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

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The applicants’ complaints under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention concerning the excessive length of civil proceedings as well as the complaints in some of the applications under Article 13 of the Convention, concerning the lack of an effective remedy, were communicated to the Romanian Government (“the Government”). THE LAW A.     Joinder of the applications 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 civil proceedings) 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. Those applicants who replied to the Government’s observations disagreed with the preliminary objection of non-exhaustion of domestic remedies. 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). 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. 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.     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 raised in applications nos. 28975/16 and 43919/16. It follows that they are manifestly ill-founded and must be rejected in accordance with Article 35 §§ 3 (a) and 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 and Article 13 of the Convention (excessive length of civil proceedings and lack of an effective remedy)   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 Domestic court file number Other complaints under well-established case-law     35732/15 14/07/2015 Ludovic Bara 01/07/1934     07/06/2007   14/01/2015   7 years, 7 months and 10 days   3 levels of jurisdiction   4857/320/2007       37341/15 25/07/2015 Mihaela Adina Popescu 09/04/1961 Elena Martinescu Bucharest 03/05/2007   29/01/2015   7 years, 8 months and 29 days   3 levels of jurisdiction   4564/302/2007       37539/15 22/07/2015 Liviu Balint 30/06/1952 Marius Popoviciu Oradea 20/06/2007   06/07/2017   10 years and 19 days   3 levels of jurisdiction   5232/271/2007**       40060/15 08/08/2015 (3 applicants) Ana Maria Alecsandrescu 17/12/1979 Elena Iordache 10/10/1951 Suzana Văru 04/06/1943     02/04/2004   26/11/2014   10 years, 7 months and 27 days   3 levels of jurisdiction   21/212/2004       42754/15 29/07/2015 Marin Iliescu 08/04/1954     29/12/2008   30/01/2015   6 years, 1 month and 3 days   3 levels of jurisdiction   49854/3/2008       42788/15 21/09/2015 Iuliana Sălceanu 01/03/1944     09/02/2011   29/05/2015   4 years, 3 months and 18 days   2 levels of jurisdiction   15989/233/2011       43101/15 20/08/2015 Gyongyver-Ibolya Molnar 29/03/1967   Viorel Gorea Târgu-Mureş 21/09/2012   23/02/2015   2 years, 5 months and 3 days   1 level of jurisdiction   16803/320/2014       46328/15 11/09/2015 Titu Petroșanu 25/11/1943 Olimpia Popescu Râmnicu Vâlcea 08/07/2008   26/03/2015   6 years, 8 months and 18 days   3 levels of jurisdiction   4089/90/2012       49731/15 06/10/2015 Constantin Dumitru 15/03/1937 Dumitra Daon Constanţa 13/03/2006   09/03/2015   8 years, 11 months and 28 days   2 levels of jurisdiction   6231/118/2006     50562/15 28/08/2015 Roza Șutru 08/11/1940     09/07/2010   15/05/2015   4 years, 10 months and 7 days   2 levels of jurisdiction   2775/1748/2008     56211/15 05/11/2015 Stana Bădan 17/05/1943     20/11/2012   11/06/2015   2 years, 6 months and 20 days   1 level of jurisdiction     10538/215/2015     11073/16 17/02/2016 Ioan Mihăilă Born   :10/12/1936 Deceased: 22/01/2017   Proceedings pursued by heir Maria Vasiescu 27/03/1945 Paul Rusu Târgu-Mureş 17/11/2003   10/03/2016   12 years, 3 months and 25 days   2 levels of jurisdiction   15084/320/2013     17443/16 24/03/2016 Gheorghe Paina 07/12/1948 Mircea Traian Golea Oradea 26/07/2011   03/11/2015   4 years, 3 months and 10 days 2 levels of jurisdiction   9495/111/2011           24147/16 15/04/2016 Ghiță Costan 15/02/1958     01/06/2009   15/10/2015   6 years, 4 months and 15 days   3 levels of jurisdiction   4529/190/2009     28378/16 12/05/2016 Viorica-Torii Caciuc 10/05/1971     02/09/2008   27/01/2016   7 years, 4 months and 26 days   3 levels of jurisdiction   9772/233/2008     28975/16 17/05/2016 Vasile Soare 04/08/1959 Graziela Bârlă Bucharest 05/05/2006   18/11/2015   9 years, 6 months and 16 days   3 levels of jurisdiction     7267/280/2009* Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of civil proceedings.   41492/16 01/07/2016 Florin-Romeo Ciutacu 24/12/1972 Răzvan Ivănescu Galaţi 24/05/2011   25/02/2016   4 years, 9 months and 4 days 2 levels of jurisdiction   10695/233/2011     43919/16 18/07/2016 Monica Cosma 26/07/1972     30/03/2010   26/01/2016   5 years, 9 months and 29 days 2 levels of jurisdiction   1975/1748/2010 Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of civil proceedings.