FIRST SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 1713/22
Slobodan TRBOVIĆ against Croatia
and 4 other applications
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (First Section), sitting on 6 October 2022 as a Committee composed of:
Krzysztof Wojtyczek, President,
Erik Wennerström,
Lorraine Schembri Orland, 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 and their representatives is set out in the appended table.
The applicants’ complaints under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention concerning the excessive length of civil proceedings were communicated to the Croatian Government (“the Government”). In one of the applications, a complaint based on the same facts was also communicated under another provision of the Convention.
The Court received the friendly-settlement declarations, signed by the parties, under which the applicants agreed to waive any further claims against Croatia 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 27 October 2022.
Viktoriya Maradudina Krzysztof Wojtyczek
Acting Deputy Registrar President
APPENDIX
List of applications raising complaints under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention
(excessive length of civil proceedings)
No.
Application no.
Date of introduction
Applicant’s name
Year of birth
Representative’s name and location
Other complaints under well-established case-law
Date of receipt of Government’s declaration
Date of receipt of the applicant’s declaration
Amount awarded for non-pecuniary damage
per applicant
/ household
(in euros)[1]
Amount awarded for costs and expenses per application
(in euros)[2]
1713/22
28/12/2021
Slobodan TRBOVIĆ
1951
Serdar Franjo
Zagreb
12/09/2022
25/07/2022
2,000
250
4423/22
14/01/2022
Household
Mirjana ZOREC
1996
Gordan GRBAC
1963
Vladika Vlado
Rijeka
12/09/2022
21/04/2022
3,000
250
7691/22
31/01/2022
Milan RAPAIĆ
1950
Pribanić Danijel
Zagreb
12/09/2022
06/09/2022
1,600
250
11496/22
22/02/2022
Dinko BAŽADONA
1955
Radobuljac Silvano
Zagreb
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of civil proceedings
12/09/2022
24/06/2022
3,000
250
13199/22
01/03/2022
Robin KIŠMARTIN
1980
Horvat Lidija
Zagreb
12/09/2022
13/04/2022
3,000
250
[1] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.
[2] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.