Amount awarded for costs and expenses per application
(in euros) [3]
33849/21
24/06/2021
Dragoljub RANKOVIĆ
1954
20/12/2021
27/12/2021
1,000
250
33851/21
24/06/2021
Nikola VASIĆ
1987
20/12/2021
27/12/2021
1,000
250
34285/21
28/06/2021
Boban IVANOVIĆ
1972
20/12/2021
27/12/2021
1,000
250
34289/21
28/06/2021
Milenko ZLATIĆ
1960
20/12/2021
27/12/2021
1,000
250
34303/21
18/06/2021
Risto BOGIĆEVIĆ
1968
20/12/2021
27/12/2021
1,000
250
34317/21
17/06/2021
Milan LAZIĆ
1953
20/12/2021
27/12/2021
1,000
250
39303/21
07/06/2021
(5 applicants)
Milenko NEŠKOVIĆ
1954
Ahmo POTURAK
1956
Đorđe NESTOROVIĆ
1959
Miroslav TODOROVIĆ
1958
Dobrivoje RISTIĆ
1957
20/12/2021
27/12/2021
1,000
250
39316/21
10/06/2021
Milovan PETROVIĆ
1956
20/12/2021
27/12/2021
1,000
250
39323/21
09/06/2021
(5 applicants)
Radmila LUKIĆ
1966
Savo SPASOJEVIĆ
1954
Boro GAJIĆ
1961
Milija ĆATIĆ
1959
Milica MARINKOVIĆ
1959
20/12/2021
27/12/2021
1,000
250
39344/21
11/06/2021
Dragiša ĐORĐEVIĆ
1957
20/12/2021
27/12/2021
1,000
250
39361/21
11/06/2021
Aćif JUKOVIĆ
1951
20/12/2021
27/12/2021
1,000
250
39367/21
11/06/2021
Milan GRUJIĆ
1958
20/12/2021
27/12/2021
1,000
250
39375/21
11/06/2021
Jasmina JUKOVIĆ
1966
20/12/2021
27/12/2021
1,000
250
39379/21
11/06/2021
Dragoslav MIJAILOVIĆ
1955
20/12/2021
27/12/2021
1,000
250
[1] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.
[2] Less any amounts which may have already been paid in that regard at the domestic level.
[3] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.