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THIRD SECTION

CASE OF GOLIĆ AND OTHERS v. SERBIA

( Application no. 60162/16 and 27 others -

see appended list )

JUDGMENT

STRASBOURG

3 October 2019

This judgment is final but it may be subject to editorial revision.

In the case of Golić and Others v. Serbia ,

The European Court of Human Rights ( Third Section ), sitting as a Committee composed of:

Dmitry Dedov, President, Alena Poláčková, Gilberto Felici, judges, and Liv Tigerstedt , Acting Deputy Section Registrar ,

Having deliberated in private on 12 September 2019 ,

Delivers the following judgment, which was adopted on that date:

PROCEDURE

1. The case originated in applications against Serbia lodged with the Court under Article 34 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (“the Convention”) on the various dates indicated in the appended table .

2. The Serbian Government (“the Government”) were given notice of the applications.

THE FACTS

3. The list of applicant s and the relevant details of the applications are set out in the appended table.

4. The applicant s complained of the non-enforcement or delayed enforcement of domestic decisions given against socially/State-owned companies .

THE LAW

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

6. The applicant s complained of the non-enforcement or delayed enforcement of domestic decisions given in their favour . They relied, expressly or in substance, on Article 6 § 1 of the Convention, which, in the relevant part, read s as follows:

Article 6 § 1

“In the determination of his civil rights and obligations ... everyone is entitled to a fair ... hearing ... by [a] ... tribunal ...”

7. The Court reiterates that the execution of a judgment given by any court must be regarded as an integral part of a “hearing” for the purposes of Article 6. It also refers to its case-law concerning the non-enforcement or delayed enforcement of final domestic judgments (see Hornsby v. Greece , no. 18357/91, § 40, Reports of Judgments and Decisions 1997 ‑ II).

8. In the leading cases of R. Kačapor and Others v. Serbia, nos. 2269/06 and 5 others, §§ 97-99, 106-16 and 119-20, 15 January 2008, Crnišanin and Others v. Serbia, nos. 35835/05 and 3 others, § 124, 13 January 2009, and Stevanović and Others v. Serbia [Committee] , nos. 43815/17 and 15 others, 27 August 2019 , the Court already found a violation in respect of issues similar to those in the present case.

9. Having examined all the material submitted to it, the Court has not found any fact or argument capable of persuading it to reach a different conclusion on the admissibility and merits of these complaints. Having regard to its case-law on the subject, the Court considers that in the instant case the authorities did not deploy all necessary efforts to enforce in due time the decisions in the applicant s ’ favour.

10. These complaints are therefore admissible and disclose a breach of Article 6 § 1 of the Convention.

11. Article 41 of the Convention provides:

“If the Court finds that there has been a violation of the Convention or the Protocols thereto, and if the internal law of the High Contracting Party concerned allows only partial reparation to be made, the Court shall, if necessary, afford just satisfaction to the injured party.”

12. Regard being had to the documents in its possession and to its case ‑ law (see, in particular, StoÅ¡ić v. Serbia, no. 64931/10, §§ 66-68, 1 October 2013), the Court considers it reasonable to award the sums indicated in the appended table and it dismisses the remainder of the applicants ’ claims for just satisfaction.

13. The Court considers it appropriate that the default interest rate should be based on the marginal lending rate of the European Central Bank, to which should be added three percentage points.

FOR THESE REASONS, THE COURT , UNANIMOUSLY,

(a) that the respondent State is to pay the applicant s , within three months, the amounts indicated in the appended table, to be converted into the currency of the respondent State at the rate applicable at the date of settlement;

(b) that from the expiry of the above-mentioned three months until settlement simple interest shall be payable on the above amounts at a rate equal to the marginal lending rate of the European Central Bank during the default period plus three percentage points;

Done in English, and notified in writing on 3 October 2019 , pursuant to Rule 77 §§ 2 and 3 of the Rules of Court.

Liv Tigerstedt Dmitry Dedov

Acting Deputy Registrar President

APPENDIX

List of applications raising complaints under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention

( non-enforcement or delayed enforcement of domestic decisions given against socially/State-owned companies )

No.

Application no.

