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GAJOS AND OTHERS v. POLAND

Doc ref: 21667/13, 30631/13, 33900/14, 37428/15, 41947/15, 43631/15, 44691/15, 3752/16, 7159/16, 7254/16, 807... • ECHR ID: 001-189633

Document date: December 18, 2018

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GAJOS AND OTHERS v. POLAND

Doc ref: 21667/13, 30631/13, 33900/14, 37428/15, 41947/15, 43631/15, 44691/15, 3752/16, 7159/16, 7254/16, 807... • ECHR ID: 001-189633

Document date: December 18, 2018

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FIRST SECTION

DECISION

Application no. 21667/13 Grzegorz GAJOS against Poland and 50 other applications (see list appended)

The European Court of Human Rights (First Section), sitting on 18 December 2018 as a Committee composed of:

Ksenija Turković , President , Krzysztof Wojtyczek, Pauliine Koskelo , judges ,

and Renata Degener, Deputy Section Registrar ,

Having regard to the above applications lodged on the various dates indicated in the appended table ,

Having regard to the declarations submitted by the respondent Government on 22 June, 7 June and 9 July 2018 requesting the Court to strike the applications out of the list of cases and the applicants ’ reply to these declarations,

Having deliberated, decides as follows:

FACTS AND PROCEDURE

1. A list of the applicants is set out in the appendix.

2. The Polish Government (“the Government”) were represented by their Agent, Ms J. Chrzanowska , and subsequently Mr J. Sobczak , of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

3. All the applicants complained under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention about the excessive length of proceedings in their cases and under Article 13 of the Convention about the lack of, or insufficient, redress for the excessive length of proceedings granted to them by the national courts.

4. The applications were communicated to the Government.

5. By letters dated 22 June, 7 June and 9 July 2018 the Government informed the Court that they proposed to make declarations with a view to resolving the issues raised by the applications. In each case the Government acknowledged a violation of Article 6 § 1 on account of the excessive length of proceedings and violation of Article 13 on account of the lack of an effective remedy, securing sufficient redress for a violation of Article 6 § 1. They offered payment of sums specified in respect of each applicant in a table appended to their declarations. The Government further undertook to adopt a range of general measures in respect of other persons who were victims of similar violations or might be affected by similar violations in the future. The sums referred to above, which are specified in the appendix to the decision, are to cover any pecuniary and non-pecuniary damage as well as costs and expenses, will be free of any taxes that may be applicable. They will be payable within three months from the date of notification of the decision taken by the Court pursuant to Article 37 § 1 of the Convention. In the event of failure to pay these sums within the said three-month period, the Government undertook to pay simple interest on each of them, from expiry of that period until settlement, at a rate equal to the marginal lending rate of the European Central Bank during the default periods plus three percentage points. In addition, the Government made a declaration on general measures to be adopted in implementation of the Rutkowski and Others pilot judgment (see Rutkowski and Others v. Poland , nos. 72287/10 and 2 others, 7 July 2015). They further requested the Court to strike out the applications in accordance with Article 37 of the Convention.

6. On various dates in 2018 the Court received letters from the applicants informing the Court that they had all agreed to the terms of the Government ’ s declarations.

THE LAW

7. Having regard to the similar subject matter of the applications, the Court finds it appropriate to examine them jointly in a single decision.

8. The Court finds that following the applicants ’ express agreement to the terms of declarations made by the Government the case s should be treated as a friendly settlement between the parties.

9. The Court has already examined the unilateral declarations submitted by the Government in the pilot-judgment procedure in the case Rutkowski and Others (cited above ) . It found that, in view of the amounts proposed by the Government in their unilateral declarations on the individual measures of redress, there have been no circumstances regarding respect for human rights as defined in the Convention and its Protocols which would require the continued examination of the cases where a friendly settlement has been concluded (see ZaÅ‚uska and Rogalska v. Poland and 398 other applications ( dec. ), nos. 53491/10 and 72286/10, § 37, 20 June 2017 ). It has also been satisfied that, having regard to the general measures taken or to be taken in the future by the respondent Government, the settlement was based on “respect for human rights” as interpreted in the context of the pilot ‑ judgment procedure (see ibid , § 45).

