CEDH · CASELAW;DECISIONS;ADMISSIBILITYCOM;ENG — 8 avril 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 courts 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 acknowledged the excessive length of proceedings and the lack of any effective remedy in domestic law. 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 their general undertaking related to the adoption of the range of general measures and the amount of compensation proposed by them – 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)); 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 29 April 2021.   {signature_p_2}   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 lack of an effective remedy in domestic law) No. Application no. Date of introduction Applicant’s name Year of birth / Year of registration 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]     44745/17 14/06/2017 Tomasz STODOLSKI 1976 Lipski Marcin Gdańsk 17/06/2020   9,360     45997/17 20/06/2017 SIGNELLA 1 ANDRZEJ I SŁAWOMIR STASZEWSCY SP. JAWNA 2001 Zygmont Bogumił Warszawa 26/06/2020 07/10/2020 7,360     60051/17 09/08/2017 Tomasz STODOLSKI 1976 Lipski Marcin Gdańsk 17/06/2020   6,240     74304/17 12/10/2017 Edward TOPOLSKI 1937     17/06/2020 31/07/2020 9,360     942/18 28/12/2017 Radosław MAZAK 1971 Mazak Sylwia Pszczyna 25/09/2020 09/11/2020 8,420     11556/18 26/02/2018 Włodzimierz SŁOWIŃSKI 1956             25/06/2020 28/09/2020 9,360     24742/18 15/05/2018 Kamil NOWAK 1992     25/09/2020 27/11/2020 4,400     24893/18 12/05/2018 Włodzimierz SŁOWIŃSKI 1956     26/06/2020 28/09/2020 5,800     26297/18 29/05/2018 Leszek CZAJEWSKI 1962 Badowski Andrzej Szczecin 25/06/2020   15,440   39951/18 07/09/2019 Włodzimierz SŁOWIŃSKI 1956     25/09/2020 03/11/2020 13,464   41501/18 09/10/2018 Grzegorz GNIADO 1962     25/09/2020 09/12/2020 34,320   51426/18 18/10/2018 Jacek SADŁOWSKI 1980 Anna KOŚMIDER 1979 Krawiec Diana Dominika Warszawa 25/06/2020 16/09/2020 14,820   to each applicant   3279/19 07/01/2019 Alfred WÓJCIK 1947     26/06/2020 24/09/2020 4,240   8071/19 01/02/2019 Jacek Kazimierz PASZKOWSKI 1970     25/09/2020 26/11/2020 20,680   16698/19 20/03/2019 Marek Krzysztof RÓŻYCKI 1985     26/06/2020 02/11/2020 6,360   [1] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants