SECOND SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 33946/21
Slavko VULETIĆ against Serbia
and 12 other applications
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (Second Section), sitting on 6 October 2022 as a Committee composed of:
Jovan Ilievski, President,
Gilberto Felici,
Diana Sârcu, 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 is set out in the appended table.
The applicants were represented by Mr R. Kojić, a lawyer practising in Belgrade.
The applicants’ complaints under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention and Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 concerning the non-enforcement of domestic decisions given against socially/State-owned companies were communicated to the Serbian Government (“the Government”).
The Court received the 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, 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 Government also undertake to ensure the enforcement of the domestic decisions under consideration in the cases concerned (see appended table) within the same three-month period, and to pay any costs of the domestic enforcement proceedings.
The payment and the enforcement of the domestic decisions in the cases concerned 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 Jovan Ilievski
Acting Deputy Registrar President
APPENDIX
List of applications raising complaints under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention and Article 1 of Protocol No. 1
(non-enforcement of domestic decisions given against socially/State-owned companies)
No.
Application no.
Date of introduction
Applicant’s name
Year of birth
Date of receipt of Government’s declaration
Date of receipt of Applicant’s declaration
Amount awarded for non-pecuniary damage
per applicant
(in euros)[1] 2
Amount awarded for costs and expenses per application
(in euros)3
33946/21
17/06/2021
Slavko VULETIĆ
1964
29/08/2022
14/09/2022
1,000
250
33947/21
16/06/2021
Goran STANKOVIĆ
1975
29/08/2022
14/09/2022
1,000
250
33948/21
15/06/2021
Aleksandar ŽARKOVIĆ
1971
29/08/2022
14/09/2022
1,000
250
33950/21
16/06/2021
Dosta ČIČA
1956
29/08/2022
14/09/2022
1,000
250
33951/21
16/06/2021
Ljubisav BABIĆ
1964
29/08/2022
14/09/2022
1,000
250
34672/21
29/06/2021
Svetozar MARKOVIĆ
1954
29/08/2022
14/09/2022
1,000
250
34676/21
29/06/2021
Mile JOKANOVIĆ
1952
29/08/2022
14/09/2022
1,000
250
35268/21
28/06/2021
Nada PETROVIĆ
1953
29/08/2022
14/09/2022
1,000
250
35269/21
28/06/2021
Nazif SADIKOVIĆ
1955
29/08/2022
14/09/2022
1,000
250
35279/21
28/06/2021
Gvozden MITROVIĆ
1951
29/08/2022
14/09/2022
1,000
250
35280/21
28/06/2021
Ljube KAROV
1954
29/08/2022
14/09/2022
1,000
250
35282/21
28/06/2021
Vesna ČIKARIĆ
1959
29/08/2022
14/09/2022
1,000
250
35285/21
28/06/2021
Vlasto JOKANOVIĆ
1954
29/08/2022
14/09/2022
1,000
250
1 Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.
2 Less any amounts which may have already been paid in that regard at the domestic level.
3 Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.