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FIFTH SECTION

DECISION

Application no. 12652/09 Nina Nikolayevna SHEVCHENKO and Lyudmila Ilyinichna CHAUS a gainst Ukraine and 86 other applications

(see list appended)

The European Court of Human Rights ( Fifth Section), sitting on 13 December 2011 as a Committee composed of:

Mark Villiger, President, Karel Jungwiert , André Potocki , judges, and Stephen Phillips, Deputy Section Registrar,

Having regard to the above applications lodged on various dates,

Having regard to the decision to apply the pilot-judgment procedure taken in the case of Yuriy Nikolayevich Ivanov v. Ukraine (no. 40450/04, ECHR 2009 ‑ ... (extracts)),

Having regard to the unilateral declaration submitted by the respondent Government requesting the Court to strike the applications out of the list of cases,

Having deliberated, decides as follows:

THE FACTS

The applicant s are Ukrainian nationals whose names and dates of birth are specified in the table below. The Ukrainian Government (“the Government”) were represented by Ms V. Lutkovska and Mr N. Kulchytskyy , of the Ministry of Justice.

The facts of the case, as submitted by the parties, may be summarised as follows.

The applicants are former employees of the “ Avtosklo ” and “ Tekhbudsklo ” State plants. On the dates specified in the table below t he Kostyantynivka Court or the labour dispute commission of the “ Avtosklo ” Plant (“the LDC”) ordered the plants to pay the applicants various work ‑ related pecuniary amounts . The decisions in the applicants ’ favour became final but remain unenforced as the plants became bankrupt .

COMPLAINTS

The applicant s complained about the lengthy non-enforcement of the decisions given in their favour.

THE LAW

1. The Court considers that in accordance with Rule 42 § 1 of the Rules of Court, the applications should be joined, given their common factual and legal background.

2. Following the Yuriy Nikolayevich Ivanov pilot judgment cited above , on 19 July 2011 the Government submitted to the Court the unilateral declaration aimed at resolving the issue raised in the applications. The declaration read as follows:

“The Government of Ukraine acknowledge the excessive duration of the enforcement of the applicants ’ judgments.

The Government are ready to pay to the applicants the outstanding debts according to the judgements of the national authorities, as well as to pay the applicants the sums in accordance with annex no. 1 to this declaration [ [1] ] .

The Government therefore invite the Court to strike the applications out of the list of cases. They suggest that the present declaration might be accepted by the Court as “any other reason” justifying the striking out of the case of the Court ’ s list of cases, as referred to in Article 37 § 1 (c) of the Convention.

The sums proposed are to cover any pecuniary and non-pecuniary damag e as well as costs and expenses , to be converted into the national currency of the respondent State at the rate applicable on the date of settlement [ [2] ] . 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 European Convention on Human Rights. In the event of failure to pay these sums according to the annex no. 1 to this declaration within the said three-month period, the Government undertake to pay simple interest on 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 period plus three percentage points.

This payment will constitute the final resolution of the cases.”

The applicants disagreed with the declaration, considering that the Government would not comply with its terms, and requested the Court to pursue the examination of the cases.

The Court reiterates that under Article 37 of the Convention it may at any stage of the proceedings strike an application out of its list of cases where the circumstances lead to the conclusions specified under § 1 (a), (b) or (c) of that Article. I n particular , Article 37 § 1 (c) enables the Court to strike a case out of its list if:

“for any other reason established by the Court, it is no longer justified to continue the examination of the application.”

Article 37 § 1 in fine states:

“However, the Court shall continue the examination of the application if respect for human rights as defined in the Convention and the protocols thereto so requires.”

The Court also reiterates that in certain circumstances it may strike out an application under Article 37 § 1 (c) on the basis of a unilateral declaration by a respondent Government even if the applicant wishes the examination of the case to be continued (see Tahsin Acar v. Turkey (preliminary objection) [GC], no. 26307/95, §§ 75-77, ECHR 2003-VI).

