Lerik and Others v. Serbia

THIRD SECTION

Application no. 31934/23 Lajoš LERIK against Serbia and 47 other applications

(see appended table)

The European Court of Human Rights (Third Section), sitting on 13 March 2025 as a Committee composed of:

Oddný Mjöll Arnardóttir , President , Úna Ní Raifeartaigh, Mateja Đurović , 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 N. Vuletić, a lawyer practising in Subotica.

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 (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 3 April 2025.

Viktoriya Maradudina Oddný Mjöll Arnardóttir 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]

31934/23

03/08/2023

Lajoš LERIK

1951

01/10/2024

17/07/2024

1,000

30

31936/23

03/08/2023

Slavka ŠAJINOVIĆ STRIKA

1959

01/10/2024

17/07/2024

1,000

30

31938/23

03/08/2023

Snežana MILOVANOVIĆ

1963

01/10/2024

17/07/2024

1,000

30

31943/23

03/08/2023

Ištvan KOVAČ

1954

01/10/2024

17/07/2024

1,000

30

31946/23

03/08/2023

Ištvan DELIĆ

1951

01/10/2024

17/07/2024

1,000

30

31948/23

03/08/2023

Tibor MESAROŠ

1960

01/10/2024

17/07/2024

1,000

30

31951/23

03/08/2023

Vesna STEVOVIĆ

1956

01/10/2024

17/07/2024

1,000

30

31953/23

03/08/2023

Slavko VUJIČIN

1995

01/10/2024

17/07/2024

1,000

30

31956/23

03/08/2023

Francois DELIĆ

1975

01/10/2024

17/07/2024

1,000

30

31957/23

03/08/2023

Gizela FARBAŠ

1964

01/10/2024

17/07/2024

1,000

30

31963/23

03/08/2023

Šandor KLEBEČKO

1967

01/10/2024

17/07/2024

1,000

30

31965/23

03/08/2023

Jožef VIŠONTAI

1961

01/10/2024

17/07/2024

1,000

30

31966/23

03/08/2023

Viktorija BARANJI

1956

01/10/2024

17/07/2024

1,000

30

31969/23

03/08/2023

Elvira ČABRADI

1966

01/10/2024

17/07/2024

1,000

30

31971/23

04/08/2023

Lajoš ČABRADI

1954

01/10/2024

17/07/2024

1,000

30

31975/23

03/08/2023

Janoš HERK

1970

01/10/2024

17/07/2024

1,000

30

31980/23

03/08/2023

Julijana ČELUSKA

1957

01/10/2024

17/07/2024

1,000

30

32130/23

04/08/2023

Mira HAJBOK LAZIĆ

1961

01/10/2024

17/07/2024

1,000

30

32146/23

04/08/2023

Marija BERKEŠ

1959

01/10/2024

17/07/2024

1,000

30

32324/23

04/08/2023

Jožef HERK

1953

01/10/2024

17/07/2024

1,000

30

32340/23

04/08/2023

Dragoljub KOCIĆ

1961

01/10/2024

17/07/2024

1,000

30

32350/23

04/08/2023

Karolj GERE

1952

01/10/2024

17/07/2024

1,000

30

32355/23

04/08/2023

Titus ŠINKOVIĆ

1971

01/10/2024

17/07/2024

1,000

30

32428/23

04/08/2023

Jagoda HUREMOVIĆ

1961

01/10/2024

17/07/2024

1,000

30

32432/23

04/08/2023

Duško ŠAJINOVIĆ

1965

01/10/2024

17/07/2024

1,000

30

32434/23

04/08/2023

Eva BLAŽEK

1964

01/10/2024

17/07/2024

1,000

30

32438/23

04/08/2023

Marica MAGO

1958

01/10/2024

17/07/2024

1,000

30

32440/23

04/08/2023

Aniko LACI

1971

01/10/2024

17/07/2024

1,000

30

32441/23

04/08/2023

Tibor RAJČAN

1949

01/10/2024

17/07/2024

1,000

30

35525/23

04/08/2023

Lajoš ČABRADI

1982

01/10/2024

17/07/2024

1,000

30

35578/23

15/09/2023

Mihajlo KORCEBA

1953

01/10/2024

17/07/2024

1,000

30

35580/23

15/09/2023

Branka VREČIĆ

1952

01/10/2024

17/07/2024

1,000

30

35581/23

15/09/2023

Milan CVIJETIĆANIN

1969

01/10/2024

17/07/2024

1,000

30

35603/23

15/09/2023

Eržebet FERENC

1964

01/10/2024

17/07/2024

1,000

30

35605/23

15/09/2023

Zoltan RAFAI

1951

01/10/2024

17/07/2024

1,000

30

35608/23

15/09/2023

Robert MILOVANOVIĆ

1968

01/10/2024

17/07/2024

1,000

30

35610/23

15/09/2023

Hajnalka FRINDIK

1966

01/10/2024

17/07/2024

1,000

30

35617/23

15/09/2023

Gospava PEROVIĆ

1961

01/10/2024

17/07/2024

1,000

30

35620/23

15/09/2023

Branislava DEKET

1956

01/10/2024

17/07/2024

1,000

30

35675/23

15/09/2023

Arpad VERES

1962

01/10/2024

17/07/2024

1,000

30

35676/23

15/09/2023

Slavica RAC PETIN

1960

01/10/2024

17/07/2024

1,000

30

35677/23

15/09/2023

Žužana ŠTOF

1959

01/10/2024

17/07/2024

1,000

30

35679/23

15/09/2023

Aranka VARGA

1963

01/10/2024

17/07/2024

1,000

30

35680/23

15/09/2023

Jožef KOVAČ

1955

01/10/2024

17/07/2024

1,000

30

35681/23

15/09/2023

Ilonka MAČAI

1962

01/10/2024

17/07/2024

1,000

30

35682/23

15/09/2023

Margita GALAMBOŠ

1961

01/10/2024

17/07/2024

1,000

30

35683/23

15/09/2023

Mirjana VUKOVIČ

1967

01/10/2024

17/07/2024

1,000

30

35684/23

15/09/2023

Edit BAKOŠ

1970

01/10/2024

17/07/2024

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.