Greta, Pat v. Ukraine

FIFTH SECTION

Application no. 1368/25 GRETA, PAT against Ukraine

The European Court of Human Rights (Fifth Section), sitting on 4 June 2026 as a Committee composed of:

Andreas Zünd , President , Vahe Grigoryan, Sébastien Biancheri , judges ,

and Viktoriya Maradudina, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,

Having regard to the above application against Ukraine lodged with the Court under Article 34 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (“the Convention”) on 4 December 2024,

Having regard to the observations submitted by the respondent Government and the observations in reply submitted by the applicant company,

Having deliberated, decides as follows:

The applicant company’s details are set out in the appended table.

The applicant company’s complaint under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention concerning the limitations on access to a court were communicated to the Ukrainian Government (“the Government”).

Complaints under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention (limitations on access to a court)

In the present application, having examined all the material before it, the Court considers that the applicant company’s complaint about the alleged limitation of its right of access to a court is inadmissible for the reasons stated below.

In particular, the Court notes that the applicant company requested a deferral of the court fee in the context of its application for an extraordinary review of the final decision, which is not covered by the guarantees of Article 6 of the Convention (see, mutatis mutandis , Bochan v. Ukraine (no. 2) [GC], no. 22251/08, § 44, ECHR 2015).

In view of the above, the Court finds that this complaint is incompatible ratione materiae with the provisions of the Convention and must be rejected in accordance with Article 35 §§ 3 and 4 of the Convention.

For these reasons, the Court, unanimously,

Declares the application inadmissible.

Done in English and notified in writing on 25 June 2026.

Viktoriya Maradudina Andreas Zünd Acting Deputy Registrar President

APPENDIX

Application raising complaints under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention

(limitations on access to a court)

Application no.

Date of introduction

Applicant’s name

Year of registration

Key issue impairing access to a court

Case-law

Facts and relevant information

1368/25

04/12/2024

GRETA, PAT

1995

prohibitive cost of the proceedings and/or unavailability of legal aid

Kreuz v. Poland , no. 28249/95, §§ 52-67, ECHR 2001-VI, Malahov v. Moldova , no. 32268/02, §§ 31-36, 7 June 2007, Teltronic ‑ CATV v. Poland , no. 48140/99, §§ 50-64, 10 January 2006, Nalbant and Others v. Turkey , no. 59914/16, §§ 32-47,

3 May 2022

By a decision of 10/07/2024 in commercial proceedings concerning a debt recovery, the Commercial Court of Donetsk Region dismissed the applicant company’s request for deferral of the court fee of 1,173,429.67 Ukrainian hryvnias (approximately 25,775 euros) based on its alleged lack of funds and returned its request for review the final decision of the Commercial Court of Donetsk Region of 27/02/2024 under newly established circumstances. This decision was upheld on appeal on 16/09/2024. On 07/10/2024 the Supreme Court refused to open proceedings.