Sabó and Others v. Slovakia

THIRD SECTION

Application no. 73681/17 Jozef SABÓ against Slovakia and 2 other applications (see appended table)

The European Court of Human Rights (Third Section), sitting on 29 November 2018 as a Committee composed of:

Dmitry Dedov, President, Alena Poláčková, Jolien Schukking, judges,

and Liv Tigerstedt, 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’ complaints under Articles 6 § 1 and 13 of the Convention concerning the excessive length of civil proceedings and the lack of any effective remedy in domestic law were communicated to the Government of the Slovak Republic (“the Government”).

The Court received friendly-settlement declarations under which the applicants agreed to waive any further claims against Slovakia 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 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 20 December 2018.

Liv Tigerstedt Dmitry Dedov Acting Deputy Registrar President

APPENDIX

List of applications raising complaints under Articles 6 § 1 and 13 of the Convention

(excessive length of civil proceedings and lack of any effective remedy in domestic law)

No.

Application no. Date of introduction

Applicant’s name

Date of birth

Representative’s name and location

Date of receipt of Government’s declaration

Date of receipt of Applicant’s declaration

Amount of the settlement (pecuniary and non-pecuniary damage and costs and expenses) per applicant

(in euros) [1]

73681/17

18/09/2017

Jozef Sabó

25/10/1951

20/09/2018

21/08/2018

1,800

10732/18

23/02/2018

Rastislav Púček

08/01/1986

Branislav Samec

Žilina

20/09/2018

10/10/2018

1,200

18250/18

09/04/2018

Michal Vlkolinský

06/09/1976

20/09/2018

28/09/2018

500

[1] . Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.