CEDH · CASELAW;JUDGMENTS;COMMITTEE;ENG — 16 mai 2024

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ITALY (Application no. 41642/13 and 13 others – see appended list)             JUDGMENT   STRASBOURG 16 May 2024       This judgment is final but it may be subject to editorial revision.   In the case of Farina and Others v. Italy, The European Court of Human Rights (First Section), sitting as a Committee composed of:   Péter Paczolay , President ,   Gilberto Felici,   Raffaele Sabato , judges , and Viktoriya Maradudina, Acting Deputy Section Registrar, Having deliberated in private on 18 April 2024, Delivers the following judgment, which was adopted on that date: PROCEDURE 1.     The case originated in applications against Italy lodged with the Court under Article   34 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (“the Convention”) on the various dates indicated in the appended table. 2.     The Italian Government (“the   Government”) were given notice of the applications. THE FACTS 3.     The list of applicants and the relevant details of the applications are set out in the appended table. 4.     The applicants complained of the excessive length of civil proceedings and of the impossibility of lodging an application under Law No. 89 of 24   March 2001, known as the “Pinto Act”, pending the main proceedings. Some applicants also raised other complaints under Article 13 of the Convention and Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 to the Convention. relevant legal framework 5.     The relevant domestic law and practice can be found in Verrascina and Others v. Italy , nos. 15566/13 and 5 others, §§ 6-8, 28 April 2022. THE LAW   JOINDER OF THE APPLICATIONS 6.     Having regard to the similar subject matter of the applications, the Court finds it appropriate to examine them jointly in a single judgment. ALLEGED VIOLATION OF ARTICLE 6 § 1 OF THE CONVENTION 7.     The applicants complained principally that the length of the civil proceedings in question had been incompatible with the “reasonable time” requirement. They relied on Article   6 § 1 of the Convention. 8.     The Court reiterates that the reasonableness of the length of proceedings must be assessed in the light of the circumstances of the case and with reference to the following criteria: the complexity of the case, the conduct of the applicants and the relevant authorities and what was at stake for the applicants in the dispute (see Frydlender v. France [GC], no.   30979/96, §   43, ECHR 2000-VII). 9.     In the leading cases of Cocchiarella v. Italy [GC], no. 64886/01, ECHR 2006‑V, and Verrascina and Others v. Italy , cited above, §§ 31-33, the Court already found a violation in respect of issues similar to those in the present case. 10.     Having examined all the material submitted to it, the Court has not found any fact or argument capable of justifying the overall length of the proceedings at the national level. Having regard to its case-law on the subject, the Court considers that in the instant case the length of the proceedings was excessive and failed to meet the “reasonable time” requirement. 11.     These complaints are therefore admissible and disclose a breach of Article   6   §   1 of the Convention. OTHER ALLEGED VIOLATIONS UNDER WELL-ESTABLISHED CASE-LAW 12.     Some applicants complained under Article 13 of the Convention concerning the lack of an effective remedy (see appended table). This complaint is not manifestly ill-founded within the meaning of Article   35   §   3   (a) of the Convention, nor is it inadmissible on any other ground. Accordingly, it must be declared admissible. 13.     Having examined all the material before it, the Court concludes that it also discloses violations of the Convention in the light of its findings in Verrascina and Others v. Italy , cited above, §§ 23, 26, 30. 14.     In relation to applications nos. 50218/15 and 50579/15, the applicants also raised another complaint under Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 to the Convention concerning the interference with the peaceful enjoyment of their possessions caused by the excessive length of the civil proceedings. 15.     In view of the findings in the above paragraphs, the Court considers that there is no need to deal separately with this remaining complaint. APPLICATION OF ARTICLE   41 OF THE CONVENTION 16.     