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

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Chrzanowska, and subsequently by 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 February, 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. THE LAW 6.     Having regard to the similar subject matter of the applications, the Court finds it appropriate to examine them jointly in a single decision. A.     Articles 6 § 1 and 13 of the Convention 7.     On various dates in 2018 sixty applicants indicated that they were not satisfied with the terms of the unilateral declarations. The remaining fifteen applicants made no comments on the Government’s unilateral declarations. 8.     The Court reiterates that Article 37 of the Convention provides that it may at any stage of the proceedings decide to strike an application out of its list of cases where the circumstances lead to one of the conclusions specified, under (a), (b) or (c) of paragraph 1 of that Article. Article   37   §   1   (c) enables the Court in particular to strike a case out of its list if: “for any other reason established by the Court, it is no longer justified to continue the examination of the application”. 9.     It also reiterates that in certain circumstances, it may strike out an application under Article 37 § 1 (c) on the basis of a unilateral declaration by a respondent Government even if the applicants wish the examination of the case to be continued. 10.     To this end, the Court has examined the declarations in the light of the principles emerging from its case-law, in particular the Tahsin Acar judgment ( Tahsin Acar v. Turkey (preliminary objections) [GC], no.   26307/95, §§ 75-77, ECHR 2003-VI; WAZA Sp. z o.o. v. Poland (dec.), no.   11602/02, 26 June 2007; and Sulwińska v. Poland (dec.), no.   28953/03, 18   September   2007). 11.     The conclusions reached by the Court on admissions and undertakings contained in the Government’s declarations in the first group of 400 cases submitted in the pilot-judgment procedure apply to the present case (see Załuska and Rogalska v. Poland and 398 other applications (dec.), nos. 53491/10 and 72286/10, §§ 51-53, 20 June 2017). 12.     Having regard to the nature of the admissions contained in the Government’s declarations, as well as the amount of compensation proposed – which is consistent with the amounts awarded in similar cases – the Court considers that it is no longer justified to continue the examination of the applications (Article 37 § 1 (c)). 13.     Moreover, in light of the above considerations, and in particular given the clear and extensive case-law on the topic, the Court is satisfied that respect for human rights as defined in the Convention and the Protocols thereto does not require it to continue the examination of the applications (Article 37 § 1 in fine ). 14.     Finally, the Court emphasises that, should the Government fail to comply with the terms of their unilateral declarations, the applications could be restored to the list in accordance with Article 37 § 2 of the Convention ( Josipović v. Serbia (dec.), no. 18369/07, 4 March 2008). 15.     In view of the above, it is appropriate to strike the cases out of the list in their part concerning the complaints under Articles 6 § 1 and 13 of the Convention. B.     Other alleged violations of the Convention 16.     The twenty-seven applicants indicated in the attached Appendix also raised a number of complains under other Articles of the Convention. 17.     