10. The same conclusions apply to the instant cases. The Court therefore takes note of the friendly settlements reached between the parties. It is satisfied that the settlements are based on respect for human rights as defined in the Convention and its Protocols and finds no reasons to justify a continued examination of the applications.

11. In view of the above, it is appropriate to strike the case s 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 pursuant to Article 39 of the Convention.

Done in English and notified in writing on 24 January 2019 .

Renata Degener Ksenija Turković Deputy Registrar President

Appendix

No.

Application no.

Lodged on

Applicant

Date of birth

Place of residence

Represented by

Amount proposed in Unilateral Declaration

21667/13

19/03/2013

Grzegorz GAJOS

08/07/1975

Warsaw

PLN 15,870

30631/13

22/04/2013

Rafał Marcin ZABOROWSKI

23/06/1980

Łódź

PLN 11,860

33900/14

05/08/2014

Marek Adam WASYLKOWSKI

12/09/1969

Gdańsk

PLN 8,890

37428/15

21/07/2015

Czesław PACH

08/11/1959

Radłów

Edyta KONKA

PLN 27,520

41947/15

14/08/2015

Zbigniew RESZKA

28/12/1952

Warsaw

Natalia OŁOWSKA-CZAJKA

PLN 21,840

43631/15

25/08/2015

Dariusz Artur SKOWRONEK

15/06/1966

Lublin

PLN 6,050

44691/15

02/09/2015

Paweł CHOROŚ

12/09/1975

Warsaw

Marta SKRZYMOWSKA

PLN 17,980

3752/16

12/01/2016

Piotr TOMASZEWSKI

06/03/1987

Siedlce

PLN 15,410

7159/16

20/01/2016

Robert Zdzisław SZAMBOROWSKI

03/09/1974

Przytuły Stare

PLN 15,600

7254/16

29/01/2016

Andrzej Tadeusz PRZEWOSKI

10/10/1966

Kwidzyn

PLN 15,290

8071/16

04/02/2016

Marcin PODKAŃSKI

21/12/1985

Lublin

PLN 14,980

10949/16

08/02/2016

Bernard KNITTER

28/02/1938

Sopot

Mieczysław STEFAŃSKI

01/01/1951

Sopot

Józef ZAGUBIEŃ

08/09/1941

Gdańsk

PLN 40,560 to B. Knitter,

PLN 40,560 to M. Stefański,

PLN 40,560 to J. Zagubień

11004/16

05/02/2016

Andrzej Tadeusz PRZEWOSKI

10/10/1966

Kwidzyn

PLN 29,660

11893/16

12/02/2016

Michał CHOJECKI

10/11/1988

Rzekuń

PLN 5,630

12089/16

26/02/2016

Marzena Katarzyna SKŁUCKA

27/04/1966

Wien

PLN 44,460

13103/16

20/04/2016

Sebastian KOWALSKI

05/06/1991

Sztum

PLN 4,240

13240/16

29/02/2016

Janusz GUZIK

18/02/1965

Łęczyca

PLN 10,380

17441/16

09/03/2016

Krzysztof DUTKIEWICZ

30/06/1982

Dubliny

PLN 16,720

20969/16

17/05/2016

Przemysław JORDAN

23/01/1982

Katowice

PLN 15,280

23596/16

21/04/2016

Grzegorz SUSKI

29/09/1959

Gdańsk

Marcin LIPSKI

PLN 44,870

23634/16

22/04/2016