The Court recalls that in the aforementioned pilot judgment it ordered Ukraine to grant redress to the applicants whose applications were communicated to the Government before the delivery of the judgment or would be communicated further to the judgment and concerned complaints about the prolonged non-enforcement of domestic decisions for which the State was responsible (see Yuriy Nikolayevich Ivanov v. Ukraine , cited above , § 99 and point 6 of the operative part ). Having examined the terms of the Government ’ s declaration, the Court understands it as intending to give the applicant s the redress in accordance with the pilot judgment .

The Court is satisfied that the Government explicitly acknowledge the excessive duration of the execution of decisions in the applicants ’ favour and undertake to pay the applicants the outstanding debts. It also notes that the compensation sums offered by the Government are comparable with Court awards in similar cases , taking account , inter alia , of the specific delay in each particular case .

The Court therefore considers that it is no longer justified to continue the examination of the application s . It is also satisfied that respect for human rights as defined in the Convention and the P rotocols thereto does not require it to continue the examination of the application s .

Accordingly, the applications should be struck out of the list.

For these reasons, the Court unanimously

Decides to join the applications;

Takes note of the terms of the respondent Government ’ s declaration;

Decides to strike the applications out of its list of cases in accordance with Article 37 § 1 (c) of the Convention.

Stephen Phillips Mark Villiger Deputy Registrar President

Table

No.

Application number, applicant ’ s name, date of birth

Date of introduction

Date(s) of unenforced domestic decision(s), court/LDC

Sums offered by the Government (in euros )

1.

12652/09

1). SHEVCHENKO ,

Nina Nikolayevna , 1946

2). CHAUS ,

Lyudmyla Ilyinichna , 1936

16 February 2009

1) . 1 February 2001 ,

Kostyantynivka Court ,

2) . 24 November 2000 , Kostyantynivka Court, and

21 May 200 1, LDC

1) . 1 , 875

2) . 1 , 860

2.

12660/09

PETRIY ,

Liliya Nikolayevna , 1937

16 February 2009

12 February 2001 , LDC

1,875

3.

12661/09

1). SAMKOVA ,

Larisa Grigoryevna , 1950,

2). SPIVAK ,

Yevgeniya Petrovna , 1939

16 February 2009

1) . 8 August 2005

2). 7 October 2004,

Kostyantynivka Court

1) . 1,050

2) . 1,200

4.

12679/09

ISIKOVA ,

Natalya Grigoryevna , 1951

16 February 2009

13 June 2001,

Kostyantynivka Court

1,800

5.

127 01/09

CHUMAK ,

Irina Alekseyevna , 1959

16 February 2009

13 June 2001 ,

Kostyantynivka Court

1,800

6.

12732/09

LITVINOVA ,

Irina Alimovna , 1954

16 February 2009

19 and 25 November 2003, Kostyantynivka Court

1,350

7.

12767/09

VOVK ,

Valentina Vasilyevna , 1946, and

Anatoliy Tikhonovich , 1945

16 February 2009

6 November 2000 ( two orders), LDC

1,920 (to each)

8.

12817/09

KROKHMAL ,

Yelena Vasilyevna , 1952

16 February 2009

17 April 2001,

Kostyantynivka Court

1,830

9.

12824/09

ZHARKOV ,

Fedor Fedorovich , 1950

16 February 2009

11 October 2004,

Kostyantynivka Court

1,200

10.

12828/09

KLIMENKO ,

Nadezhda Viktorovna , 1957

16 February 2009

7 June 2002,

Kostyantynivka Court

1,620

11.

12835/09

PIKHOTSKAYA ,

Aleksandra Dmitriyevna , 1941

16 February 2009

7 June 2002,

Kostyantynivka Court

1,560

12.

13255/09

PISARENKO ,

Mikhail Ivanovich , 1940

16 February 2009

7 November 2002,

Kostyantynivka Court

1,545

13.

