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FIFTH SECTION

DECISION

This version was rectified on 1 8 January 2012 under Rule 81 of the Rules of Court

Application no . 13283/05 Viktoriya Vasilyevna ZHEYDA against Ukraine and 51 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 s submitted by the respondent Government requesting the Court to strike the application s out of the list of cases ,

Having deliberated, decides as follows :

THE FACTS

The applicant s are Ukrainian nationals whose details are specified in the table below. The Ukrainian Government (“the Government”) were represented by Ms Valeria Lutkovska and Mr Nazar Kulchytskyy , of the Ministry of Justice.

Mr Mishura (the second applicant in the application no. 42183/08) died on 2 January 2011 and Mrs Mishura (the first applicant) expressed in substance her wish to pursue his part of the application .

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

On the dates set out in the table below t he domestic courts or the labour dispute commissions (“the LDC”) of the State enterprises held for the applicants and ordered the authorities to pay t he m various pecuniary amounts or take certain actions . The decisions in the applicants ’ favour became final but the authorities delayed their enforcement .

COMPLAINTS

The applicant s complained about the delayed enforcement of the decisions given in their favour. Some of them also raised other complaints.

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. After the communication of the cases to the respondent Government some applicants raised new complaints about the delayed enforcement of other decisions given in their favour. I n the Court ’ s view, these complaints are not an elaboration of the applicants ’ original complaints (see Piryanik v. Ukraine , no. 75788/01, § 20, 19 April 2005). Therefore, the scope of the cases before it is limited to the applicants ’ original complaints. Their new complaints will be dealt with in separate applications.

3. Following the Yuriy Nikolayevich Ivanov pilot judgment cited above , on various dates (see the table below) the Government submitted several unilateral declarations aimed at resolving the issues raised by the applicants. By these declarations the Government acknowledged the excessive duration of the enforcement of the decisions given in the applicants ’ favour, expressed their willingness to enforce the decisions which have not been enforced yet and offered the applicants various compensation sums (for the sums, see the table below ).

The Government invite d the Court to strike the applications out of the list of cases. They suggested that the declarations 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 declarations also provided that t he compensation sums were to cover any pecuniary and non-pecuniary damage as well as costs and expenses and would be free of any taxes that may be applicable [1] , to be converted into the national currency of the respondent State at the rate applicable at the date of settlement . They w ould 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 within the said three-month period, the Government undert ook 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 w ould constitute the final resolution of the cases.

The applicants either disagreed with the declarations on various grounds and requested the Court to pursue the examination of their cases or did not provide any comments.

The Court reiterates that 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 Article 37 § 1 (a) - (c) of th e Convention . In particular, under A rticle 37 § 1 (c) the Court may s trike 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 th e 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 made 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 s , the Court understands them 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 enforcement of decisions given in the applicants ’ favour and undertake to enforce the decisions which have not been enforced yet. 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 relevant parts 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 these parts of the application s . Accordingly, they should be struck out of the list.

4. Having carefully examined the applicants ’ remaining complaints in the light of all the material in its possession, and in so far as the matters complained of are within its competence, the Court finds that they do not disclose any appearance of a violation of the rights and freedoms set out in the Convention or its Protocols.

It follows that these parts of the applications are manifestly ill-founded and must be rejected in accordance with Article 35 §§ 3 (a) and 4 of the Convention.

For these reasons, the Court unanimously

Decides to join the applications;

Takes note of the terms of the respondent Government ’ s declaration s in respect of the applicants ’ complaints about the delayed enforcement of the domestic decisions given in their favour ;

Decides to strike the applications out of its list of cases in so far as they relate to the above complaints in accordance with Article 37 § 1 (c) of the Convention;

Declares the remainder of the applications inadmissible.

Stephen Phillips Mark Villiger Deputy Registrar President

APPENDIX

No.

Application number,

applicant ’ s name

and date of birth

Date of introduction

Domestic decisions about the delayed enforcement of which the applicants complain

(date of the decision and name of the court/LDC)

Date of the Government ’ s unilateral declaration

Compensation sums

offered by the Government

(in euros )

1.

13283/05

ZHEYDA ,

Viktoriya Vasilyevna , 1967

29 March 2005

2 June 2005,

LDC of the “RMP” Plant

14 July 2011

1,095

2.

15041/05

ADYGEZ ALOVA [2] ,

Lyudmila Viktorovna , 1960

12 April 2005

12 December 2002 and 11 August 2004,

Novogorodivka Court

25 June 2011

1,515

3.

34139/05

BOCHKAREV ,

Nikolay Dmitriyevich , 1964

31 August 2005

5 February 2004,

Mykolayiv Garrison Military Court

14 July 2011

1,320

4.

