FOURTH SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 22027/23
ZEMLJORADNIČKA ZADRUGA AGROPROM against Serbia
and 5 other applications
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting on 27 June 2024 as a Committee composed of:
Anne Louise Bormann, President,
Branko Lubarda,
Sebastian Răduleţu, judges,
and Viktoriya Maradudina, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,
Having regard to the above applications lodged on the 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 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 18 July 2024.
Viktoriya Maradudina Anne Louise Bormann
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/
registration
Representative’s name and location
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]
22027/23
19/05/2023
ZEMLJORADNIČKA ZADRUGA AGROPROM
2000
Zečević Marko
Belgrade
18/03/2024
09/02/2024
1,000
30
24494/23
08/06/2023
Gordana ŽIVKOVIĆ
1958
Đorđević Dragan
Kruševac
21/02/2024
16/01/2024
1,000
30
24562/23
08/06/2023
Svetlana BOGOSAVLJEVIĆ
1966
Đorđević Dragan
Kruševac
21/02/2024
28/03/2024
1,000
30
24574/23
08/06/2023
Slađana PETROVIĆ
1964
Đorđević Dragan
Kruševac
21/02/2024
28/03/2024
1,000
30
24945/23
08/06/2023
Violeta ĐEKIĆ
1967
Đorđević Dragan
Kruševac
21/02/2024
28/03/2024
1,000
30
24946/23
08/06/2023
Vesna VUKOVIĆ
1967
Đorđević Dragan
Kruševac
21/02/2024
28/03/2024
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.