13257/09 ,

KHOKHOLYAK ,

Olga Vladimirovna , 1966

16 February 2009

23 February 2 001,

Kostyantynivka Court

1,860

14.

13260/09 ,

IVAKHNIN ,

Petr Afanasyevich , 1952

16 February 2009

23 January 2002,

Kostyantynivka Court

1,680

15.

13265/09 ,

KOVALSKAYA ,

Alla Nikolayevna , 1941

16 February 2009

6 August 2001, LDC

1,785

16.

13266/09 ,

GUNCHAK ,

Lyudmila Ivanovna , 1940

16 February 2009

19 March and 14 May 2001,

Kostyantynivka Court and LDC, respectively

1,830

17.

13455/09

1). SLYUSAR ,

Lyubov Grigoryevna , 1958,

2) . YERASOV ,

Vladimir V asilyevich , 1961,

3). LYADNOVA ,

V era Vasilyevna , 1948,

4). SKIPA ,

V alentina Mikhaylovna , 1955,

5) . SOLOVYEVA ,

Z inaida Viktorovna , 1954,

6) . IVAKINA ,

N elya Dmitriyevna , 1951

16 February 2009

Kostyantynivka Court :

1). 29 October 2001

2). 4 February 2002

3). 17 December 2002

4). 28 February 2002

5) . 18 December 2002

6) . 20 December 2002

1) . 1 , 725

2). 1,680

3). 1,515

4). 1,665

5). 1,515

6). 1,515

18.

13588/09

BARABASH ,

Yevgeniy Platonovich , 1940

16 February 2009

20 November 2000,

Kostyantynivka Court ,

and 2 April 2001, LDC

1,905

19.

17838/09

1). NOVIKOVA ,

Inna Yakovlevna , 1946

2). ZHIZNEVSKAYA ,

Nadezhda Sergeyevna , 1952

3). SERDYUK ,

Tatyana Anatolyevna , 1946

4). SHAROVA ,

Tatyana Dmitriyevna , 1956

5). OSTROZHNAYA ,

Valentina Vasilyevna , 1956

6). SKRYPNIK ,

Nina Aleksandrovna , 1960

7) . KURBATOVA ,

Vera Nikolayevna , 1956

8) . KORNIYENKO ,

Yelena Aleksandrovna , 1964

5 March 2009

Kostyantynivka Court :

1). 16 August 2004

2). 9 August 2005

3). 9 August 2005

4). 4 August 2005

5). 4 August 2005

6) . 8 August 2005

7) . 8 August 2005

8) . 9 August 2005

1). 1,230

2). 1,050

3). 1,050

4). 1,050

5). 1,050

6). 870

7). 1,050

8). 1,050

20.

17846/09

1). ARTEMENKO ,

Aleksandr Vasilyevich , 1953

2 ). KIRSHINA ,

Mariya Nikolayevna , 1954

5 March 2009

1) . 13 August 2002 and 17 May 2005, Kostyantynivka Court

2 ) . 29 April 2003 (two judgments), Kostyantynivka Court

1) . 1 , 590

2 ) . 1 , 455

21.

21541/09

1). VORONKOVA ,

Zoya Mitrofanovna , 1956

2). OKOLOVSKYY ,

Yevgeniy Pavlovich , 1954

3). GRABITCHENKO ,

Igor Valentinovich , 1962

4). ZASENKO ,

Ivan Alekseyevich , 1952

5). LISTOPAD ,

Lidiya Ivanovna , 1958

6). BUREYKO ,

Valentina Viktorovna , 1965

7). SIROSH ,

Yevgeniya Antonovna , 1939

8). SYSOYEVA ,

Nelya Ivanovna , 1970

9). TARASENKO ,

Nadezhda Petrovna , 1945

10) . TIBABISHEVA ,

Inna Yuryevna , 1973

5 March 2009

Kostyantynivka Court :

1) . 1 December 1999

2) . 29 October 2004

3) . 26 February 2001

4) . 11 December 2000

5) . 16 September 2004

6) . 24 April 2001

7) . 3 September 2007

8) . 17 February 2006

9) . 9 August 2005

10) . 20 December 2002

1) . 2 , 085

2) . 1 , 185

3). 1,860

4). 1,890

5). 1,200

6). 1,815

7). 675

8). 960

9). 1,050

10). 1,515

22.

