Information Note on the Court’s case-law 16

March 2000

Protopappa and Marangou v. Greece - 38971/97

Judgment 28.3.2000 [Section III]

Article 6

Civil proceedings

Article 6-1

Reasonable time

Length of proceedings relating to expropriation: violation

The case concerns the length of proceedings relating to the applicants' request for judicial review of the implicit refusal to revoke ministerial decisions to expropria te land. The applicants lodged their request in August 1993 and no decision has been given yet by the Council of State.

Conclusion : violation (unanimously).

Article 41: The Court awarded each of the applicants 2 million drachmas (GRD) in respect of non-pec uniary damage. It also made an award in respect of costs.

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