Regard being had to the documents in its possession and to its case ‑ law (see, in particular, Cocchiarella , cited above), the Court considers it reasonable to award the sums indicated in the appended table. FOR THESE REASONS, THE COURT, UNANIMOUSLY, Decides to join the applications; Declares the applications admissible; Holds that these applications disclose a breach of Article 6 § 1 of the Convention concerning the excessive length of civil proceedings; Holds that there has been a violation of the Convention as regards the other complaints raised under Article 13 of the Convention (see appended table); Holds that it is not necessary to examine separately the remaining complaints under Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 to the Convention; Holds (a)   that the respondent State is to pay the applicants, within three months, the amounts indicated in the appended table; (b)   that from the expiry of the above-mentioned three months until settlement simple interest shall be payable on the above amounts at a rate equal to the marginal lending rate of the European Central Bank during the default period plus three percentage points. ​ Done in English, and notified in writing on 16 May 2024, pursuant to Rule   77   §§   2 and   3 of the Rules of Court.     Viktoriya Maradudina   Péter Paczolay   Acting Deputy Registrar   President   APPENDIX List of applications raising complaints under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention (excessive length of civil proceedings) No. Application no. Date of introduction Applicant’s name Year of birth Representative’s name and location Start of proceedings End of proceedings Total length Levels of jurisdiction Case-law Other complaints under well-established case-law Amount awarded for non-pecuniary damage per applicant/ household (in euros) [1] Amount awarded for costs and expenses per application (in euros) [2]     41642/13 19/06/2013 Antonio FARINA 1958 Pasquariello Gianpiero   Caserta 15/09/2003 03/07/2012 8 years and 9 months and 19 days   1 level of jurisdiction Verrascina and Others v.   Italy , nos. 15566/13 and 5 others, 28 April 2022 Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of civil proceedings 12,500 250     43265/13 25/06/2013 Leo GIRONI 1963 Nucci Domenico   Castiglion Fiorentino 17/05/2012 26/08/2020 8 years and 3 months and 10 days   2 levels of jurisdiction Verrascina and Others v.   Italy , nos. 15566/13 and 5 others, 28 April 2022   5,600 250     4584/14 21/06/2013 Maurizio MARCHETTI 1965   09/04/2001 08/06/2020 19 years and 2 months   2 levels of jurisdiction Verrascina and Others v.   Italy , nos. 15566/13 and 5 others, 28 April 2022 Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of civil proceedings - 20,800 -     17325/14 02/04/2013 Corrado CODELLA 1935 Pasquariello Francesco   Caserta 10/03/2005 28/06/2012 7 years and 3 months and 19 days   1 level of jurisdiction Verrascina and Others v.   Italy , nos. 15566/13 and 5 others, 28 April 2022 Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of civil proceedings 8,300 250     32138/14 08/04/2014 Pietro PARISI 1946 Faiella Giuseppe   Nocera Inferiore 26/02/1988 17/02/2017 28 years and 11 months and 23 days   4 levels of jurisdiction Verrascina and Others v.   Italy , nos. 15566/13 and 5 others, 28 April 2022 Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of civil proceedings 14,400 250     59573/14 24/10/2014 Maria Liliana COLLU 1957 Masi Piergiorgio   Pisa 23/06/1989 03/06/2015 25 years and 11 months and 12 days   1 level of jurisdiction Verrascina and Others v.   Italy , nos. 15566/13 and 5 others, 28 April 2022 Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of civil proceedings 24,000 250     40481/15 10/08/2015 Giuseppe FORASTIERE 1957 Strazzullo Luca   Naples 06/11/2008 21/07/2016 7 years and 8 months and 16 days   1 level of jurisdiction Verrascina and Others v.   Italy , nos. 15566/13 and 5 others, 28 April 2022 Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of civil proceedings 8,000 250     50218/15 01/10/2015 (38 applicants) Iolanda Angela BELVISI 1970   Angela BILLARDELLO 1925   Anna Maria BILLARDELLO 1978   Salvatore BILLARDELLO 1951   Antonio Vittorio BRIGNONE 1941     Giuseppe BRIGNONE 1927   Giuseppe Ferruccio Omar BRIGNONE 1966   Renzo Domenico BRIGNONE 1971   Salvatore BRIGNONE 1920   Giuseppe CASANO 1971   Francesca Donatella D’AIETTI 1977   Giacomo D’AIETTI 1939   Maria Anna D’ANCONA 1965   Francesca Giuseppa DE NUNZIO 1950   Pierangelo DI MALTA 1967   Rosa DI MALTA 1935     Giuseppina Chiara Anna DIANA 1938   Antonio GABRIELE 1957   Giuseppe GABRIELE 1951   Vincenzo Fabrizio GABRIELE 1978   Caterina Maria GARSIA 1964   Giuseppino GIGLIO 1957   Giambattista Emiliano IMPELLIZZERI 1972   Francesco LO PINTO 1946   Giuseppa LO PINTO 1921   Alberto LOMBARDI 1969   Loredana Maria Pia MACCOTTA 1971     Giuseppa Raimonda MARINO 1968   Susanna Fortunella MURA 1979   Caterina Fortuna MURANA 1951   Antonietta POLICARDO 1963   Giuseppa POLICARDO 1931   Salvatore POLICARDO 1956   Anna Maria Luisa RAFFAELE 1966   Salvatore SANA 1944   Giuseppina STORNANTE 1941   Alessio VALENZA 1962   Maria Rosa VALENZA 1964 Romano Giovanni   Rome 05/11/1996 pending More than 27 years and 3 months and 11 days   1 level of jurisdiction Verrascina and Others v.   