Date of introduction

Applicant ’ s name

Date of birth

Representative ’ s name and location

Relevant domestic decision

Start date of non-enforcement period or date of entry into force the Convention in respect of Serbia

(3 March 2004)

End date of non-enforcement period Length of enforcement proceedings

Domestic award

(in euros)

Amount awarded for non-pecuniary damage and costs and expenses per applicant

(in euros) [1] [2]

60162/16

07/10/2016

Ranko Golić

18/03/1956

Janković Dragana

Čačak

Municipal Court in Čačak,

25/02/2009

14/09/2009

01/08/2016

6 year(s) and 10 month(s) and 19 day(s)

100

2,000

3842/17

22/12/2016

Dragi Đinković

29/01/1960

Stojiljković Tamara

Leskovac

Municipal Court in Leskovac, 29/03/2004

03/12/2007

26/12/2016

9 year(s) and 24 day(s)

100

2,000

4294/17

29/12/2016

Žika Kostić

15/10/1949

Stojiljković Tamara

Leskovac

Municipal Court in Leskovac, 04/06/2003

Municipal Court in Leskovac, 31/12/2007

19/11/2007

09/12/2008

17/01/2017

9 year(s) and 1 month(s) and 30 day(s)

17/01/2017

8 year(s) and 1 month(s) and 9 day(s)

255

2,000

4576/17

19/12/2016

Nenad Milenković

01/06/1981

Stojiljković Tamara

Leskovac

Municipal Court in Leskovac, 15/12/2003

22/11/2004

26/12/2016

12 year(s) and 1 month(s) and 5 day(s)

255

2,000

9573/17

23/01/2017

Goran Mihajlović

23/11/1966

Stojiljković Tamara

Leskovac

Municipal Court in Leskovac, 30/03/2007

23/10/2007

02/03/2017

9 year(s) and 4 month(s) and 8 day(s)

85

2,000

9586/17

23/01/2017

Granica Jančić

11/10/1952

Stojiljković Tamara

Leskovac

Municipal Court in Leskovac, 26/11/2003

Municipal Court in Leskovac, 15/01/2007

03/03/2004

15/06/2007

02/03/2017

13 year(s)

02/03/2017

9 year(s) and 8 month(s) and 16 day(s)

85

2,000

9620/17

23/01/2017

Biljana Stanković

07/01/1967

Stojiljković Tamara

Leskovac

Municipal Court in Leskovac, 01/12/2003

Municipal Court in Leskovac, 12/01/2007

03/03/2004

13/02/2007

02/03/2017

13 year(s)

02/03/2017

10 year(s) and 18 day(s)

85

2,000

9689/17

23/01/2017

Sonja Ivanović

31/08/1966

Stojiljković Tamara

Leskovac

Municipal Court in Leskovac, 11/01/2007

07/02/2007

02/03/2017

10 year(s) and 24 day(s)

85

2,000

9715/17

23/01/2017

Ljiljana Stevanović

15/08/1958

Stojiljković Tamara

Leskovac

Municipal Court in Leskovac, 10/01/2007

19/02/2007

02/03/2017

10 year(s) and 12 day(s)

85

2,000

11572/17

25/01/2017

Petrovka Nastić

24/06/1950

Stojiljković Tamara

Leskovac

Municipal Court in Leskovac, 14/07/2003

Municipal Court in Leskovac, 04/04/2008

21/12/2007

28/08/2008

10/04/2017

9 year(s) and 3 month(s) and 21 day(s)

10/04/2017

8 year(s) and 7 month(s) and 14 day(s)

85

2,000

11575/17

25/01/2017

Stanimir Pešić

22/09/1960

Stojiljković Tamara

Leskovac

Municipal Court in Leskovac, 20/05/2003

16/01/2008

02/03/2017

9 year(s) and 1 month(s) and 15 day(s)

85

2,000

17182/17

23/02/2017

Vera Simić

13/08/1949

Glavonjić Radenko

Cacak

Municipal Court in Čačak,

10/09/2008

27/02/2009

01/02/2017

7 year(s) and 11 month(s) and 6 day(s)

300

2,000

28411/17

04/04/2017

Milan Stevanović

03/01/1966

Pantelić Slađana

Cacak

Commercial Court in Čačak, 14/05/2007

14/05/2007

30/01/2017

9 year(s) and 8 month(s) and 17 day(s)

100

2,000

39172/17

22/05/2017

Radmila Kovačević

05/11/1954

Stojiljković Tamara

Leskovac

Municipal Court in Leskovac, 27/11/2003

30/08/2007

06/06/2017

9 year(s) and 9 month(s) and 8 day(s)

