FRANK AND OTHERS v. SERBIA

  THIRD SECTION DECISION Application no. 15178/19 Đura FRANK and Ivan FRANK against Serbia and 7 other applications (see appended table) The European Court of Human Rights (Third Section), sitting on 6 February 2025 as a Committee composed of:  Oddný Mjöll Arnardóttir, President,  Úna Ní Raifeartaigh,  Mateja Đurović, judges, and Viktoriya Maradudina, Acting Deputy Section Registrar, Having regard to the above applications lodged on the various dates indicated in the appended table, Having regard to the formal declarations accepting a friendly settlement of the cases, Having deliberated, decides as follows: FACTS AND PROCEDURE The list of applicants and their representatives is set out in the appended table. The applicants’ complaints under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention concerning the excessive length of constitutional proceedings were communicated to the Serbian Government (“the Government”). The Court received the friendly-settlement declarations, signed by the parties, under which the applicants agreed to waive any further claims against Serbia in respect of the facts giving rise to these applications, subject to an undertaking by the Government to pay them the amounts detailed in the appended table. These amounts will be converted into the currency of the respondent State at the rate applicable on the date of payment and will 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 undertake 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 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 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 a 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 6 March 2025.    Viktoriya Maradudina Oddný Mjöll Arnardóttir  Acting Deputy Registrar President   APPENDIX List of applications raising complaints under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention (excessive length of constitutional proceedings) No. Application no. Date of introduction Applicant’s name Year of birth/ registration Representative’s name and location Date of receipt of Government’s declaration Date of receipt of Applicant’s declaration Amount awarded for non-pecuniary damage per applicant/household (in euros)[1]2 Amount awarded for costs and expenses per application (in euros)3    15178/19 14/03/2019 (2 applicants) Household Đura FRANK 1970   Ivan FRANK 1964   Reljić Miroslav Belgrade 03/09/2024 05/08/2024 1,800 250    28200/21 25/05/2021 Dragan ERČIĆ 1968    / 03/09/2024 18/10/2024 1,200 /    38980/22 22/07/2022 (3 applicants) Murat LEKPEK 1958   Sabit ARIFOVIĆ 1945   Hazir KOCA 1951   Jolović Nemanja Belgrade 03/09/2024 25/09/2024 1,200 250    21535/23 19/05/2023 Steva RADOSAVLJEVIĆ 1975   Pavlović Mihailo Belgrade 03/09/2024 21/06/2024 1,200 250    26199/23 09/06/2023 (5 applicants) Household Marija MILANOVIĆ 1995   Aleksandra MILANOVIĆ 1997   Ivana MILANOVIĆ 2000   Dragana MILANOVIĆ 1967   Miloš MILANOVIĆ 2003    /   03/09/2024 12/12/2024 1,500 /    942/24 22/12/2023  VIJ-KOM DOO 1992   Arambašić Stevan Novi Sad 03/09/2024 10/09/2024 4,200 250    1656/24 25/12/2023 Dragoslav MITIĆ 1969   Gluščević Maja Niš 03/09/2024 02/10/2024 1,500 250    4640/24 29/01/2024 Draginja SAVIĆ 1943   Arsić Milunka Požega 03/09/2024 21/06/2024 1,800 250   [1] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants. 2 Less any amounts which may have already been paid in that regard at the domestic level. 3 Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.