Published on 12 July 2021
FIRST SECTION
Application no. 24501/19
Šimun ROMIĆ and Others
against Croatia
lodged on 23 April 2019
communicated on 24 June 2021
SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CASE
The application concerns deprivation of property arising from the Government Decision of 23 September 1999 on the restructuring and recovery of Croatia Bank depriving the bank’s shareholders, including the applicants, of their shares, and the lack of access to court in that regard.
QUESTIONS TO THE PARTIES
1. Were the applicants able to effectively challenge the Government Decision of 23 September 1999 on the restructuring and recovery of Croatia Bank before the domestic courts? If not, has there been a violation of the applicants’ right of access to court, guaranteed by Article 6 § 1 of the Convention (see Project-Trade d.o.o. v. Croatia, no. 1920/14, §§ 62-74, 19 November 2020)?
2. Has there been a violation of the applicants’ right to the peaceful enjoyment of their possessions, within the meaning of Article 1 of Protocol No. 1? In particular, was the Government Decision of 23 September 1999 accompanied by sufficient procedural guarantees against arbitrariness and thus lawful within the meaning of Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 (see Project-Trade d.o.o. v. Croatia, no. 1920/14, §§ 75-88, 19 November 2020)?
APPENDIX
No.
Applicant’s Name
Year of birth
Nationality
Place of residence
1.
Šimun ROMIĆ
1947
Croatian
Županja
2.
BABOGREDAC D.O.O.
1996
Croatian
Babina Greda
3.
Radenka BENAKOVIĆ
1954
Croatian
Zupanja
4.
Danijela BILIĆ
1972
Croatian
Županja
5.
Dalibor BRAJKOVIĆ
1969
Croatian
Slavonski Brod
6.
Mirta BRAJKOVIĆ
1973
Croatian
Slavonski Brod
7.
Terezija BRAJKOVIĆ
1943
Croatian
Slavonski Brod
8.
Stjepan ČOVIĆ
1945
Croatian
Zupanja
9.
Ivan DELIĆ
1951
Croatian
Babina Greda
10.
Ivka FILIPOVIĆ
1951
Croatian
Zupanja
11.
Ivan GRGIĆ
1974
Croatian
Drenovci
12.
Nada HEKLI
1964
Croatian
Posavski Podgajci
13.
Zvonko IVANKOVIĆ
1961
Croatian
Zupanja
14.
Dina KUZMAN
1988
Croatian
Brezovica
15.
LJEKARNE BATURINA ŽUPANJA
1996
Croatian
Zupanja
16.
Ljubica MATIJEVIĆ
1926
Croatian
Posavski Podgajci
17.
Ignac MATOČEC
1942
Croatian
Đurđevac
18.
Nada MILAKOVIĆ
1956
Croatian
Zupanja
19.
Dragan MISIR
1936
Croatian
Posavski Podgajci
20.
NARCOR D.O.O.
1996
Croatian
Zupanja
21.
Verica PEJAKIĆ
1960
Croatian
Drenovci
22.
Ela PUŠKARIĆ
1996
Croatian
Zupanja
23.
Silva PUŠKARIĆ
1960
Croatian
Zupanja
24.
Tihomir RAMLJAK
1953
Croatian
Županja
25.
Tunjo ŠARIĆ
1958
Croatian
Drenovci
26.
Jakša ŠESTIĆ
1954
Croatian
Racinovci
27.
Dražen ŠTIVIĆ
1963
Croatian
Zupanja
28.
Nikola TUFEGDŽIĆ
1955
Croatian
Soljani
29.
Ninoslav ŽIVKOVIĆ
1968
Croatian
Stitar
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