CEDH · PRESS;GENERAL;ENG — 19 février 2002

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France (application no. 46708/99)   Violation Article 6 § 1 Mohamed Zaheg, a Tunisian national complained, relying on Article 6 § 1 (right to determination of civil rights within a reasonable period) of the European Convention on Human Rights, about the length of administrative proceedings (which lasted seven years, six months and 20 days) he brought to contest the decision to freeze his pension rights.   The European Court of Human Rights held unanimously that there had been a violation of Article 6 § 1 and awarded the applicant 5,000 euros (EUR) for non-pecuniary damage. (The judgment is available only in French.)     (2)     Boiseau v. France (no. 53118/99)       Violation Article 6 § 1 Yvon   Boiseau, a French national born in 1940 and living in Echillais (France) complained, relying on Article 6 § 1, about the length of administrative proceedings which lasted seven years, seven months and 10 days concerning the revision of his invalidity pension.   The Court held unanimously that there had been a violation of Article 6 § 1 and awarded the applicant EUR 5,000 for non-pecuniary damage and EUR 1,838.54 for costs and expenses. (The judgment is available only in French.)     Violation Article 6 §1 In the following 24 Italian cases, the applicants complained about the length of the civil proceedings (indicated in brackets) to which they were parties. They relied on Article 6 § 1, claiming their civil rights were not decided within a reasonable time.   The Court held unanimously that there had been a violation of Article 6 § 1 and awarded each applicant the following amounts in euros (EUR) for non-pecuniary damage, costs and expenses. (The judgments are available only in French).     Non-pecuniary   costs and   Damage   expenses (3)     Rodolfi v. Italy (no. 51664/99) (more than 10 years and six months) EUR 12,000 EUR 2,000 (4)     Sardo v. Italy (no. 56201/00) (more than eight years) EUR 10,000 EUR 500 (5)     Cornia v. Italy (no. 56202/00) (more than six years and 11 months for two levels of jurisdiction and still pending on 2 November 2001) EUR 6,000 EUR 2,000 (6)     Ginocchio v. Italy (no. 56203/00) (approximately six years and four months) EUR 6,000   (7)     Limatola v. Italy (no. 56204/00) (more than eight years) EUR 10,000   (8)     Dente v. Italy (no. 56205/00) (more than 14 years and four months for two levels of jurisdiction and still pending on 12 June 2001) EUR 16,000   (9)     Colonnello and others v. Italy (no. 56206/00) (seven years and two months) EUR 10,000 to each applicant EUR 200 to each applicant (10)     Lugnan   in Basile v. Italy (no. 56207/00) (approximately 12 years and two months) EUR 18,000 EUR 2,000 (11)     Conte and others v. Italy (no. 56208/00) (more than seven years and eight months) EUR 8,000 to each applicant EUR 300 to each applicant (12)     Giuseppe   Napolitano v. Italy (no. 56211/00) (more than eight years and two months) EUR 10,000 EUR 1,500 (13)     Folletti v. Italy (no. 56212/00) (more than five years and six months) EUR 5,000 EUR 1,500 (14)     Piacenti v. Italy (no. 56213/00) (approximately eight years and 10 months for two levels of jurisdiction) EUR 7,000 EUR 1,500 (15)     Ripoli v. Italy (no.1) (no. 56214/00) (approximately 19 years and one month and still pending on 8 June 2001) EUR 20,658 EUR 1,500 (16)     Ripoli v. Italy (no.2) (no. 56215/00) (more than 13 years and seven months and still pending on 8 June 2001) EUR 20,000 EUR 1,500 (17)     De Cesaris v. Italy (no. 56217/00) (more than 18 years and three months for two levels of jurisdiction and still pending on 11 June 2001) EUR 26,000   (18)     Stabile v. Italy (no. 56218/00) (approximately nine years and one month) EUR 12,000 EUR 1,500 (19)     Presel v. Italy (no. 56219/00) (more than four years and 10 months) EUR 4,000   (20)     Mastropasqua v. Italy (no. 56220/00) (approximately 12 years and one month for two levels of jurisdiction and still pending on 13 July 2001) EUR 14,000   (21)     Donato v. Italy (no. 56221/00) (more than seven years and 11 months) EUR 8,000 EUR 1,500 (22)     Centis v. Italy (no. 56222/00) (approximately eight years and eight months and still pending on 31 March 2001) EUR 10,000   (23)     Polcari v. Italy (no. 56223/00) (more than seven years and six months for two levels of jurisdiction and still pending on 4 May 2001) EUR 8,000 EUR 1,500 (24)     D'Amore v. Italy (no. 56224/00) (approximately eight years and 10 months) EUR 10,000   (25)     Di   Pede v. Italy (no.2) (no. 56225/00) (more than six years and five months) EUR 6,000 EUR 1,000 (26)     Abate and Ferdinandi v. Italy (no. 56226/00) (more than seven years and one month) EUR 8,000 EUR 750   ***   The Court’s judgments are accessible on its Internet site ( http://www.echr.coe.int ).   Registry of the European Court of Human Rights F – 67075 Strasbourg Cedex Contacts:   Roderick Liddell (telephone: (0)3 88 41 24 92)   Emma Hellyer (telephone: (0)3 90 21 42 15) Fax: (0)3 88 41 27 91   The European Court of Human Rights was set up in Strasbourg in 1959 to deal with alleged violations of the 1950 European Convention on Human Rights. On 1 November 1998 a full-time Court was established, replacing the original two-tier system of a part-time Commission and Court. [1] Under Article 43 of the European Convention on Human Rights, within three months from the date of a Chamber judgment, any party to the case may, in exceptional cases, request that the case be referred to the 17-member Grand Chamber of the Court.   In that event, a panel of five judges considers whether the case raises a serious question affecting the interpretation or application of the Convention or its Protocols, or a serious issue of general importance, in which case the Grand Chamber will deliver a final judgment. If no such question or issue arises, the panel will reject the request, at which point the judgment becomes final. Otherwise Chamber judgments become final on the expiry of the three-month period or earlier if the parties declare that they do not intend to make a request to refer.