LERIK AND OTHERS v. SERBIA

2025-03-13T00:00:00
  THIRD SECTION DECISION Application no. 31934/23 Lajoš LERIK against Serbia and 47 other applications (see appended table) The European Court of Human Rights (Third Section), sitting on 13 March 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 is set out in the appended table. The applicants were represented by Mr N. Vuletić, a lawyer practising in Subotica. The applicants’ complaints under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention and Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 concerning the non-enforcement or delayed enforcement of domestic decisions given against socially/State-owned companies 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 Government also undertake to ensure the enforcement of the domestic decisions under consideration in the cases concerned (see appended table) within the same three-month period, and to pay any costs of the domestic enforcement proceedings. The payment and the enforcement of the domestic decisions in the cases concerned 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 3 April 2025.    Viktoriya Maradudina Oddný Mjöll Arnardóttir  Acting Deputy Registrar President   APPENDIX List of applications raising complaints under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention and Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 (non-enforcement of domestic decisions given against socially/State-owned companies) No. Application no. Date of introduction Applicant’s name Year of birth Date of receipt of Government’s declaration Date of receipt of Applicant’s declaration Amount awarded for non-pecuniary damage per applicant (in euros) [1] [2] Amount awarded for costs and expenses per application (in euros) [3]    31934/23 03/08/2023 Lajoš LERIK 1951   01/10/2024 17/07/2024 1,000 30    31936/23 03/08/2023 Slavka ŠAJINOVIĆ STRIKA 1959   01/10/2024 17/07/2024 1,000 30    31938/23 03/08/2023 Snežana MILOVANOVIĆ 1963   01/10/2024 17/07/2024 1,000 30    31943/23 03/08/2023 Ištvan KOVAČ 1954   01/10/2024 17/07/2024 1,000 30    31946/23 03/08/2023 Ištvan DELIĆ 1951   01/10/2024 17/07/2024 1,000 30    31948/23 03/08/2023 Tibor MESAROŠ 1960   01/10/2024 17/07/2024 1,000 30    31951/23 03/08/2023 Vesna STEVOVIĆ 1956   01/10/2024 17/07/2024 1,000 30    31953/23 03/08/2023 Slavko VUJIČIN 1995   01/10/2024 17/07/2024 1,000 30    31956/23 03/08/2023 Francois DELIĆ 1975   01/10/2024 17/07/2024 1,000 30  31957/23 03/08/2023 Gizela FARBAŠ 1964   01/10/2024 17/07/2024 1,000 30  31963/23 03/08/2023 Šandor KLEBEČKO 1967   01/10/2024 17/07/2024 1,000 30  31965/23 03/08/2023 Jožef VIŠONTAI 1961   01/10/2024 17/07/2024 1,000 30  31966/23 03/08/2023 Viktorija BARANJI 1956   01/10/2024 17/07/2024 1,000 30  31969/23 03/08/2023 Elvira ČABRADI 1966   01/10/2024 17/07/2024 1,000 30  31971/23 04/08/2023 Lajoš ČABRADI 1954   01/10/2024 17/07/2024 1,000 30  31975/23 03/08/2023 Janoš HERK 1970   01/10/2024 17/07/2024 1,000 30  31980/23 03/08/2023 Julijana ČELUSKA 1957   01/10/2024 17/07/2024 1,000 30  32130/23 04/08/2023 Mira HAJBOK LAZIĆ 1961 01/10/2024 17/07/2024 1,000 30  32146/23 04/08/2023 Marija BERKEŠ 1959   01/10/2024 17/07/2024 1,000 30  32324/23 04/08/2023 Jožef HERK 1953   01/10/2024 17/07/2024 1,000 30  32340/23 04/08/2023 Dragoljub KOCIĆ 1961   01/10/2024 17/07/2024 1,000 30  32350/23 04/08/2023 Karolj GERE 1952   01/10/2024 17/07/2024 1,000 30  32355/23 04/08/2023 Titus ŠINKOVIĆ 1971   01/10/2024 17/07/2024 1,000 30  32428/23 04/08/2023 Jagoda HUREMOVIĆ 1961   01/10/2024 17/07/2024 1,000 30  32432/23 04/08/2023 Duško ŠAJINOVIĆ 1965   01/10/2024 17/07/2024 1,000 30  32434/23 04/08/2023 Eva BLAŽEK 1964   01/10/2024 17/07/2024 1,000 30  32438/23 04/08/2023 Marica MAGO 1958   01/10/2024 17/07/2024 1,000 30  32440/23 04/08/2023 Aniko LACI 1971   01/10/2024 17/07/2024 1,000 30  32441/23 04/08/2023 Tibor RAJČAN 1949 01/10/2024 17/07/2024 1,000 30  35525/23 04/08/2023 Lajoš ČABRADI 1982 01/10/2024 17/07/2024 1,000 30  35578/23 15/09/2023 Mihajlo KORCEBA 1953   01/10/2024 17/07/2024 1,000 30  35580/23 15/09/2023 Branka VREČIĆ 1952   01/10/2024 17/07/2024 1,000 30  35581/23 15/09/2023 Milan CVIJETIĆANIN 1969   01/10/2024 17/07/2024 1,000 30  35603/23 15/09/2023 Eržebet FERENC 1964   01/10/2024 17/07/2024 1,000 30  35605/23 15/09/2023 Zoltan RAFAI 1951   01/10/2024 17/07/2024 1,000 30  35608/23 15/09/2023 Robert MILOVANOVIĆ 1968   01/10/2024 17/07/2024 1,000 30  35610/23 15/09/2023 Hajnalka FRINDIK 1966   01/10/2024 17/07/2024 1,000 30  35617/23 15/09/2023 Gospava PEROVIĆ 1961   01/10/2024 17/07/2024 1,000 30  35620/23 15/09/2023 Branislava DEKET 1956   01/10/2024 17/07/2024 1,000 30  35675/23 15/09/2023 Arpad VERES 1962   01/10/2024 17/07/2024 1,000 30  35676/23 15/09/2023 Slavica RAC PETIN 1960   01/10/2024 17/07/2024 1,000 30  35677/23 15/09/2023 Žužana ŠTOF 1959   01/10/2024 17/07/2024 1,000 30  35679/23 15/09/2023 Aranka VARGA 1963   01/10/2024 17/07/2024 1,000 30  35680/23 15/09/2023 Jožef KOVAČ 1955   01/10/2024 17/07/2024 1,000 30  35681/23 15/09/2023 Ilonka MAČAI 1962   01/10/2024 17/07/2024 1,000 30  35682/23 15/09/2023 Margita GALAMBOŠ 1961   01/10/2024 17/07/2024 1,000 30  35683/23 15/09/2023 Mirjana VUKOVIČ 1967   01/10/2024 17/07/2024 1,000 30  35684/23 15/09/2023 Edit BAKOŠ 1970   01/10/2024 17/07/2024 1,000 30   [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.