FOURTH SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 33441/22
Željko ZARIĆ against Serbia
and 11 other applications
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting on 4 May 2023 as a Committee composed of:
Tim Eicke, President,
Branko Lubarda,
Ana Maria Guerra Martins, 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 S. Aleksić, a lawyer practising in Niš.
The applicants’ complaints under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention and Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 concerning the non-enforcement or delayed 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 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 25 May 2023.
Viktoriya Maradudina Tim Eicke
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 or delayed 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]
33441/22
30/06/2022
Željko ZARIĆ
1975
22/03/2023
31/03/2023
1,000
30
33447/22
30/06/2022
Veljko RADOSAVLJEVIĆ
1986
22/03/2023
31/03/2023
1,000
30
33455/22
30/06/2022
Milijana LUKOVIĆ
1977
22/03/2023
31/03/2023
1,000
30
33872/22
30/06/2022
Jovica CVEJIĆ
1967
22/03/2023
31/03/2023
1,000
30
33874/22
30/06/2022
Vladimir RADOSAVLJEVIĆ
1984
22/03/2023
31/03/2023
1,000
30
33878/22
30/06/2022
Uroš PANTOVIĆ
1956
22/03/2023
31/03/2023
1,000
30
39351/22
21/07/2022
Dragan SIMIJONOVIĆ
1958
22/03/2023
31/03/2023
1,000
30
39354/22
22/07/2022
Jelica SIMIĆ
1962
22/03/2023
31/03/2023
1,000
30
39359/22
21/07/2022
Aleksandar RADIVOJEVIĆ
1962
22/03/2023
31/03/2023
1,000
30
39382/22
21/07/2022
Goran MILOŠEVIĆ
1964
22/03/2023
31/03/2023
1,000
30
39383/22
21/07/2022
Zoran JOVANOVIĆ
1964
22/03/2023
31/03/2023
1,000
30
39384/22
21/07/2022
Dragana PAVLOVIĆ
1974
22/03/2023
31/03/2023
1,000
30
[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.