21577/09

KOROLEVA ,

Nina Ivanovna , 1939

10 April 2009

14 June 2004,

Kostyantynivka Court

1,260

23.

30402/09

KOVALCHUK ,

Nikolay Arsenyevich , 1950

2 April 2009

21 March 2003,

Kostyantynivka Court

1,470

24.

30424/09

KASYANENKO ,

Yevgeniy Yevgenyevich , 1945

2 April 2009

27 June 2001,

Kostyantynivka Court

1,785

25.

30428/09

SHCHERBIY ,

Viktor Anatolyevich , 1954

2 April 2009

13 March 2001,

Kostyantynivka Court

1,845

26.

30430/09

BYCHKOV ,

Valentin Anatolyevich , 1964

2 April 2009

9 July 2001, LDC

1 , 800

27.

30436/09

GARULYA ,

Nikolay Vasilyevich , 1954

2 April 2009

11 December 2000,

Kostyantynivka Court

1,890

28.

30439/09

GOLOVKO ,

Nina Nikolayevna , 1949

2 April 2009

11 December 199 7, LDC, and 29 November 2000 ,

Kostyantynivka Court

2,445

29.

30444/09

PECHENYY ,

Aleksandr Yakovlevich , 1928

2 April 2009

22 December 1998,

Kostyantynivka Court

2,250

30.

30448/09

GETSMAN ,

Vladimir Nikolayevich, 1952

2 April 2009

4 December 1997 ,

Kostyantynivka Court , and

21 November 2000 , LDC

2,445

31.

30453/09

SHISTKO ,

Pavel Alekseyevich , 1947

2 April 2009

23 October 1998,

Kostyantynivka Court

2,280

32.

30748/09

SIMUNINA ,

Lyudmila Mikhaylovna , 1956

2 April 2009

31 October 2002,

Kostyantynivka Court

1,545

33.

30753/09

MILLER ,

Valentina Veniaminovna , 1956

2 April 2009

29 October 2001,

Kostyantynivka Court

1,725

34.

30794/09

KATSYUBA ,

Yuriy Andreyevich , 1935

2 April 2009

21 August 2002 and 27 August 2003 , Kostyantynivka Court

1,530

35.

30796/09

KUTENKOV ,

Yevgeniy Nikolayevich, 1954

2 April 2009

25 November 2002,

Kostyantynivka Court

1,530

36.

31671/09

KHODUS ,

Aleksandr Anatolyevich , 1955

2 April 2009

19 December 1 997 ,

Kostyantynivka Court , and

11 September 2000 , LDC

2,430

37.

31676/09

LEGOSTAYEVA ,

Lyudmila Ivanovna , 1954

2 April 2009

11 December 1997 , LDC, and

29 November 2000 ,

Kostyantynivka Court

2,445

38.

31679/09

ZHURAVLEVA ,

Raisa Ivanovna , 1946

2 April 2009

21 January 1 998,

Kostyantynivka C ourt

2,415

39.

31683/09

SOLOVYEV ,

Artur Mikhaylovich , 1976

2 April 2009

13 January 1998 , LDC, and

9 February 1998 ,

Kostyantynivka Court

2,430

40.

31684/09

ZAKHAROVA ,

Neonila Vladimirovna , 1941

2 April 2009

5 December 2000 , LDC

1,905

41.

31689/09

SIVOV ,

Andrey Nikolayevich, 1969

2 April 2009

11 December 2000,

Kostyantynivka Court

1,890

42.

