CEDH · CASELAW;DECISIONS;ADMISSIBILITYCOM;ENG — 24 novembre 2022

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The applicants’ complaints under Article 6 § 1 and Article   13 of the Convention concerning the excessive length of criminal proceedings and the lack of any effective remedy in domestic law were communicated to the Polish Government (“the Government”). The Government submitted declarations with a view to resolving the issues raised by these complaints. They further requested the Court to strike out the applications. The Government acknowledged the excessive length of criminal 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 converted into the currency of the respondent State at the rate applicable on the date of payment and 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 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 15 December 2022.     Viktoriya Maradudina   Ivana Jelić   Acting Deputy Registrar   President APPENDIX List of applications raising complaints under Article 6 § 1 and Article   13 of the Convention (excessive length of criminal proceedings and lack of any 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 (in euros) [1]     18157/20 15/04/2020 Aleksander ŁABA 1966       13/09/2021 27/10/2021 6,270     18165/20 03/04/2020 Krzysztof LEWANDOWSKI 1972   Babski Dariusz Jan Szczecin 21/09/2021 26/10/2021 4,940     22015/20 22/05/2020 Arkadiusz MATUSZCZAK 1971   Cholewiak Mateusz Szczecin 20/09/2021 08/11/2021 5,070     22932/20 22/05/2020 Wojciech DYBOWSKI 1963   Cholewiak Mateusz Szczecin 21/09/2021 08/11/2021 5,070     24184/20 02/06/2020 Piotr KUPRASZ 1976   Kłosiński Piotr Lodz 21/09/2021 03/11/2021 4,660     24747/20 07/06/2020 Pawel SKONECKI 1981   Cupiał Dawid Warsaw 21/09/2021 20/10/2021 3,120     25000/20 07/06/2020 Andrzej KAMIŃSKI 1968   Cupiał Dawid Warsaw 17/01/2022 19/08/2022 2,900     29862/20 06/07/2020 Piotr MARKOWSKI 1985       17/01/2022 29/08/2022 1,590     30813/20 07/07/2020 Aleksander Stefan SZNAPIK 1951       17/01/2022 22/08/2022 4,680   37191/20 11/08/2020 Sylwester JASIŃSKI 1981       17/01/2022 29/08/2022 1,885   39320/20 27/08/2020 Marcin NOWACZYK 1984   Lipski Marcin Gdańsk 20/09/2021 16/11/2021 2,340   39446/20 17/08/2020 Wojciech Piotr STEGENDA 1975       21/09/2021 26/10/2021 5,460   39522/20 27/08/2020 Maciej CHWALISZ 1973   Lipski Marcin Gdańsk 17/01/2022 30/09/2022 7,410   54646/20 10/11/2020 Przemysław NOWAKOWSKI 1981       17/01/2022 22/08/2022 3,430   [1] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.