170

2,000

41196/17

29/05/2017

Slađana Perišić

15/03/1962

Stojiljković Tamara

Leskovac

Commercial Court in Leskovac, 24/11/2003

Municipal Court in Leskovac, 18/01/2007

26/06/2007

19/04/2010

22/06/2017

9 year(s) and 11 month(s) and 28 day(s)

22/06/2017

7 year(s) and 2 month(s) and 4 day(s)

170

2,000

42796/17

05/06/2017

Srboljub Stojković

19/02/1950

Stojiljković Tamara

Leskovac

Municipal Court in Leskovac, 16/05/2003

Municipal Court in Leskovac, 15/05/2008

27/11/2007

21/05/2009

01/06/2017

9 year(s) and 6 month(s) and 6 day(s)

01/06/2017

8 year(s) and 12 day(s)

85

2,000

61022/17

04/08/2017

Mirijana Krstić

25/11/1967

Stojiljković Tamara

Leskovac

Municipal Court in Leskovac, 28/02/2008

26/06/2008

10/08/2017

9 year(s) and 1 month(s) and 16 day(s)

100

2,000

68482/17

11/09/2017

Marija Radovanović

01/09/1954

Stojiljković Tamara

Leskovac

Commercial Court in Leskovac, 01/12/2003

Municipal Court in Leskovac, 27/01/2007

03/03/2004

15/06/2007

10/08/2017

13 year(s) and 5 month(s) and 8 day(s)

10/08/2017

10 year(s) and 1 month(s) and 27 day(s)

100

2,000

68483/17

11/09/2017

Slaviša Stefanović

26/12/1956

Stojiljković Tamara

Leskovac

Municipal Court in Leskovac, 18/12/2006

02/02/2007

10/08/2017

10 year(s) and 6 month(s) and 9 day(s)

85

2,000

68484/17

11/09/2017

Dragana Ilić

16/11/1969

Stojiljković Tamara

Leskovac

Municipal Court in Leskovac, 27/11/2003

12/06/2007

10/08/2017

10 year(s) and 1 month(s) and 30 day(s)

100

2,000

68485/17

11/09/2017

Mirjana Stojiljković

19/05/1956

Stojiljković Tamara

Leskovac

Commercial Court in Leskovac, 24/11/2003

Municipal Court in Leskovac, 05/03/2007

14/03/2007

26/12/2007

15/09/2017

10 year(s) and 6 month(s) and 2 day(s)

15/09/2017

9 year(s) and 8 month(s) and 21 day(s)

100

2,000

71140/17

21/09/2017

Sunčica Stamenković

23/12/1972

Stojiljković Tamara

Leskovac

Municipal Court in Leskovac, 21/04/2003

Municipal Court in Leskovac, 11/04/2008

10/12/2007

16/10/2008

31/10/2017

9 year(s) and 10 month(s) and 22 day(s)

31/10/2017

9 year(s) and 16 day(s)

255

2,000

71143/17

21/09/2017

Mira Mladenović

17/08/1959

Stojiljković Tamara

Leskovac

Municipal Court in Leskovac, 17/09/2003

10/12/2007

10/08/2017

9 year(s) and 8 month(s) and 1 day(s)

255

2,000

71144/17

21/09/2017

Cvetan Marković

22/03/1952

Stojiljković Tamara

Leskovac

Municipal Court in Leskovac, 09/06/2003

07/04/2008

10/08/2017

9 year(s) and 4 month(s) and 4 day(s)

255

2,000

71601/17

25/09/2017

Gorica Matić

18/07/1965

Stojiljković Tamara

Leskovac

Municipal Court in Leskovac, 25/07/2005

13/04/2006

27/10/2017

11 year(s) and 6 month(s) and 15 day(s)

85

2,000

74803/17

16/10/2017

Radmila Đorđević

26/03/1963

Stojiljković Tamara

Leskovac

Municipal Court in Leskovac, 26/01/2005

18/03/2005

31/10/2017

12 year(s) and 7 month(s) and 14 day(s)

170

2,000

81427/17

25/11/2017

Ruža Krstić

13/04/1944

Stajić Srđan

Lebane

Municipal Court in Lebane,

07/09/2005

18/10/2011

16/08/2017

5 year(s) and 9 month(s) and 30 day(s)

100

2,000

3894/18

05/01/2018

Dobrica Jović

21/03/1965

Stajić Srđan

Lebane

Municipal Court in Lebane,

15/10/2007

26/12/2007

22/12/2017

9 year(s) and 11 month(s) and 27 day(s)

85

2,000

[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.

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