Having regard to the facts of the case, the Government’s declarations, and its decision to strike out the complaints under Articles   6 §   1 and 13 of the Convention, the Court considers that the main legal question raised in the present applications has been resolved. It concludes, therefore, that there is no need to give a separate ruling on the applicants’ remaining complaints (see, mutatis mutandis , Kamil Uzun v.   Turkey , no.   37410/97, §   64, 10 May 2007). For these reasons, the Court, unanimously, Decides to join the applications; Takes note of the terms of the respondent Government’s declaration under Articles 6 § 1 and 13 of the Convention and of the modalities for ensuring compliance with the undertakings referred to therein; Decides to strike the applications out of its list of cases in their part concerning the complaints under Articles 6 § 1 and 13 of the Convention in accordance with Article 37 § 1 (c) of the Convention; Holds that there is no need to examine separately the remaining complaints. 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   Other complaints Amount proposed in Unilateral Declaration 1 32267/13 29/04/2013 Rafał ZYCH 19/03/1976 Barczewo     Yes PLN 15,440 2 9823/14 22/01/2014 Piotr PAKIEŁA 31/07/1978 Ciechanów     Yes PLN 10,480 3 7970/15 03/02/2015 Ryszard BOGUCKI 27/04/1969 Herby   Emilia MĄDRECKA Yes PLN 34,730 4 10899/15 23/06/2015 Zbigniew ŚWIĄTCZAK 21/03/1964 Sieradz         Yes PLN 4,680 5 12464/15 03/03/2015 Marzena GRZEGORCZYK 20/06/1961 Warszawa   Paweł OLEJNICZEK Yes PLN 9,290 6 17347/15 10/11/2015 Tomasz HIRSCH 23/03/1974 Lublin     No PLN 9,080 7 23482/15 17/07/2015 Leszek ORŁOWSKI 26/06/1977 Poznań     No PLN 3,820 8 27589/15 28/05/2015 Arkadiusz WARZYCHA 12/01/1965 Kłobuck     No PLN 8,000 9 34030/15 19/06/2015 Filip Andrzej WEINBERG 10/07/1984 Iława   Anna Weronika TETKOWSKA No PLN 10,080 10 40337/15 07/08/2015 Tomasz BŁASIK 18/07/1974 Kamińsk     No PLN 15,290 11 42073/15 22/10/2015 Krzysztof SOCIK 17/07/1987 Stara Huta     Yes PLN 6,240 12 46824/15 07/09/2015 Seweryn NIEDŹWIADEK 11/02/1985 Lublin     No PLN 12,230 13 49169/15 22/12/2015 Jan DYTRYCH 24/07/1949 Legionowo     Yes PLN 10,160 14 50832/15 07/10/2015 Adam WYSOCKI 24/09/1967 Barczewo     No PLN 12,480 15 52137/15 30/03/2016 Robert CIEŚLAK 01/06/1977 Warszawa     Yes PLN 18,720 16 53344/15 19/10/2015 Anna GALAS-NIEDŹWIEDŹ 11/04/1961 Wroclaw     Yes PLN 6,120 17 57548/15 10/06/2011 Maciej LUBIŃSKI 11/04/1967 Warszawa   Jolanta TURCZYNOWICZ-KIERYŁŁO No PLN 8,890 18 57636/15 10/06/2011 Remigiusz MINDA 05/05/1959 Warszawa   Jolanta TURCZYNOWICZ-KIERYŁŁO No PLN 8,890 19 58375/15 16/11/2015 Ryszard WIELOCHA 06/08/1944 Koszalin   Tomasz Janusz PSIUCH No PLN 40,560 20 59362/15 20/11/2015 Ernest UJAZDA 03/10/1968 Warszawa       PLN 6,240 21 60336/15 25/11/2015 Krzysztof MASZTALSKI 04/11/1967 Ruda Śląska     No PLN 9,570 22 60915/15 24/11/2015 Jacek KARABIOWSKI 05/07/1986 Lublin   Emilia KARABIOWSKA No PLN 6,050 23 61071/15 04/12/2015 Andrzej MAKOWSKI 30/11/1974 Siemianowice Śląskie   Olga LEŚNIK No PLN 26,680 24 62967/15 04/12/2015 Kamil OLSZEWSKI 19/01/1988 Kamińsk     No PLN 3,610 25 1306/16 19/12/2015 Władysław PAWLIKOWSKI 15/01/1972 Świętochłowice     No PLN 7,800 26 1986/16 29/12/2015 Piotr SKUTNIK 23/10/1987 Warszawa     Yes PLN 11,600 27 4806/16 14/01/2016 Mariusz PAWELCZYK 03/05/1989 Korsze     No PLN 16,510 28 5579/16 19/01/2016 Adam Władysław SIKORSKI 27/10/2005 Częstochowa   Jacek BĘDKOWSKI No PLN 7,640 29 8165/16 02/02/2016 Krzysztof Maciej KISSON 20/05/1960 Warszawa     Yes PLN 18,850 30 8855/16 02/02/2016 Małgorzata WORHACH 30/06/1960 Boynton