CEDH · CASELAW;DECISIONS;ADMISSIBILITYCOM;ENG — 11 mars 2021

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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 Government submitted declarations with a view to resolving the issues raised by these complaints. They acknowledged a violation of Article   6 § 1 of the Convention on account of the excessive length of proceedings and a violation of Article 13 of the Convention on account of the lack of an effective remedy in domestic law in this regard. 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 a 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 payment will constitute the final resolution of the cases. The applicants informed the Court that they agreed to the terms of the declarations. 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 Court finds that, following the applicants’ express agreement to the terms of the declaration made by the Government, the cases should be treated as a friendly settlement between the parties. It therefore takes note of the friendly settlement reached between the parties. It is satisfied that the settlement is based on respect for human rights as defined in the Convention and the Protocols thereto and finds no reasons to justify the continued examination of the applications. 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 in accordance with Article   39 of the Convention. Done in English and notified in writing on 1 April 2021.   Viktoriya Maradudina   Alena Poláčková   Acting Deputy Registrar   President APPENDIX List of applications raising complaints under Article 6 § 1 and Article 13 of the Convention (excessive length of civil and criminal 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 acceptance Amount awarded for pecuniary and non-pecuniary damage and costs and expenses per applicant/household (in Polish Zloty PLN) [1]     47812/17 22/06/2017 Artur Bernard SŁAMA 1980     26/06/2020 05/01/2021 13,840     54892/17 20/07/2017 Marek Krzysztof RÓŻYCKI 1985     26/06/2020 07/10/2020 7,360     61076/17 21/07/2017 Household Maria GARDYNA 1955 Tadeusz GARDYNA 1950 Waliduda Sławomir Wrocław 26/06/2020 16/10/2020 6,480     72912/17 21/09/2017 Marcin BŁESZNOWSKI 1991     25/06/2020 05/10/2020 7,800     73513/17 10/11/2017 Tomasz CZARNOWSKI 1987     26/06/2020 20/10/2020 9,980     703/18 13/12/2017 Danuta KESLER 1929 Kuligowski Bartosz Warszawa 25/06/2020 23/09/2020 7,640     961/18 14/12/2017 Adrian Tomasz RÓŻECKI 1979     25/06/2020 12/10/2020 12,110     2332/18 03/01/2018 Wiesław Zbigniew SIERGIEJ 1963     25/06/2020 18/08/2020 17,790     6675/18 28/12/2017 Daniel ŁYŻWIŃSKI 1988 Serwińska Natalia Warszawa 25/06/2020 08/10/2020 14,460   7343/18 10/01/2018 Robert ZIARNIK 1966     25/06/2020 12/10/2020 19,840   [1] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.