34425/05

BIGUN ,

Yuliya Nikolayevna , 1962

7 September 2005

20 August 1996,

Krasnogvardiyskyy District Court of Dnipropetrovsk

( on 6 February 2004 the same court changed the procedure for execution of the judgment )

25 June 2011

1,950

5.

39158/05

BELOV ,

Nikolay Mikhaylovich , 1939

15 October 2005

9 February 1998,

Kerch С ourt

21 April 2011

2,355

6 .

5712/06

BARDAKOVA ,

Irina Yuryevna , 1959

24 January 2006

27 November 2001,

Nova Kakhovka Court

21 April 2011

1,605

7 .

21491/06

LYASHENKO ,

Viktor Antonovich , 1942

15 May 2006

29 July 2005,

LDC of t he Lysychanskyy Plant “RTI”

21 April 2011

1,035

8 .

23642/06

YERMAK ,

Lyudmila Nikolayevna , 1966

3 June 2006

16 May 2005,

Slavutych Court

25 June 2011

1,080

9 .

28677/06

MAKOGON ,

Petr Grigoryevich , 1934

26 June 2006

26 June 2000 ,

Pervomaysk Court

25 June 2011

1,605

10.

38612/06

SHTYLYEV ,

Petr Vasilyevich , 1933

11 September 2006

11 April 2007,

Novogorodivka Court

25 June 2011

735

11.

47344/06

GOLUBKOVA ,

Tetyana Viktorivna , 1959

10 November 2006

22 December 2000 ,

Bogunskyy District Court of Zhytomyr

13 July 2011

1,890

12.

3239/07

RYABUSHKO ,

Viktor Nikolayevich, 1949

14 December 2006

25 July 2003,

Chervonogvardiyskyy District Court of Makiyivka

14 July 2011

1,410

13.

6159/07

DEMIDAS ,

Mikhail Dmitriyevich , 1958

26 January 2007

24 February 2005 ,

Antratsyt District Court

13 July 2011

1,125

14.

7155/07

SUKHOVERKHOV ,

Vitaliy Fedorovich , 1951

18 January 2007

23 January 2006,

Krasnyy Luch Court

12 July 2011

975

15.

7487/07

TSAPKO ,

Anatoliy Nikolayevich, 1953 ,

and Valentina Ivanovna , 1957

28 January 2007

22 March 2005,

Antratsyt District Court (two judgments)

13 July 2011

1,110 (for each)

16.

25116/07

MAZHANOV ,

Mikhail Afanasyevich , 1946

4 June 2007

26 February 2004,

Nova Kakhovka Court

21 April 2011

840

17.

31571/07

SHETELYA ,

Vasyl Yuriyovych , 1955

10 July 2007

25 April 2003,

Svalyava District Court

13 July 2011

1,410

18.

31601/07

BIZINA ,

Nadiya Kostyantynivna , 1958

17 July 2007

15 April 2005,

Nova Kakhovka Court

21 April 2011

975

19.

32454/07

SEMENENKO ,

Maryna Yegorivna , 1950

18 July 2007

17 February 2005,

Shostka District Court

21 April 2011

975

20.

33293/07

MOTSYO ,

Tetyana Volodymyrivna , 1967

17 July 2007

15 April 2005,

Nova Kakhovka Court

21 April 2011

975

21.

8527/08

YERYGIN ,

Aleksey Petrovich , 1938

25 January 2008

7 April 2006,

Krasnyy Luch Court

12 July 2011

945

22.

8654/08

AFANASENK O ,

Anatoliy I vanovich , 1964

25 January 2008

9 February 2005,

Krasnyy Luch Court

12 July 2011

1 , 140

23.

14747/08

SALAMAKHA ,

Volodymyr Ivanovych , 1957

28 February 2008

17 April 2003,

Bogunskyy District Court of Zhytomyr

13 July 2011

1,365

24.

19343/08

RIZNYTSKYY ,

Ilya Mykhaylovych , 1924

9 April 2008

16 November 2001,

Dnipro vskyy District Court of Kherson

21 April 2011

1,680

25.

24791/08

BATURINA ,

Svetlana Yakovlevna , 1947

13 May 2008

18 May 2004,

Tsentralnyy District Court of Symferopol

(as amended on 25 April 2006)

17 August 2011

1,155

26.

29215/08

KOROBCHUK ,

Olga Nikolayevna , 1964

28 May 2008

1 June 2005,

Krasnyy Luch Court

21 April 2011

1,035

27.

42183/08

MISHURA ,

Kateryna Oleksiyivna , 1941,

and Vasyl Petrovych , 1937

18 August 2008

14 July 2007 ,

Kyevo - Svyatoshinskyy Court

( as amended on 21 August 2 007)

13 Jul y 2011

690 (for both)

28.

