CEDH · CASELAW;COMMUNICATEDCASES;ENG — 16 mars 2026

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By a temporary occupation order issued in December 1970, the Ministry of Transport ordered the occupation of the applicants’ land for the purpose of constructing an “Institute for Railway Research”. The expropriation decree of 19 November 1973 determined the provisional amount of compensation ( indennità provvisoria ) based on the market value of the land, which was calculated at approximately lire 500 per square metre. The applicants challenged the amount of compensation in 1974. The judicial proceeding lasted 46 years, as a result of the annulment by the Court of Cassation of several decisions of the Court of Appeal, which did not take into account the real market value of the property at the time of expropriation. During the proceedings, Legislative Decree no. 333/1992 (converted into law no. 359/1992) entered into force, providing, in Article 5 bis , for a reduction of compensation calculated on the basis of the market value, applicable to pending proceedings. By two Constitutional Court judgments   nos.   348 and 349 of 24 October 2007, Article 5 bis was declared unconstitutional. By judgment of 21 June 2016 the Court of Appeal awarded the applicants the full market value of the land, equal to approximately EUR 1.00 per square metre. The amount was increased to reflect indexation and accrued interest (the so-called presumptive greater damage – “ maggior danno presuntivo” – pursuant to Article 1224, paragraph 2, of the Civil Code). However, the claims for additional damage (exceeding the presumptive greater damage) and for compensatory interest (Article 1499 of the Civil Code), both calculated with reference to the market value of the land at the time of payment of compensation, were dismissed as unproven. This judgment was upheld in final instance by the Court of Cassation on 21 July 2021. Payment was made in 2019. However, the Institute for Railway Research was never built and the land was instead sold in 2007 to a private company for a price of EUR 8.91 per square metre. Invoking Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 to the Convention, the applicants complain that the compensation was paid 45 years after the occupation of the land and was calculated without considering the market value of comparable properties at the time of payment. It also failed to take into account the price at which the land was sold to private investors in 2007, which was about 900% higher than the compensation paid to the applicants several years later. Additionally, the compensation was not adjusted for additional damages pursuant to Article   1224, paragraph 2, of the Civil Code. They further claim that there was no public interest basis for the expropriation of their land, given that the planned infrastructure project was never built, and the expropriated land was sold to private investors. QUESTIONS TO THE PARTIES Have the applicants been deprived of their property in accordance with the requirements of Article   1 of Protocol No.   1 to the Convention? If so,   (i)     did the deprivation of property impose an excessive individual burden on the applicants on account of the amount awarded to them as expropriation compensation (see Scordino v. Italy (no. 1) [GC], no.   36813/97, ECHR   2006   V) and the delay in paying the compensation, 45 years after the expropriation (see Kirilova   and   Others v.   Bulgaria , nos. 42908/98 and   3   others, § 117, 9 June 2005)?   (ii)     were the applicants made to bear a disproportionate and excessive burden on account of the failure to adjust the compensation awarded to them for inflation pursuant to article 1224, paragraph 2, of the Civil Code?   In replying to the foregoing questions, the parties are invited to specify: (i)     the market value of the land as established by the final domestic decision; (ii)     whether the value attributed to the land at the time of sale to a private investor has been taken into account in determining the amount of compensation; (iii)     the rate of inflation recorded for each year between the transfer of property to the final domestic decision establishing the amount of compensation ( Chinnici v.   Italy (no. 2) , no. 22432/03, § 45, 14   April 2015) as well as the rate of statutory interest in force for each subsequent year; (iv)     the sums obtained by the applicants in relation to statutory interest for the same period; (v)     the sums corresponding to the adjustment for inflation in relation to the same period; (vi)     whether the applicants received any other sums, including in a form other than statutory interest and/or inflation adjustment, to compensate them for the passage of time.       APPENDIX List of applicants:   No. Applicant’s Name Year of birth Nationality Place of residence Represented by 1. Saverio TERSIGNI 1942 Italian Rome Vezio PAGLIARINI Rome 2. Franca BUCCI 1933 Italian Anguillara Sabazia 3. Alessandro CATARCI 1977 Italian Anguillara Sabazia 4. Annunziata CRUCIANELLI 1945 Italian Anguillara Sabazia 5. Ezio CRUCIANELLI 1951 Italian Anguillara Sabazia 6. Maria Luisa CRUCIANELLI 1956 Italian Anguillara Sabazia 7. Pietro CRUCIANELLI 1953 Italian Anguillara Sabazia 8. Salvatore CRUCIANELLI 1948 Italian Tarquinia 9. Valentino CRUCIANELLI 1951 Italian Anguillara Sabazia 10. Bruno DE TOTIS 1951 Italian Anguillara Sabazia 11. Fausta DE TOTIS 1949 Italian Anguillara Sabazia 12. Rosa DOMINICI 1936 Italian Anguillara Sabazia 13. Carolina FRANCOCCI 1964 Italian Anguillara Sabazia 14. Cesare FRANCOCCI 1948 Italian Anguillara Sabazia 15. Clementina FRANCOCCI 1939 Italian Anguillara Sabazia 16. Costanza FRANCOCCI 1943 Italian Anguillara Sabazia 17. Emanuele FRANCOCCI 1982 Italian Anguillara Sabazia 18. Marcello FRANCOCCI 1961 Italian Anguillara Sabazia 19. Gabriella LANCELLOTTI 1962 Italian Anguillara Sabazia 20. Lauretta LANCELLOTTI 1958 Italian Anguillara Sabazia 21. Patrizia LANCELLOTTI 1955 Italian Anguillara Sabazia 22. Paola MOCHI 1953 Italian Anguillara Sabazia 23. Paolo MOCHI 1958 Italian Anguillara Sabazia 24. Francesco PELLICCIONI 1940 Italian Trevignano 25. Paolo PELLICCIONI 1956 Italian Anguillara Sabazia 26. Alfredo SANTONI 1982 Italian Anguillara Sabazia 27. Germana TAFFETTANI 1949 Italian Anguillara Sabazia 28. Fulvio TRENTA 1966 Italian Roma 29. Maurizia TRENTA 1963 Italian Roma