Resolution CM/ResDH(2021)228

Execution of the judgment of the European Court of Human Rights

Antonov against Bulgaria

(Adopted by the Committee of Ministers on 13 October 2021

at the 1414 th meeting of the Ministers’ Deputies)

Application No.

Case

Judgment of

Final on

58364/10

ANTONOV

28/05/2020

28/08/2020

The Committee of Ministers, under the terms of Article 46, paragraph 2, of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, which provides that the Committee supervises the execution of final judgments of the European Court of Human Rights (hereinafter “the Convention” and “the Court”,

Having regard to the final judgment transmitted by the Court to the Committee in this case and to the violation established on account of the unjustified delay of the tax authorities in enforcing final domestic judgments and refunding the applicant the sums unduly collected (violation of Article 1 of Protocol No. 1);

Recalling the respondent State’s obligation, under Article 46, paragraph 1, of the Convention, to abide by all final judgments in cases to which it has been a party and that this obligation entails, over and above the payment of any sums awarded by the Court, the adoption by the authorities of the respondent State, where required:

- of individual measures to put an end to violations established and erase their consequences so as to achieve as far as possible restitutio in integrum ; and

- of general measures preventing similar violations;

Having invited the government of the respondent State to inform the Committee of the measures taken to comply with the above-mentioned obligation;

Having examined the action report provided by the government indicating the individual measures adopted to give effect to the judgment including the information provided regarding the payment of the just satisfaction awarded by the Court (see document DH-DD(2021)833 );

Considering that the question of individual measures was resolved, given that the applicant was refunded the taxes unduly collected, together with statutory interest for late payment and was also awarded just satisfaction for non-pecuniary damage by the Court;

Recalling that the question of general measures required in response to the shortcomings found by the Court in this case continues to be examined within the framework of the Stoyanov and Tabakov group of cases and that the closure of this case therefore in no way prejudges the Committee’s evaluation of the general measures required;

DECLARES that it has exercised its functions under Article 46, paragraph 2, of the Convention in this case as regards the individual measures and

DECIDES to close the examination of this case.