53787/08

DZYUBA ,

Galyna Trokhymivna , 1944

22 October 2008

5 April 2007,

Bogoduhiv Court

21 April 2011

675

29.

57582/08

RAYDUGA, TOV

17 November 2008

28 March 2005,

Kherson City Commercial Court

15 July 2011

945

30.

1834/09

PONOMAREVA ,

Lyubov Vladimirovna , 1959

2 December 2008

21 July 2003 and 11 August 2005,

Krasnyy Luch Court

21 April 2011

1,380

31.

4511/09

MAYDANICHENKO ,

Vladimir Nikolayevich, 1977

11 December 2008

22 May 2006 ,

Krasnyy Luch Court

21 April 2011

870

32.

4548/09

SHKOLNYUK ,

Lyubov Vasilyevna , 1967

11 December 2008

9 November 2005,

Krasnyy Luch Court

21 April 2011

960

33.

4553/09

KOVALEVA ,

Irina Zdislavovna , 1958

11 December 2008

1 June 2005,

Krasnyy Luch Court

21 April 2011

1,035

34.

4563/09

BUCHKO ,

Vladimir Ivanovich , 1953

11 December 2009

4 September 2002,

Krasnyy Luch Court

4 May 2011

1,560

35.

10432/09

LEBEDINSKAYA ,

Alevtina Alekseyevna , 1954

30 January 2009

5 August 1999, Svitlovodsk Town Court , and

16 May 2007, Svitlovodsk District Court

25 June 2011

2,130

36.

11607/09

GRYCHKOVSKYY ,

Georgiy Mykhaylovich , 1948

28 January 2009

28 September and 29 November 2006,

Sofiyivka District Court

25 June 2011

720

37.

12719/09

1) . MELNIK ,

Vasiliy Stepanovich , 1936,

2) . PIVEN ,

Vladimir Grigoryevich , 1944,

3) . SINELNIK ,

Anisya Yevtikhovna , 1954

16 February 2009

1) . 19 December 2000,

2) . 26 November 1999,

3) . 7 February 2005,

Kostyantyvinka Court

27 July 2011

1). 1 , 890

2). 2 , 085

3). 1 , 140

38.

13639/09

ZAZVORKA ,

Rostislav Yosifovich , 1947

16 February 2009

28 December 2000,

Kostyantynivka C ourt

27 July 2011

1,890

39.

17861/09

1) . ZHUK ,

Vera Yegorovna , 1943,

2). GALAGAN ,

V asiliy Ilyich , 1952,

3). VASILYEVA ,

L yudmila Petrovna , 1949,

4). SHARUDA ,

Sergey Vladimirovich , 1966,

5). FILIMONOVA ,

Liliya Vasilyevna , 1936,

6). ZAKARLYUKA ,

Tatyana Nikolayevna , 1954,

7) . MOSPAN ,

Galina Vladimirovna , 1957

5 March 2009

1). 4 October 2000,

Kostyantyvinka Court ,

2). 10 October 2000,

LDC of the “ Avtosklo ” Plant,

3). 2 November 2000,

4) . 11 December 2000,

Kostyantynivka Court,

5) . 21 February 2001,

LDC of the “ Avtosklo ” Plant ,

6) . 2 June 2004,

7) . 9 December 2004 ,

Kostyantynivka Court

27 July 2011

1) . 1 , 935

2) . 1 , 935

3) . 1 , 920

4) . 1 , 905

5) . 1 , 860

6) . 1 , 260

7) . 1 , 170

40.

17894/09

1 ) . GNIPA ,

N ikolay Mikhaylovich , 1940,

2). GNIPA ,

O lga Petrovna , 1945,

3). CHINENOVA ,

V alentina Mikhaylovna , 1949,

4). SHEVCHENKO ,

R aisa Petrovna , 1950,

5). LUKASH ,

I rina Vasilyevna , 1958,

6). LUKASH ,

Valeriy Grigoryevich , 1955

5 March 2009

1). 5 March 2001,

2). 5 March 2001,

Kostyantynivka Court,

3). 25 June 2001,

LDC of the “ Avstosklo ” Plant;

4). 28 November 2001 ,

5) . 27 December 2002 ,

6) . 27 December 2002 ,

Kostyantynivka Court

27 July 2011

1) . 1 , 860

2 ) . 1 , 860

3) . 1 , 800

4) . 1 , 890

5) . 1 , 515

6) . 1 , 515

41.

17944/09

1). VISLOGUZOVA ,

Olga Ivanovna , 1951,

2). SLADKEVICH ,

Viktor Mironovich , 1932,

3). MIKHALEVA ,

L yubov Nikolayevna , 1964,

4). TOCHILO ,

Mariya Mikhaylovna , 1958

5 March 2009

1) . 21 August 2002,

2) . 27 September 2002,

3) . 27 September 2002,

4) . 27 September 2002

Kostyantynivka Court

27 Ju ly 2011

1) . 1 , 590

2) . 1 , 575

3) . 1 , 575

4) . 1 , 575

42.

