CEDH · CASELAW;DECISIONS;ADMISSIBILITYCOM;ENG — 13 septembre 2018

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border:0.75pt solid #949494; padding:1.02pt 5.03pt; vertical-align:top }   FOURTH SECTION DECISION Application no. 5735/15 Florică IORDACHE against Romania and 17 other applications (see appended table)   The European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting on 13   September 2018 as a Committee composed of:   Georges Ravarani, President,   Marko Bošnjak,   Péter Paczolay, 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 observations submitted by the respondent Government and the observations in reply submitted by some of the applicants, Having deliberated, decides as follows: FACTS AND PROCEDURE 1.     The list of applicants is set out in the appended table. 2.     The applicants’ complaints under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention concerning the excessive length of criminal proceedings as well as the complaints in applications nos. 20720/15 and 22393/15 under Article 13 of the Convention, concerning the lack of an effective remedy, were communicated to the Romanian Government (“the Government”). Some applicants also raised other complaints under the provisions of the Convention. THE LAW A.     Joinder of the applications 3.     Having regard to the similar subject matter of the applications, the Court finds it appropriate to examine them jointly in a single decision. B.     Complaints under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention (excessive length of criminal proceedings) 4.     The Government pleaded non-exhaustion of domestic remedies under Article   35   §   1 of the Convention since the applicants had not pursued an action for tortious liability. 5.     Those applicants who replied to the Government’s observations disagreed with the preliminary objection of non-exhaustion of domestic remedies. 6.     The Government also raised other preliminary objections. However, the Court will not pursue these objections, as it considers that the complaints are in any event inadmissible for the reasons set out below. 7.     In the case of Brudan v. Romania (no. 75717/14, §   68, 10   April   2018), the Court held that following its judgment in the case of Vlad and Others v. Romania (nos. 40756/06 and 2   others, 26   November   2013), the action for tortious liability had been included by the domestic courts as an effective remedy to complain about the excessive length of proceedings, before both criminal and civil courts in Romania. In Brudan (cited above), the Court also found that the High Court for Cassation and Justice’s judgment of 30 January 2014, which consolidated the domestic case-law on actions for tortious liability, had acquired a sufficient level of certainty on 22 March 2015. It therefore concluded that this remedy must be exhausted, as of that date, for the purposes of Article   35   §   1 of the Convention (see Brudan , cited above, § 88). 8.     The present applications were all lodged with the Court after 22   March   2015 (see the appended table) and the applicants were therefore required by Article 35 § 1 of the Convention to avail themselves of this domestic remedy (see Brudan , cited above, § 89). It appears from the case files that the applicants have not lodged actions for tortious liability before the domestic courts, or have failed to provide the Court with a final decision rendered by the competent court in such proceedings. 9.     Accordingly, the Government’s objection of failure to exhaust domestic remedies must be upheld. It follows that these complaints must be rejected as inadmissible, pursuant to Article 35 §§ 1 and 4 of the Convention. C.     Complaint under Article 13 of the Convention 10.     In applications nos. 20720/15 and 22393/15, the applicants also raised complaints under Article 13 of the Convention. Given that the applicants’ complaints under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention have been rejected for non-exhaustion of domestic remedies, no issue arises in relation to the applicants’ complaints under Article 13. It follows that they are manifestly ill-founded and must be rejected in accordance with Article   35   §§   3   (a) and 4 of the Convention. D.     