31691/09

BELENKO ,

Roman Vitalyevich , 1980

2 April 2009

26 March 2001, LDC

1,845

43.

31794/09

KUZNETSOV ,

Yevgeniy Mikhaylovich , 1948

2 April 2009

11 December 2000,

Kostyantynivka Court

1,890

44.

31812/09

KLYAKHIN ,

Anatoliy Grigoryevich , 1941

2 April 2009

21 May 1998,

Kostyantynivka Court

2,355

45.

31832/09

VORONTSOVA ,

Yelena Petrovna , 1957

2 April 2009

5 March 2001,

Kostyantynivka Court

1,860

46.

31839/09

DANKO ,

Galina Grigoryevna , 1953

2 April 2009

14 March 2001,

Kostyantynivka Court

1,845

47.

31850/09

MAKOVLEVA ,

Irina Grigoryevna , 1965

2 April 2009

29 March 2001,

Kostyantynivka Court

1,845

48.

31854/09

YUSHKINA ,

Galina Petrovna , 1954

2 April 2009

24 April 2001,

Kostyantynivka Court

1,815

49.

31863/09

BONDAREVA ,

Yelena Nikolayevna , 1964

2 April 2009

29 May 2001,

Kostyantynivka Court

1,800

50.

31934/09

MISHKOVICH ,

Lyubov Petrovna , 1953

2 April 2009

12 March 2002,

Kostyantynivka Court

1,665

51.

31938/09

ROSHKOV ,

Svyatoslav Sergeyevich , 1946

3 April 2009

25 March 2003,

Kostyantynivka Court

1,470

52.

31940/09

NAKONECHNAYA ,

Yekaterina Nikolayevna , 1952

3 April 2009

22 April 2003,

Kostyantynivka Court

1,455

53.

31943/09

ROMANENKO ,

Lidiya Yakovlevna , 1949

3 April 2009

15 December 1997, 7 September 1998 and 2 March 2001, LDC

2,445

54.

31946/09

KONONOVA ,

Viktoriya Aleksandrovna , 1951

3 April 2009

25 January 2001,

Kostyantynivka Court

1,875

55.

31949/09

VOLOBUYEVA ,

Valentina Ilyinichna , 1947

3 April 2009

12 February 2001, LDC

1,875

56.

31953/09

BODRAYA ,

Tatyana Vladimirovna , 1973

3 April 2009

17 November 2004,

Kostyantynivka Court

1,170

57.

31955/09

KATSYUBA ,

Nadezhda Dmitriyeva , 1940

3 April 2009

20 December 2002,

Kostyantynivka Court

1,515

58.

31960/09

POGORELOV ,

Ivan Semyonovich , 1947

3 April 2009

26 October 2004,

Kostyantynivka Court

1,170

59.

31961/09

POGORELOVA ,

Lyudmila Semyonovna , 1948

3 April 2009

26 October 2004,

Kostyantynivka Court

1,185

60.

31965/09

ABASHINA ,

Lyudmila Mikhaylovna , 1952

3 April 2009

9 December 2004,

Kostyantynivka Court

1,170

61.

33206/09

DROZDOVA ,

Lyubov Ivanovna , 1941

5 June 2009

7 June 2001,

Kostyantynivka Court

1,800

62.

33210/09

TRISKIBA ,

Olga Ivanovna , 1941

5 June 2009

30 January 2001,

Kostyantynivka Court

1,875

63.

33219/09

SUBBOTINA ,

Natalya Grigoryevna , 1964

5 June 2009

5 June 2 001,

Kostyantynivka Court

1,815

64.

33228/09

LIMANSKAYA ,

Yekaterina Grigoryevna , 1941

5 June 2009

12 December 2001,

Kostyantynivka Court

1,710

65.

33231/09

KIRICHENKO ,

Nina Ivanovna , 1937

5 June 2009

27 August 1998,

Kostyantynivka Court

2,310

66.