17976/09

1). KHARCHENKO , Nadezhda Viktorovna , 1938,

2). DAVIDENKO ,

Vladimir Nikolayevich , 1959,

3). KRIVONOZHENKO ,

Mikhail Aleksandrovich , 1939,

4). GORENKOVA ,

I nna Mikhaylovna , 1967,

5 March 2009

1). 16 August 2002,

2). 6 September 2002,

3). 11 September 2002,

4). 22 January 2003

Kostyantynivka Court

27 July 2011

1 ) . 1 , 605

2) . 1 , 575

3) . 1 , 575

4) . 1 , 515

43.

21506/09

1) . DIKONENKO ,

L yudmila Andreyevna , 1948,

2). BATLUK ,

Tamara Mikhaylovna , 1949, 3). POLOVNAYA ,

Valentina Ivanovna , 1952,

4). KORZUN ,

Lyudmila Alekseyevna , 1948, 5). BAZHENOVA ,

Zinaida Sergeyevna , 1941, 6). BUKREEVA ,

Aleksandra Nikolayevna , 1942,

7). BUTKO ,

Valentina Pavlovna , 1948

10 April 2009

1). 4 May 1998 ,

Kostyantynivka Court ,

2). 9 December 1997 and 15 January 2001 ,

LDC of the “ Avtosklo ” Plant,

3). 9 June 2 000,

4). 16 February 2001,

Kostyantynivka Court,

5) . 19 February 2001 ,

LDC of the “ Avtosklo ” Plant,

6). 22 March 2001,

7). 3 April 2001,

Kostyantynivka Court

27 July 2011

1) . 2,370

2) . 2,445

3) . 1,995

4) . 1,860

5) . 1,860

6) . 1,845

7) . 1,830

44.

21525/09

1) . DYTKO ,

Natalya Vladimirovna , 1964,

2). SHABROVA ,

V alentina Ivanovna, 1946,

3). PASISHNICHENKO , V asiliy Andreyevich , 1938,

4). KRIVENKO ,

Valentina Anatolyevna , 1956,

5). NAZAROVA ,

Raisa Vladimirovna , 1960,

6). BUTKO ,

Oleg Ivanovich , 1972,

7). OVSIYENKO ,

Anatoliy Vasilyevich , 1945,

8). POGULYAY ,

Vladimir Nikolayevich , 1968

10 April 2009

1). 29 January 2001,

LDC of the “ Avtosklo ” Plant,

2). 13 February 2001,

3). 13 February 2001,

4). 15 February 2001,

5). 16 February 2001,

6). 27 March 2001,

7). 21 June 2001,

8). 26 November 2004 ,

Kostyantynivka Court

27 July 2011

1 ) . 1,875

2) . 1,860

3) . 1,860

4) . 1,860

5) . 1,860

6) . 1,830

7) . 1,800

8) . 1,170

45.

21762/09

ZAKHARENKO ,

Nikolay Andreyevich , 1946

10 April 2009

1 November 2007 and 26 June 2008,

Artemivsk District Court

14 July 2011

585

46.

30878/09

KARPACHEV ,

Sergey Alekseyevich , 1957

3 April 2009

7 February 2008,

Tsentralno-Miskyy District Court of Makiyivka

14 July 2011

570

47.

33510/09

BONDARENKO ,

Galina Viktorovna , 1965

5 June 2009

12 December 2001,

Kostyantynivka Court

27 July 2011

1,710

48.

40485/09

PANCHENKO ,

Nikolay Vlasovich , 1937

11 June 2009

4 April 2002 ,

Nova Kakhovka Court

(as amended on 30 October 2002)

21 April 2011

1,515

49.

45397/09

ZHUKOVA ,

Galyna Glibovna , 1953

4 August 2009

24 December 2008 ,

Vasylkiv District Court

13 July 2011

450

50.

52509/09

MEDVEDEVA ,

Nelya Mykhaylivna , 1942

18 September 2009

23 March 2006,

Sverdlovsk Court

12 July 2011

945

51.

53663/09

KHODARYOVA ,

Ulyana Maksymivna , 1934

21 September 2009

23 March 2006,

Sverdlovsk Court

12 July 2011

930

52.

54284/09

KOPAYEVA ,

Larysa Mykolayivna , 1938

18 September 2009

23 March 2006,

Sverdlovsk Court

12 July 2011

930[1] . As some of the declarations did not initially contain the tax exemption provision, subsequently the Government amended them accordingly

[2] . Rectified on 18 January 2012 : the surname was “ Adygezhalova ”.

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