Remaining complaints 11.     In applications nos.   21070/15, 23221/15, 31263/15, 38876/15, 42268/15 and 44908/15 the applicants also raised other complaints under various articles of the Convention. 12.     The Court has examined the applications listed in the appended table and considers that, in the light of all the material in its possession and in so far as the matters complained of are within its competence, these complaints either do not meet the admissibility criteria set out in Articles 34 and 35 of the Convention or do not disclose any appearance of a violation of the rights and freedoms enshrined in the Convention or the Protocols thereto. 13.     It follows that this part of the applications must be rejected in accordance with Article 35 § 4 of the Convention. For these reasons, the Court, unanimously, Decides to join the applications; Declares the applications inadmissible. Done in English and notified in writing on 4 October 2018.   Liv Tigerstedt   Georges Ravarani   Acting Deputy Registrar   President APPENDIX List of applications raising complaints under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention (excessive length of criminal proceedings) No. Application no. Date of introduction   Applicant’s name Date of birth   Representative’s name and location Start of proceedings End of proceedings Total length Levels of jurisdiction   Other complaints under well-established case-law     5735/15 08/04/2015 Florică Iordache 12/01/1966 Ileana Stoica, Bucharest 21/02/2001 28/02/2013 12 years and 8 days 3 levels of jurisdiction         19791/15 16/04/2015 Gheorghe Țepeș-Piser 04/08/1967     10/04/2009 21/10/2014 5 years and 6 months 2 levels of jurisdiction       19793/15 16/04/2015 Ioan Doboș 10/04/1963   10/04/2009 21/10/2014 5 years and 6 months 2 levels of jurisdiction         20720/15 21/04/2015 Felician Cotyso Străuț 04/04/1967   Teodora Cătălina Godîncă-Herlea, Cluj-Napoca 09/09/2002 21/10/2014 12 years and 1 month and 13 days 3 levels of jurisdiction Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law     21070/15 21/04/2015 Ioan Anton Dogaru 15/06/1953   25/01/2007 21/10/2014 7 years and 8 months and 27 days 3 levels of jurisdiction         22393/15 21/04/2015 Tudor-Valeriu Herlea 16/05/1956   Teodora Cătălina Godîncă-Herlea, Cluj-Napoca 09/09/2002 21/10/2014 12 years and 1 month and 13 days 3 levels of jurisdiction Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law     23221/15 07/05/2015 Laurian Iulian Lucaș 02/05/1974   Radu Liviu Chiriţă, Cluj-Napoca 26/05/2005 06/11/2014 9 years and 5 months and 12 days 3 levels of jurisdiction       23980/15 14/05/2015 Mihai Zerkula 05/08/1968     31/05/2005 17/12/2014 9 years and 6 months and 18 days 3 levels of jurisdiction       28225/15 02/06/2015 Flavius-Leonard Ioniță 26/01/1977     01/09/2006 12/06/2014 7 years and 9 months and 12 days 2 levels of jurisdiction     31246/15 17/06/2015 Constantin Buga 07/03/1986 George Bogdan Pocovnicu, Bacău   19/07/2007 19/12/2014 7 years and 5 months and 1 day 2 levels of jurisdiction     31263/15 13/06/2015 Ciprian State Hidişan 30/03/1974     27/09/2002 17/12/2014 12 years and 2 months and 21   days 3 levels of jurisdiction     31292/15 19/06/2015 Aurel Mailat 25/02/1986 George Bogdan Pocovnicu, Bacău   19/07/2007 19/12/2014 7 years and 5 months 2 levels of jurisdiction     38876/15 03/09/2015 Marius-Sebastian Leontiuc 03/07/1979   Laura Mirela Leontiuc, Timișoara 16/08/2008 11/03/2015 6 years and 6 months and 24 days 2 levels of jurisdiction     42268/15 12/08/2015 Sorin Corpodean 29/03/1965     16/04/2009 04/02/2015 5 years and 9 months and 20 days 2 levels of jurisdiction     43016/15 17/08/2015 Bogdan Neacșu 11/05/1977 Maria Emanuela Gruia, Bucharest   10/11/2009 20/02/2015 5 years and 3 months 2 levels of jurisdiction     44908/15 02/09/2015 Marilena Ristache 25/10/1968   Mihai-Adrian Hotca, Bucharest 08/01/2009 05/03/2015 6 years and 1 month and 26 days 3 levels of jurisdiction     54082/15 21/10/2015 Mache-Marian Gheorghiță 05/09/1966   Claudiu-Mihai Toma, Bucharest 03/12/2007 30/04/2015 7 years and 5 months 2 levels of jurisdiction     55981/15 28/10/2015 Nicolaie Costache 24/03/1956   Claudiu-Mihai Toma, Bucharest 03/12/2007   30/04/2015   7 years and 5 months 2 levels of jurisdiction