CEDH · CASELAW;DECISIONS;ADMISSIBILITYCOM;ENG — 23 octobre 2012

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De Gaetano, judges, and Fatoş Aracı, Deputy Section Registrar, Having regard to the appended applications, communicated as part of the grouped communication Tsochev and 15 other applications v. Bulgaria (no.   45334/06 and others), Having regard to the formal declarations accepting a friendly settlement of the cases, Having deliberated, decides as follows: PROCEDURE The applicants are Bulgarian nationals whose names and dates of birth are specified in the appended table. Some of the applicants were legally represented. The legal representatives involved were Mr A. Atanasov, Ms   G. Chernicherska, Mr K. Bakov, Mr V. Stoyanov. Mr M. Ekimdzhiev, Ms K. Boncheva, Mr D. Mitkov, Ms S. Vasileva, Ms S. Raycheva, Ms   D.   Tsoncheva and Mr D. Kolev. The Bulgarian Government (“the Government”) were represented by their Agent, Ms M. Dimova, of the Ministry of Justice. The essential information as to the length of the proceedings in which the applicants were involved is indicated in the appended table. On 26 March 2012 the President of the Fourth Section decided to communicate the applicants’ complaints under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention concerning the length of criminal proceedings and in some cases the complaints under Article 13 of the Convention concerning the lack of effective remedies in relation to the length of the proceedings. THE LAW The Court considers that in accordance with Rule 42 § 1 of the Rules of Court, the applications should be joined, given their common legal background. On various dates (see table below) the Court received friendly settlement declarations signed by the parties under which the applicants agreed to waive any further claims against Bulgaria in respect of the facts giving rise to these applications against an undertaking by the Government to pay them sums, which will cover any and all damage, as well as costs and expenses, where applicable, plus any tax that may be chargeable, to be converted into the national currency of the respondent State at the rate applicable on the date of payment. The sums would be payable within three months from the date of notification of the decision taken by the Court pursuant to Article   37 § 1 of the European Convention on Human Rights. In the event of failure to pay these sums within the said three-month period, the Government undertook to pay simple interest on them from 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. These payments would constitute the final resolution of the cases. The Court takes note of the friendly settlements reached between the parties. It is satisfied that the settlements are based on respect for human rights as defined in the Convention and its Protocols and finds no reason 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.   Fatoş Aracı   George Nicolaou   Deputy Registrar   President Appendix   No. Application no. Lodged on Applicant’s name, year of birth, place of residence Beginning and end of the domestic proceedings Subject matter of domestic proceedings Length of proceedings and instances concerned Communicated complaints Date of applicant friendly settlement declaration Date of Government’s friendly settlement declaration Friendly settlement sums (in euros) 1. 45334/06 31/10/2006 Lyubcho Petrov TSOCHEV 20/12/1950 Plovdiv 22/04/1999 – 18/05/2006 (date on which the first-instance court judgment became final) Criminal proceedings for embezzlement 7 years (one level of jurisdiction) Art. 6 § 1 (length of proceedings)   Art. 13 (lack of effective remedies in respect of length) 17 May 2012 20 September 2012 2,000 2. 48595/06 30/10/2006 Krasimir Borisov SLAVCHEV 19/10/1970 Plovdiv   Dimitar Asenov KOSTADINOV 03/10/1969 Plovdiv   Rashko Mitkov KOSTADINOV 04/08/1964 Plovdiv 07/09/1992 ratification of the Convention by Bulgaria (for the first and second applicant)   24/10/2000 (for the third applicant)   Until 26/05/2006 (discontinuation) Criminal proceedings for theft 13 years and 8   months (one level of jurisdiction) for the first and second applicants   5 years and 7   months (one level of jurisdiction) for the third applicant Art. 6 § 1 (length of proceedings)   Art. 13 (lack of effective remedies in respect of length) 23 May 2012 20 September 2012 4,200 for the first applicant   4,300 jointly to second and third applicants 3. 