Dominik MROZIŃSKI

10/01/1984

Tarnobrzeg

Sebastian MROZIŃSKI

PLN 20,280

23874/16

21/04/2016

Cezary KOWALCZYK

08/04/1978

Lublin

Sebastian KOTUŁA

PLN 12,360

23897/16

18/04/2016

Jan PRZYWARA

21/12/1959

Gdańsk

PLN 42,370

26288/16

31/05/2016

Marcin PAZIO

14/11/1985

Siedlce

PLN 21,400

28055/16

16/05/2016

Andrzej WŁODARCZYK

24/12/1970

Strzelce Opolskie

PLN 9,270

31163/16

24/06/2016

Dariusz MIKULSKI

02/10/1983

Warsaw

PLN 3,740

31989/16

30/05/2016

Waldemar CZYÅ»

19/07/1972

Żółtańce Kolonia

PLN 16,220

32677/16

29/06/2016

Norbert DWORAKOWSKI

09/10/1964

Hajnówka

PLN 10,590

36439/16

05/09/2016

Grzegorz Jacek SKOWROŃSKI

10/05/1975

Brzeg

Jolanta GRUDZIEŃ

PLN 8,900

38899/16

07/10/2016

Arkadiusz KRUCZEK

18/04/1973

Gdańsk

PLN 24,460

39510/16

23/06/2016

Karol PIŁAT

12/05/1988

Lublin

PLN 7,800

43382/16

29/08/2016

Krzysztof SKRZYPEK

20/08/1965

Kamińsk

PLN 34,320

43776/16

20/07/2016

Konrad KOSOWSKI

19/01/1981

Konstancin-Jeziorna

PLN 10,380

48262/16

08/08/2016

Jacek WOŁOSZCZUK

29/06/1966

Chełm

PLN 10,170

52298/16

29/08/2016

Małgorzata ŁEPIK-SZOSTAK

25/12/1967

Chełm

PLN 13,190

53555/16

30/08/2016

Marek PRZYWARA

12/02/1961

Gdańsk

Marcin LIPSKI

PLN 51,450

54057/16

06/09/2016

Mirosław Stanisław KAWALEC

13/10/1967

Dorohusk

PLN 10,170

55205/16

15/09/2016

Jarosław Sławomir KUCIŃSKI

25/08/1996

Chełm

PLN 16,220

57263/16

20/09/2016

Andrzej BETIUK

22/11/1966

Chełm

PLN 16,220

58288/16

28/09/2016

Jarosław SOKOŁOWSKI

03/07/1969

Chełm

PLN 16,220

60112/16

24/11/2016

Przemysław MISZTA

05/12/1979

Nowogród Bobrzański

PLN 12,480

77767/16

09/12/2016

Łukasz TYBULCZUK

15/04/1991

Warsaw

Monika GÄ„SIOROWSKA

PLN 15,730

78947/16

03/12/2016

Krzysztof CIEMIŃSKI

05/03/1987

Warsaw

PLN 15,580

3004/17

05/01/2017

Mariusz WITAN

03/10/1982

Warsaw

Anna IMBIRSKA

PLN 15,720

10438/17

10/01/2017

Robert RAKOWSKI

15/06/1974

Żytkowice

PLN 26,410

18745/17

03/03/2017

Grzegorz LUCHOWSKI

18/07/1971

Chełm

PLN 16,220

25261/17

27/03/2017

Szymon MACIUSZONEK

27/10/1967

Warsaw

Piotr KAWALEC

PLN 35,200

26121/17

29/03/2017

Filip GAWRYSZEWSKI

23/04/1989

Warsaw

Natalia SERWIŃSKA

PLN 8,470

26124/17

29/03/2017

Leszek BŁASZCZAK

02/05/1988

Warsaw

Natalia SERWIŃSKA

PLN 8,470

27241/17

29/03/2017

Jakub WROŃSKI

15/06/1984

Warsaw

PLN 15,720

33541/17

26/04/2017

Emil GAŁECKI

14/11/1982

Warsaw

PLN 7,410

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