Beach     No PLN 16,500 31 10825/16 12/02/2016 Jarosław CZEREDYS 28/08/1964 Warszawa     No PLN 12,110 32 10881/16 01/04/2016 Janina GURBAŁA 15/08/1928 Kraków     Yes PLN 7,020 33 12151/16 02/02/2016 Artur ŁOŃSKI 13/08/1977 Warszawa     No PLN 17,780 34 13524/16 24/02/2016 Artur ŁOŃSKI 13/08/1977 Warszawa     No PLN 8,800 35 13571/16 03/03/2016 Grzegorz JAROWICZ 28/10/1978 Międzyrzecz     No PLN 7,800 36 15322/16 08/03/2016 Stefan LIBAN 15/03/1946 London     No PLN 15,400 37 15867/16 14/03/2016 Włodzimierz SŁOWIŃSKI 30/07/1956 Błonie     Yes PLN 5,720 38 16239/16 17/03/2016 Zbigniew GAGAT 25/12/1964 Chorzów     No PLN 8,890 39 16852/16 18/03/2016 Mirosław TKACZYK 09/01/1970 Katowice     Yes PLN 7,020 40 19609/16 24/03/2016 Maciej Jerzy DOBROWOLSKI 03/01/1978 Warszawa   Michal KOROLCZUK No PLN 7,570 41 24018/16 23/04/2016 Artur ZARZYCKI 19/03/1977 Warszawa     No PLN 10,370 42 25894/16 27/04/2016 Wojciech Janusz KUCHARSKI 23/03/1986 Chełm     No PLN 4,240 43 26274/16 30/06/2016 Łukasz GRUDA 29/01/1981 Rosdorf     No PLN 6,360 44 27241/16 04/05/2016 Włodzimierz SŁOWIŃSKI 30/07/1956 Błonie     Yes PLN 9,360 45 32534/16 01/06/2016 Piotr MIROŃCZUK 03/06/1969 Włodawa     No PLN 16,220 46 34133/16 10/06/2016 Włodzimierz SŁOWIŃSKI 30/07/1956 Błonie     Yes PLN 6,360 48 36820/16 20/06/2016 Gabriela KOPROWICZ 06/11/1989 Lubaczów   Joanna GRABOWIECKA Yes PLN 3,900 49 37336/16 14/06/2016 Robert SMARDZEWSKI 14/06/1975 Lublin     No PLN 6,240 50 39113/16 29/06/2016 Włodzimierz ARCIUCH 11/08/1986 Siedlce     No PLN 7,360 51 44876/16 18/07/2016 Andrzej GNAŚ 13/07/1963 Chełm     No PLN 16,220 52 46125/16 02/08/2016 Wiesław TARASIUK 12/12/1959 Chełm     No PLN 10,170 53 48228/16 10/08/2016 Tomasz STODOLSKI 12/01/1976 Gdańsk     No PLN 7,800 54 51097/16 18/08/2016 Michał SKIBIŃSKI 26/03/1989 Gdańsk   Marcin LIPSKI Yes PLN 17,970 55 51217/16 23/08/2016 Jacek SZEWCZYK 29/01/1965 Tomaszów Mazowiecki     No PLN 28,320 56 51853/16 17/08/2016 Edmund PUZDROWSKI 25/01/1956 Choczewo     No PLN 4,240 57 54130/16 07/09/2016 Grzegorz Michał SMOGORZEWSKI 12/01/1971 Warszawa     No PLN 3,240 58 56011/16 05/12/2015 Włodzimierz SŁOWIŃSKI 30/07/1956 Błonie     Yes PLN 16,720 60 60429/16 03/10/2016 Maria WOJCIECHOWSKA 25/12/1951 Warszawa   Yes PLN 7,800 61 63055/16 18/10/2016 Artur KOWALCZYK 09/07/1971 Warszawa     No PLN 29,200 62 63097/16 21/10/2016 Artur KUJAWA 18/08/1971 Warszawa     No PLN 15,600 63 65996/16 05/11/2016 Ryszard KORBAS 26/12/1953 Słubice     Yes PLN 18,720 64 70694/16 17/01/2017 Danuta GRABSKA 10/07/1964 Radłów   Zbigniew CICHOŃ No PLN 28,080 65 70971/16 17/11/2016 Janusz PALIAN 20/10/1962 Jaworzno     No PLN 6,250 66 76691/16 28/11/2016 Piotr PIECHALAK 24/03/1973 Chorzów     No PLN 31,200 67 77315/16 28/11/2016 Krzysztof MAĆKIEWICZ 21/01/1988 Warszawa     Yes PLN 4,200 68 1269/17 27/12/2016 Jarosław MATEJUK 24/09/1968 Ruda Huta     No PLN 16,220 69 1537/17 07/12/2016 Adam ZIMNY 09/06/1946 Kraków     No PLN 2,340 70 6438/17 13/01/2017 Przemysław OSIŃSKI 21/01/1973 Gdańsk   No PLN 17,840 71 12664/17 23/01/2017 Kazimierz IWANKIEWICZ 06/09/1949 Lipiany   Yes PLN 11,520 72 21324/17 10/03/2017 Janusz NIEĆKO 09/01/1957 Łęczna       No PLN 30,580 73 27925/17 04/04/2017 Helena MRÓZ 04/07/1933 Bydgoszcz   Dorota KALINOWSKA Yes PLN 4,680 74 29534/17 29/03/2017 Andrzej MUSZYŃSKI 27/10/1984 Zamość     No PLN 6,000 75 33391/17 26/04/2017 Adam KAZIMIERCZUK 11/03/1962 Płock     No PLN 16,390 76 34241/17 26/04/2017 Marcin URBANEK 01/08/1976 Strzelce Opolskie     Yes PLN 4,240 77 38893/17 19/05/2017 Jan ROSSA 13/04/1955 Mirków   Yes PLN 3,820