FOURTH SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 55159/09
Lucian-Florin TURCUŢ against Romania
and 6 other applications
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting on 19 November 2015 as a Committee composed of:
Vincent A. De Gaetano, President,
Egidijus Kūris,
Gabriele Kucsko-Stadlmayer, 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 criminal 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. 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 10 December 2015.
Karen ReidVincent A. De Gaetano
RegistrarPresident
APPENDIX
List of applications raising complaints under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention
(excessive length of criminal proceedings)
No.
Application no.
Date of introduction
Applicant name
Date of birth
Date of receipt of Government’s declaration
Date of receipt of Applicant’s declaration
Amount awarded for pecuniary and non-pecuniary damage and costs and expenses
per applicant
(in euros)[i]
55159/09
23/09/2009
Lucian-Florin TURCUŢ
09/06/1967
29/09/2015
09/09/2015
2,400
34017/11
17/05/2011
Eduard-Emanuel FOGHEL
22/06/1978
29/09/2015
12/10/2015
1,200
70120/14
17/10/2014
Vasile URSANU
30/09/1964
05/10/2015
20/10/2015
1,800
70124/14
17/10/2014
Emil PIELE
10/12/1976
05/10/2015
20/10/2015
1,800
3520/15
31/12/2014
Aurelian-Romulus PAVEN
21/06/1971
30/09/2015
13/10/2015
2,400
3769/15
31/12/2014
Constantin-Gabriel VELESCU
21/03/1968
30/09/2015
13/10/2015
2,400
4662/15
16/01/2015
Georgeta CONE
08/06/1967
30/09/2015
14/10/2015
1,200
[i] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.
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