CEDH · CASELAW;DECISIONS;ADMISSIBILITYCOM;ENG — 17 décembre 2020

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The applicants’ complaints 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 court were communicated to the Polish Government (“the Government”). THE LAW Having regard to the similar subject matter of the applications, the Court finds it appropriate to examine them jointly in a single decision. The Government informed the Court that they proposed to make unilateral declarations with a view to resolving the issues raised by these complaints. They further requested the Court to strike out the applications in accordance with Article   37 of the Convention. In each application the Government acknowledged a violation of Article   6   §   1 on account of the excessive length of proceedings, as well as a violation of Article 13 on account of the lack of an effective remedy. They offered to pay the applicants the amounts detailed in the appended table and invited the Court to strike the applications out of the list of cases in accordance with Article   37 §   1   (c) of the Convention. The amounts would be payable within three months from the date of notification of the Court’s decision. In the event of failure to pay these amounts within the above-mentioned three-month period, the Government undertook to pay simple interest on them, from the 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. 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 payment will constitute the final resolution of the cases. The applicants were sent the terms of the Government’s unilateral declarations several weeks before the date of this decision. The Court has not received a response from the applicants accepting the terms of the declarations. The Court observes that Article   37 §   1   (c) enables it 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”. Thus, it may strike out applications 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 cases to be continued (see, in particular, the Tahsin Acar v.   Turkey judgment (preliminary objections) [GC], no.   26307/95, §§   75 ‑ 77, ECHR 2003-VI). The Court has established clear and extensive case-law concerning complaints relating to the excessive length of civil and criminal proceedings and the lack of effective remedy (see, for example, Rutkowski and Others   v.   Poland , nos. 72287/10 and 2 others, §§ 160 and 186, 7 July 2015, with further references). Noting 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 against Poland – the Court considers that it is no longer justified to continue the examination of the applications (Article   37 §   1   (c) of the Convention; see also the conclusions reached in the first group of cases submitted in the pilot-judgment procedure, Załuska and Rogalska v. Poland and 398 other applications (dec.), nos. 53491/10 and 72286/10, §§   48-55, 20 June 2017). In the light of the above considerations, 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 ). Finally, the Court emphasises that, should the Government fail to comply with the terms of their unilateral declarations, the applications may be restored to the list in accordance with Article   37 §   2 of the Convention (see Josipović v.   Serbia (dec.), no.   18369/07, 4   March 2008). 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; Takes note of the terms of the respondent Government’s declarations and of the arrangements for ensuring compliance with the undertakings referred to therein; Decides to strike the applications out of its list of cases in accordance with Article   37 §   1   (c) of the Convention. Done in English and notified in writing on 21 January 2021.   Liv Tigerstedt   Linos-Alexandre Sicilianos   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 the lack of an effective remedy in domestic law) No. Application no. Date of introduction Applicant’s name Year of birth Representative’s name and location Date of receipt of Government’s declaration Date of receipt of applicant’s comments, if any Amount awarded for pecuniary and non-pecuniary damage and costs and expenses per applicant (in Polish Zloty PLN) [1]     59790/17 09/08/2017 Marcin HOFFMAN 1971 Ponikiewski Patryk Bielsko – Biała 17/06/2020 06/08/2020 27,820     60071/17 09/08/2017 Mirosława LORAJ 1961 Cichoń Zbigniew Kraków 17/06/2020 07/08/2020 40,560     69071/17 08/09/2017 Łukasz DUDEK 1983     17/06/2020 27/07/2020 12,600     72120/17 26/09/2017 Alicja KUŚNIEREK 1951     17/06/2020 24/07/2020 26,820     59/18 14/12/2017 Grzegorz DEPTUCH 1972     25/06/2020 14/09/2020 3,040     1374/18 22/01/2018 Rafał JARNO 1990     25/06/2020 10/08/2020 8,890     2560/18 30/12/2017 Janina MITAL 1932 Słupska-Uczkiewicz Bogdana Wrocław 25/06/2020 16/10/2020 12,230     5564/18 22/01/2018 Włodzimierz SŁOWIŃSKI 1956     25/06/2020 12/08/2020 11,860     6921/18 18/12/2017 Włodzimierz SŁOWIŃSKI 1956         25/06/2020 21/09/2020 19,640   904/19 13/12/2018 Henryk KORPYTA 1962     17/06/2020 10/08/2020 10,600   7797/19 16/01/2019 Jakub Rafał ZAIC 1962     25/06/2020 03/09/2020 13,000   13231/19 06/03/2019 Piotr SZMIDT 1973 Lipski Marcin Gdańsk 17/06/2020 14/08/2020 19,840   13238/19 06/03/2019 Małgorzata SZMIDT 1953 Lipski Marcin Gdańsk 17/06/2020 14/08/2020 19,840   21410/19 13/04/2019 Włodzimierz SŁOWIŃSKI 1956     17/06/2020 20/07/2020 6,240   [1] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.