Italy , nos. 15566/13 and 5 others, 28 April 2022 Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of civil proceedings 12,600 250     50579/15 01/10/2015 (70 applicants) Maria ALMANZA 1948   Gbattista LO PINTO 1951   Giuseppa Margherita Irma PANDOLFO 1949   Filippo ODDO 1955   Enrico GRECO 1973   Giuseppa Raimonda MARINO 1968   Baldassare Walter SORRENTINO 1967   Rosa Maria PONTILLO 1956   Maria CASANO 1955   Giovanni CASANO 1925   Benedetto Savio CASANO 1964     Giuseppe Natale FERRANDES 1950   Anna Saveria Clementina BRIGNONE 1955   Rosa LO PINTO 1947   Giuseppe IMPELLIZZERI 1943   Salvatore Roberto GABRIELE 1953   Angela Maria CASANO 1948   Eva RAFFAELE 1922   Angela DIANA 1933   Melania Angela SORRENTINO 1972   Francesco LO PINTO 1943   Anna Rita GABRIELE 1967   Salvatore D’AMICO 1949   Giovanni Emilio BRIGNONE 1946   Maria BONOMO 1956   Salvatore BRIGNONE 1920   Mariolino VALENZA 1952   Vincenzo FARINA 1937   Antonia CONSOLO 1953   Maria CANDULLO 1941   Pierangelo DI MALTA 1967   Felice SALERNO 1948   Maria RAFFAELE 1931   Marianna MADDALENA 1948   Iolanda Angela BELVISI 1970   Giuseppe PAVIA 1957   Teresa GABRIELE 1941   Ivana Giuseppina D’ANCONA 1963   Rosalba CHIAIESI 1953   Rosa BERNARDO 1934   Maria Antonietta GABRIELE 1945   Rosa FERRANDES 1949   Matilde BRIGNONE 1953   Maria Anna D’ANCONA 1965   Francesca Paola Epifania GIUNTA 1939   Angela Pia GIGLIO 1970 Maria Marisia GIACOMARRO 1943   Maria Gioconda RIZZO 1939   Salvatore PAVIA 1923   Vincenzo FARINA 1958   Giuseppe GABRIELE 1951   Giambattista LO PINTO 1970   Francesco Erminio GRECO 1946   Iolanda GIANNUSA 1940   Francesco RIZZO 1947   Caterina PAVIA 1939   Francesco MAGGIORE 1933   Vincenzo GABRIELE 1930   Caterina Irene Maria BELVISI 1960   Salvatore POLICARDO 1956   Giuseppe SECHI 1965   Beniamino SECHI 1964   Daniela Rina GRECO 1970   Giambattista D’AIETTI 1938   Giuseppina BONOMO 1960   Giuseppina Chiara Anna DIANA 1938   Household Erminio D’AMICO 1961 Antonietta D’AMICO 1965 Romano Giovanni   Rome 09/11/1995 pending More than 28 years and 3 months and 7 days   1 level of jurisdiction Verrascina and Others v.   Italy , nos. 15566/13 and 5 others, 28 April 2022 Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of civil proceedings 8,400 250   60587/15 03/12/2015 Basilio GIUFFRIDA 1957 Cerio Ennio   Campobasso 23/02/2009 01/07/2020 11 years and 4 months and 9 days   1 level of jurisdiction Verrascina and Others v.   Italy , nos. 15566/13 and 5 others, 28 April 2022 Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of civil proceedings 12,800 250   4102/16 05/01/2016 Piergiorgio VALORI 1972 Marini Giulio   Ascoli Piceno 13/05/2002 pending More than 21 years and 9 months and 3 days   3 levels of jurisdiction Verrascina and Others v.   Italy , nos. 15566/13 and 5 others, 28 April 2022 Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of civil proceedings 19,200 250   19219/16 02/04/2016 Luigia CANTALAMESSA CARBONI 1950 Marini Giulio   Ascoli Piceno 03/08/2007 09/11/2016 9 years and 3 months and 7 days   2 levels of jurisdiction Verrascina and Others v.   Italy , nos. 15566/13 and 5 others, 28 April 2022 Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of civil proceedings 6,400 250   23246/16 18/04/2016 Ferdinando D’AUTILIA 1955 Strazzullo Luca   Naples 04/12/2008 06/02/2018 9 years and 2 months and 3 days   1 level of jurisdiction Verrascina and Others v.   Italy , nos. 15566/13 and 5 others, 28 April 2022 Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of civil proceedings 9,600 250   30962/17 13/04/2017 Francesco Antonio PALESE 1958 De Francesco Iolanda   Corsano 07/06/2006 03/03/2020 13 years and 8 months and 26 days   1 level of jurisdiction Verrascina and Others v.   Italy , nos. 15566/13 and 5 others, 28 April 2022 Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of civil proceedings - 17,600 250   [1] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants. [2] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.