THIRD SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 60713/10
Olivia TUDOR against Romania
and 4 other applications
(see list appended)
The European Court of Human Rights (Third Section), sitting on 2 July 2015 as a committee composed of:
Luis López Guerra, President,
Johannes Silvis,
Valeriu Griţco, judges,
and Karen Reid, 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’ complaints under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention concerning the excessive length of civil proceedings were communicated to the Romanian Government (“the Government”).
The Court received friendly-settlement declarations under which the applicants agreed to waive any further claims against Romania 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, to cover any pecuniary and non-pecuniary damage as well as costs and expenses, plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants. 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 its Protocols and finds no reasons to justify the 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 23 July 2015.
Karen ReidLuis López Guerra
RegistrarPresident
APPENDIX
No.
Application no.
Date of introduction
Applicant
Date of birth
Date of receipt of Government’s declaration
Date of receipt of Applicant’s declaration
Amount for pecuniary, non-pecuniary damage and costs and expenses[1] per applicant (in euros)
60713/10
08/10/2010
Olivia TUDOR
28/07/1951
10/03/2015
10/04/2015
900
12743/11
08/12/2010
Nicolae ACHIM
05/04/1944
10/03/2015
29/04/2015
1,800
23458/11
05/04/2011
Ana CICIO
25/07/1963
14/04/2015
05/05/2015
4,200
26801/11
18/04/2011
Katy COMAN
07/09/1985
25/03/2015
28/04/2015
1,000
19809/12
19/03/2012
Rodica PRICOP
18/08/1969
09/02/2015
29/09/2014
2,400
[1] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.
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