18539/07 11/04/2007 Atanas Ivanov TODOROV 06/07/1977 Stryama 11/07/1995 – 6/11/2006 (out of court agreement) Criminal proceedings for theft 11 years and 3   months (one level of jurisdiction) Art. 6 § 1 (length of proceedings)   Art. 13 (lack of effective remedies in respect of length) 21 May 2012 20 September 2012 2,900 4. 25115/07 02/05/2007 Velichko Grozdanov DIMITROV 02/11/1971 Ognyanovo 26/09/1996 – 2/11/2006 Criminal proceedings for rape 10 years and 1   month (two levels of jurisdiction) Art. 6 § 1 (length of proceedings)   Art. 13 (lack of effective remedies in respect of length) 21 May 2012 20 September 2012 1,500 5. 55398/07 28/11/2007 Vasil Kamenov MIHAYLOV 25/02/1978 Kremikovtsi   Milcho Milchev KRASTEV 25/07/1976 Kremikovtsi 1/10/1996 – 4/06/2007 Criminal proceedings for murder 10 years and 8   months (three levels of jurisdiction) Art. 6 § 1 (length of proceedings)   Art. 13 (lack of effective remedies in respect of length) 17 May 2012 20 September 2012 2,750 per applicant 6. 7835/08 12/12/2007 Orlin Todorov LILKOV 21/12/1958 Elin Pelin 1/10/2001 – 14/06/2007 (discontinuation) Criminal proceedings for breach of official duties 5 years and 8   months (pre-trial proceedings) Art. 6 § 1 (length of proceedings) 11 May 2012 20 September 2012 1,500 7. 7951/08 28/12/2007 Vasil Todorov VASILEV 07/08/1967 Sliven   28/04/2001 (date when officially informed of charges) – 9/7/2007 Criminal proceedings for breach of official duties 6 years and 2   months (three levels of jurisdiction) Art. 6 § 1 (length of proceedings) 14 May 2012 20 September 2012 450 8. 12365/08 09/01/2008 Vasil Marinov KALCHEV 16/12/1972 Gurmazovo 19/04/1999 – 14/11/2007 (out of court agreement) Criminal proceedings for theft 8 years and 6   months (one level of jurisdiction) Art. 6 § 1 (length of proceedings)   Art. 13 (lack of effective remedies in respect of length) 22 May 2012 20 September 2012 2,500 9. 17291/08 04/02/2008 Ventsislav Stoyanov DINCHEV 01/07/1977 Pazardzhik 19/05/1999 – 29/02/2008 (out of court agreement) Criminal proceedings for theft 8 years and 9   months (one level of jurisdiction) Art. 6 § 1 (length of proceedings)   Art. 13 (lack of effective remedies in respect of length) 3 May 2012 20 September 2012 2,500 10. 19739/08 25/03/2008 Yuliy Krumov EFREMOV 21/07/1935 Sofia 19/11/1993 – 23/11/2007 (date on which the discontinuation decision entered into force) Criminal proceedings for embezzlement 14 years (one level of jurisdiction) Art. 6 § 1 (length of proceedings)   Art. 13 (lack of effective remedies in respect of length) 23 May 2012 20 September 2012 5,500 11. 20271/08 13/03/2008 Stanislav Ivanov KRASTEV 01/12/1975 Pazardzhik   Milan Ivanov KRASTEV 20/06/1970 Pazardzhik 23/07/1997 (first applicant)   3/11/1997 (second applicant)   Until: Pending as of 26/09/2008 (applicants’ last correspondence to the Court) Criminal proceedings for theft 11 years and 2   months (one level of jurisdiction) for the first applicant   10 years and 10   months (one level of jurisdiction) for the second applicant Art. 6 § 1 (length of proceedings)   Art. 13 (lack of effective remedies in respect of length) 15 May 2012 20 September 2012 2,500 jointly 12. 30315/08 21/05/2008 Stoyan Yordanov PETROV 24/09/1953 Sofia 30/04/1996 – 29/11/2007 (date on which the first-instance court judgment became final) Criminal proceedings for fraud 11 years and 7   months (one level of jurisdiction) Art. 6 § 1 (length of proceedings)   Art. 13 (lack of effective remedies in respect of length) 21 May 2012 20 September 2012 5,900 13. 30718/08 3/05/2008 Lilyana Petrova KRIVENCHEVA 25/10/1942 Plovdiv 04/04/1995 – 14/02/2008 Criminal proceedings for breach of official duties 12 years and 10   months (three levels of jurisdiction) Art. 6 § 1 (length of proceedings) 17 May 2012 20 September 2012 4,200 14. 34003/08 27/05/2008 Kostadin Nikolov BAHCHEVANSKI 27/06/1941 Plovdiv 01/03/1994 – 27/12/2007 Criminal proceedings for issuing a false official document 13 years and 9   months (three levels of jurisdiction) Art. 6 § 1 (length of proceedings)   Art. 13 (lack of effective remedies in respect of length) 8 May 2012 20 September 2012 3,500