33246/09

CHUGUYEVA ,

Aleksandra Vladimirovna , 1950

5 June 2009

17 April 2001,

Kostyantynivka Court

1,830

67.

33248/09

KHOROSHILOVA ,

Vera Eduardovna , 1956

5 June 2009

11 April 2001,

Kostyantynivka Court

1,830

68.

33264/09

POLKOVNIKOV ,

Vladimir Sergeyevich , 1951

5 June 2009

17 September 2002,

Kostyantynivka Court

1,380

69.

33277/09

POLOVAYA ,

Galina Vladimirovna , 1961

5 June 2009

29 August 2002,

Kostyantynivka Court

1,575

70.

33279/09

SAYGAK ,

Ivan Grigoryevich , 1952

5 June 2009

19 December 2002,

Kostyantynivka Court

1,515

71.

33281/09

STOGNUSHENKO ,

Anastasiya Vasilyevna , 1938

5 June 2009

27 September 2002,

Kostyantynivka Court

1,560

72.

33400/09

BOZHKO ,

Lyudmila Vladimirovna , 1958

5 June 2009

24 January 2003 and 23 February 2009, Kostyantynivka Court

1,500

73.

33407/09

KOVALEVA ,

Raykhan Nikolayevna , 1958

5 June 2009

5 June 2001,

Kostyantynivka Court

1,815

74.

33421/09

CHEPEL ,

Valentina Nikolayevna , 1952

5 June 2009

26 February 2001 , L DC

1,860

75.

33434/09

VENTURA ,

Zoya Raisovna , 1950

5 June 2009

11 March 2002,

Kostyantynivka Court

1,665

76.

33437/09

TSIGANOVSKAYA ,

Lyubov Stepanovna , 1951

5 June 2009

19 October 2004,

Kostyantynivka Court

1,185

77.

33441/09

PROTSENKO ,

Tatyana Mikhaylovna , 1950

5 June 2009

15 November 2 001,

Kostyantynivka Court

1,725

78.

33446/09

LEVCHISHIN ,

Vladimir Leonidovich , 1966

5 June 2009

12 February 2001 , LDC

1,875

79.

33447/09

LIMANSKIY ,

Igor Viktorovich , 1964

5 June 2009

10 September 2004,

Kostyantynivka Court

1,215

80 .

33451/09

SYSHCHENKO ,

Viktor Nikolayevich, 1938

5 June 2009

5 October 2000,

Kostyantynivka Court

1,920

81 .

33478/09

KOLPAKOVA ,

Natalya Vladimirovna , 1951

5 June 2009

24 January 2003 and 23 February 2009, Kostyantynivka Court

1,500

82 .

33512/09

KIYAN ,

Zinaida Nikolayevna , 1956

5 June 2009

12 December 2000, LDC

1,905

83 .

33519/09

FILONENKO ,

Nina Mikhaylovna , 1942

5 June 2009

13 February 2009,

Kostyantynivka Court

405

84 .

33522/09

LIGASOV ,

Stanislav Yevgenyevich , 1938

5 June 2009

9 September 2004,

Kostyantynivka Court

1,200

85 .

33525/09

BONDARENKO ,

Mitrofan Fedorovich , 1941

5 June 2009

12 December 2000, LDC

1,905

86 .

33529/09

PANTYUSHENKO ,

Anatoliy Prokofyevich , 1935

5 June 2009

16 February 1998,

Kostyantynivka Court

2,400

87 .

65914/09

SINOVITSKAYA ,

Olga Ivanovna , 1958

5 June 2009

26 October 2004,

Kostyantynivka Court

1,185

[1] . For the sums, see the attached Table

[2] . Subsequently the Government informed that these sums would also be free of any taxes that may be chargeable

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SHEVCHENKO AND CHAUS v. UKRAINE AND OTHER APPLICATIONS

SHEVCHENKO AND CHAUS v. UKRAINE AND OTHER APPLICATIONS

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