CEDH · CASELAW;DECISIONS;ADMISSIBILITYCOM;ENG — 18 décembre 2018

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Chrzanowska, and subsequently Mr J. Sobczak, of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 3.     All the applicants complained under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention about the excessive length of proceedings in their cases and under Article   13 of the Convention about the lack of, or insufficient, redress for the excessive length of proceedings granted to them by the national courts. 4.     The applications were communicated to the Government. 5.     By letters dated 22 June, 7 June and 9 July 2018 the Government informed the Court that they proposed to make declarations with a view to resolving the issues raised by the applications. In each case the Government acknowledged a violation of Article 6 § 1 on account of the excessive length of proceedings and violation of Article 13 on account of the lack of an effective remedy, securing sufficient redress for a violation of Article   6 §   1. They offered payment of sums specified in respect of each applicant in a table appended to their declarations. The Government further undertook to adopt a range of general measures in respect of other persons who were victims of similar violations or might be affected by similar violations in the future. The sums referred to above, which are specified in the appendix to the decision, are to cover any pecuniary and non-pecuniary damage as well as costs and expenses, will be free of any taxes that may be applicable. They will be payable within three months from the date of notification of the decision taken by the Court pursuant to Article 37 § 1 of the Convention. In the event of failure to pay these sums within the said three-month period, the Government undertook to pay simple interest on each of 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 periods plus three percentage points. In addition, the Government made a declaration on general measures to be adopted in implementation of the Rutkowski and Others pilot judgment (see Rutkowski and Others v. Poland , nos. 72287/10 and 2 others, 7 July 2015). They further requested the Court to strike out the applications in accordance with Article 37 of the Convention. 6.     On various dates in 2018 the Court received letters from the applicants informing the Court that they had all agreed to the terms of the Government’s declarations. THE LAW 7.     Having regard to the similar subject matter of the applications, the Court finds it appropriate to examine them jointly in a single decision. 8.     The Court finds that following the applicants’ express agreement to the terms of declarations made by the Government the cases should be treated as a friendly settlement between the parties. 9.     The Court has already examined the unilateral declarations submitted by the Government in the pilot-judgment procedure in the case Rutkowski and Others (cited above). It found that, in view of the amounts proposed by the Government in their unilateral declarations on the individual measures of redress, there have been no circumstances regarding respect for human rights as defined in the Convention and its Protocols which would require the continued examination of the cases where a   friendly settlement has been concluded (see Załuska and Rogalska v. Poland and 398 other applications (dec.), nos. 53491/10 and 72286/10, § 37, 20 June 2017). It has also been satisfied that, having regard to the general measures taken or to be taken in the future by the respondent Government, the settlement was based on “respect for human rights” as interpreted in the context of the pilot ‑ judgment procedure (see ibid , § 45). 10.     The same conclusions apply to the instant cases. The Court therefore 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 reasons to justify a   continued examination of the applications. 11.     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 pursuant to Article 39 of the Convention. Done in English and notified in writing on 24 January 2019.   