THIRD SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 7694/17
Srđan STEVANOVIĆ against Serbia
and 2 other applications
(see list appended)
The European Court of Human Rights (Third Section), sitting on 25 September 2018 as a Committee composed of:
Pere Pastor Vilanova, President,
Branko Lubarda,
Georgios A. Serghides, judges,
and Fatoş Aracı, 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
A list of the applicants as well as other relevant information is set out in the appended table.
The Government of Serbia (“the Government”) were represented by their Agent, Ms N. Plavšić.
The applicants complained under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention about the excessive length of civil proceedings concerning property, inheritance and a labour dispute respectively.
On 23, 26 and 29 March 2018 the Court received 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 against an undertaking by the Government to pay them the amounts detailed in the appended table. These amounts will be converted into the national currency 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 its Protocols 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 18 October 2018.
Fatoş AracıPere Pastor Vilanova
Deputy RegistrarPresident
Appendix
No.
Application no.
Lodged on
Applicant
Date of birth
Place of residence
Represented by
Amount awarded for non-pecuniary damage
per applicant
(in euros)[1]
Amount awarded for costs and expenses per applicant
(in euros)[2]
7694/17
12/01/2017
Srđan STEVANOVIĆ
13/04/1961
Niš
Milan PAVLOVIĆ
1,400
500
28939/17
07/04/2017
Milutin SAVIĆ
25/11/1963
Valjevo
Željko VUKOVIĆ
26/08/1973
Valjevo
Saša ALEKSIĆ
1,400
1,400
500
500
34615/17
26/04/2017
Mirko DOŠENOVIĆ
26/05/1956
Petrovaradin
Gordana KOVAČEVIĆ
1,600
500
[1]. Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.
[2]. Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.
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