Renata Degener   Ksenija Turković   Deputy Registrar   President Appendix   No. Application no. Lodged on Applicant Date of birth Place of residence Represented by Amount proposed in Unilateral Declaration   21667/13 19/03/2013 Grzegorz GAJOS 08/07/1975 Warsaw     PLN 15,870   30631/13 22/04/2013 Rafał Marcin ZABOROWSKI 23/06/1980 Łódź     PLN 11,860   33900/14 05/08/2014 Marek Adam WASYLKOWSKI 12/09/1969 Gdańsk     PLN 8,890   37428/15 21/07/2015 Czesław PACH 08/11/1959 Radłów Edyta KONKA PLN 27,520   41947/15 14/08/2015 Zbigniew RESZKA 28/12/1952 Warsaw   Natalia OŁOWSKA-CZAJKA PLN 21,840   43631/15 25/08/2015 Dariusz Artur SKOWRONEK 15/06/1966 Lublin     PLN 6,050   44691/15 02/09/2015 Paweł CHOROŚ 12/09/1975 Warsaw   Marta SKRZYMOWSKA PLN 17,980   3752/16 12/01/2016 Piotr TOMASZEWSKI 06/03/1987 Siedlce     PLN 15,410   7159/16 20/01/2016 Robert Zdzisław SZAMBOROWSKI 03/09/1974 Przytuły Stare   PLN 15,600              7254/16 29/01/2016 Andrzej Tadeusz PRZEWOSKI 10/10/1966 Kwidzyn     PLN 15,290              8071/16 04/02/2016 Marcin PODKAŃSKI 21/12/1985 Lublin     PLN 14,980              10949/16 08/02/2016 Bernard KNITTER 28/02/1938 Sopot   Mieczysław STEFAŃSKI 01/01/1951 Sopot   Józef ZAGUBIEŃ 08/09/1941 Gdańsk       PLN 40,560 to B. Knitter, PLN 40,560 to M. Stefański, PLN 40,560 to J. Zagubień              11004/16 05/02/2016 Andrzej Tadeusz PRZEWOSKI 10/10/1966 Kwidzyn     PLN 29,660              11893/16 12/02/2016 Michał CHOJECKI 10/11/1988 Rzekuń     PLN 5,630              12089/16 26/02/2016 Marzena Katarzyna SKŁUCKA 27/04/1966 Wien     PLN 44,460              13103/16 20/04/2016 Sebastian KOWALSKI 05/06/1991 Sztum     PLN 4,240              13240/16 29/02/2016 Janusz GUZIK 18/02/1965 Łęczyca     PLN 10,380              17441/16 09/03/2016 Krzysztof DUTKIEWICZ 30/06/1982 Dubliny     PLN 16,720              20969/16 17/05/2016 Przemysław JORDAN 23/01/1982 Katowice     PLN 15,280              23596/16 21/04/2016 Grzegorz SUSKI 29/09/1959 Gdańsk   Marcin LIPSKI PLN 44,870              23634/16 22/04/2016 Dominik MROZIŃSKI 10/01/1984 Tarnobrzeg   Sebastian MROZIŃSKI PLN 20,280              23874/16 21/04/2016 Cezary KOWALCZYK 08/04/1978 Lublin     Sebastian KOTUŁA PLN 12,360              23897/16 18/04/2016 Jan PRZYWARA 21/12/1959 Gdańsk     PLN 42,370              26288/16 31/05/2016 Marcin PAZIO 14/11/1985 Siedlce     PLN 21,400              28055/16 16/05/2016 Andrzej WŁODARCZYK 24/12/1970 Strzelce Opolskie     PLN 9,270              31163/16 24/06/2016 Dariusz MIKULSKI 02/10/1983 Warsaw     PLN 3,740              31989/16 30/05/2016 Waldemar CZYŻ 19/07/1972 Żółtańce Kolonia     PLN 16,220              32677/16 29/06/2016 Norbert DWORAKOWSKI 09/10/1964 Hajnówka     PLN 10,590              36439/16 05/09/2016 Grzegorz Jacek SKOWROŃSKI 10/05/1975 Brzeg   Jolanta GRUDZIEŃ PLN 8,900              38899/16 07/10/2016 Arkadiusz KRUCZEK 18/04/1973 Gdańsk     PLN 24,460              39510/16 23/06/2016 Karol PIŁAT 12/05/1988 Lublin     PLN 7,800              43382/16 29/08/2016 Krzysztof SKRZYPEK 20/08/1965 Kamińsk     PLN 34,320              43776/16 20/07/2016 Konrad KOSOWSKI 19/01/1981 Konstancin-Jeziorna     PLN 10,380              48262/16 08/08/2016 Jacek WOŁOSZCZUK 29/06/1966 Chełm     PLN 10,170              52298/16 29/08/2016 Małgorzata ŁEPIK-SZOSTAK 25/12/1967 Chełm     PLN 13,190              53555/16 30/08/2016 Marek PRZYWARA 12/02/1961 Gdańsk   Marcin LIPSKI PLN 51,450              54057/16 06/09/2016 Mirosław Stanisław KAWALEC 13/10/1967 Dorohusk     PLN 10,170              55205/16 15/09/2016 Jarosław Sławomir KUCIŃSKI 25/08/1996 Chełm     PLN 16,220              57263/16 20/09/2016 Andrzej BETIUK 22/11/1966 Chełm     PLN 16,220              58288/16 28/09/2016 Jarosław SOKOŁOWSKI 03/07/1969 Chełm     PLN 16,220              60112/16 24/11/2016 Przemysław MISZTA 05/12/1979 Nowogród Bobrzański   PLN 12,480              77767/16 09/12/2016 Łukasz TYBULCZUK 15/04/1991 Warsaw Monika GĄSIOROWSKA PLN 15,730              78947/16 03/12/2016 Krzysztof CIEMIŃSKI 05/03/1987 Warsaw     PLN 15,580              3004/17 05/01/2017 Mariusz WITAN 03/10/1982 Warsaw   Anna IMBIRSKA PLN 15,720              10438/17 10/01/2017 Robert RAKOWSKI 15/06/1974 Żytkowice     PLN 26,410              18745/17 03/03/2017 Grzegorz LUCHOWSKI 18/07/1971 Chełm     PLN 16,220              25261/17 27/03/2017 Szymon MACIUSZONEK 27/10/1967 Warsaw   Piotr KAWALEC PLN 35,200              26121/17 29/03/2017 Filip GAWRYSZEWSKI 23/04/1989 Warsaw   Natalia SERWIŃSKA PLN 8,470              26124/17 29/03/2017 Leszek BŁASZCZAK 02/05/1988 Warsaw Natalia SERWIŃSKA PLN 8,470              27241/17 29/03/2017 Jakub WROŃSKI 15/06/1984 Warsaw   PLN 15,720              33541/17 26/04/2017 Emil GAŁECKI 14/11/1982 Warsaw     PLN 7,410