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PERRI AND OTHERS v. ITALY and 14 other applications

Doc ref: 35063/12, 43641/13, 43689/13, 43692/13, 50208/13, 73277/14, 73377/14, 74508/14, 54962/15, 54970/15, ... • ECHR ID: 001-199358

Document date: November 20, 2019

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PERRI AND OTHERS v. ITALY and 14 other applications

Doc ref: 35063/12, 43641/13, 43689/13, 43692/13, 50208/13, 73277/14, 73377/14, 74508/14, 54962/15, 54970/15, ... • ECHR ID: 001-199358

Document date: November 20, 2019

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Communicated on 20 November 2019

FIRST SECTION

Application no. 35063/12 Antonio PERRI and others against Italy and 14 other applications (see list appended)

SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CASE S

The applications concern the application of retrospective legislation, specifically Article 1 § 218 of Law no. 266/2005 of 23 December 2005 to pending national proceedings commenced by the applicants (or their ascendants or spouses).

The applicants (or their ascendants or spouses) had initially been employed by the local government authorities. When they were transferred, under Article 8 of Law no. 124/1999, to work for the Ministry of Education, Universities and Research, their length of service with the local government authorities, their original employer, was not fully recognised for financial and legal purposes. The applicants (or their ascendants or spouses) lodged proceedings before the domestic courts arguing that the conversion of their salary into a notional length of service with the new employer upon transfer had been unlawful and detrimental. They sought placement in the professional grade corresponding to their full length of service from the date of the transfer as well as the determination of any compensation due to them. When those proceedings were pending at different levels of jurisdiction, Article 1 § 218 of Law no. 266/2005 of 23 December 2005 entered into force. This provision intended to give effect to what the legislator claimed to be the original intention of the Parliament when adopting Article 8 of Law no. 124/1999. Relying on that interpretative law the domestic courts dismissed the applicants ’ (or their predecessors ’ ) claims. The applicants (or their ascendants or spouses) lodged an appeal. In the course of the last proceedings, following the judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union of 6 September 2011 in Scattolon , C-108/10, the Court of Cassation remitted those cases to the competent courts of appeal for determination of whether the applicants (or their ascendants or spouses) had suffered a substantial loss of salary solely as a result of the transfer. By a number of judgments delivered between 2014 and 2017 the courts of appeal ruled that the applicants had not suffered a substantial loss of salary. Many applicants appealed against those judgments. As of 2018 those proceedings were still pending before the Court of Cassation.

QUESTIONS TO THE PARTIES

1. Have the applicants exhausted all effective domestic remedies, as required by Article 35 § 1 of the Convention?

2. Did the applicants have a fair hearing in the determination of their civil rights and obligations, in accordance with Article 6 § 1 of the Convention?

In particular, was there interference by the legislature with the administration of justice designed to influence the judicial determination of a dispute on account of the retrospective application to their case of Article 1, § 218, of Law no. 266/2005 (see Agrati and Others v. Italy , nos. 43549/08 and 2 others, 7 June 2011)?

If so, was that interference based on compelling grounds of general interest?

3. Has there been an interference with the applicants ’ peaceful enjoyment of their possessions, within the m eaning of Article 1 of Protocol No. 1, considering the enactment of Article 1, § 218, Law no. 266/2005?

If so, did the interference impose an excessive individual burden on the applicants?

APPENDIX

No.

Application no.

Case name

Lodged on

Applicant

Date of Birth

Place of Residence

Nationality

Represented by

Proceedings

35063/12

Perri and Others v. Italy

28/05/2012

1) Antonio PERRI

30/06/1953

Zagarise

Italian

Vincenzo PALLERIA

06/08/1954

Girifalco

Italian

Pasquale LEDONNE

01/12/1960

Magisano

Italian

Pietro CATIZONE

16/11/1945

Magisano

Italian

Evelino TOZZO

19/02/1959

Magisano

Italian

Maria Pia MAZZEI

20/07/1952

Catanzaro

Italian

Nicola GARISTO

26/10/1991

Catanzaro

Italian

Manuela GARISTO

18/06/1987

Catanzaro

Italian

Nicoletta GARISTO

20/02/1989

Catanzaro

Italian

2) Felice RENNE

14/10/1986

Falerna

Italian

Angelino RENNE

08/08/1988

Falerna

Italian

Loredana CANTAGALLI

11/09/1964

Falerna

Swiss

3) Nicola SCHIPANI

02/01/1957

Albi

Italian

4) Antonio Bruno MANNO

22/11/1953

Vallefiorita

Italian

5) Ilde MIRTO

30/12/1936

Catanzaro

Italian

6) Antonietta MASCIARI

10/10/1947

Catanzaro

Italian

7) Antonino FOGLIA

31/10/1945

Catanzaro

Italian

8) Antonio SACCO

21/07/1962

Catanzaro

Italian

9) Elisabetta PALAIA

13/10/1956

Girifalco

Italian

10) Angela MUSCIMARRO

07/09/1943

Acconia di Curinga

Italian

11) Francesco MORABITO

18/01/1966

Montepaone

Italian

12) Nicola LOMBARDO

25/07/1947

Montepaone

Italian

13) Ada LEUZZI

09/08/1954

Satriano

Italian

14) Giovanni FERRAJUOLO

08/04/1955

Catanzaro

Italian

15) Maria CHIARELLA

10/02/1949

Catanzaro

Italian

16) Mario BATTAGLIA

19/11/1953

Satriano

Italian

17) Giovanni CRITELLI

27/11/1959

Catanzaro

Italian

18) Umberto LUCIA

22/11/1938

Catanzaro

Italian

19) Nicola GARCEA

27/01/1947

Albi

Italian

20) Teodoro CHIARAVALLOTI

19/04/1941

Satriano

Italian

21) Rosaria Anna NANIA

03/03/1955

Simeri Crichi

Italian

22) Marisa Adelaide GENTILE

21/02/1942

Simeri Crichi

Italian

23) Franco TRAPASSO

29/09/1956

Gimigliano

Italian

Filippo BRUNO

03/03/1954

Cicala

Italian

Franco MANCUSO

12/11/1946

Catanzaro

Italian

Antonio SCALZO

21/04/1938

Gimigliano

Italian

Aldo COSENTINO

07/03/1940

Taverna

Italian

Vitaliano CANDELIERE

22/12/1965

Carovilli

Italian

Rosario SIA

11/04/1956

Squillace

Italian

Martino IULIANO

27/05/1947

Settingiano

Italian

Antonio SIVORI

11/05/1960

Catanzaro

Italian

Vincenzo URSANO

01/02/1949

Gimigliano

Italian

24) Vitaliano SACCA ’

13/03/1949

Catanzaro

Italian

Natalina RAFFAELLI

10)

11)

12)

13)

14)

15)

16)

17)

18)

19)

20)

21)

22)

23)

24)

43641/13

Jarach Borsatto and Others v. Italy

14/06/2013

Adriano JARACH BORSATTO

26/11/1951

Trieste

Italian

Ivanna REDFERN

06/03/1960

Trieste

Italian

Rosalba DEANI

03/12/1954

Trieste

Italian

Giovanni VENTURA

43689/13

Garbin v. Italy

12/06/2013

Giorgio GARBIN

07/04/1948

Trieste

Italian

Giovanni VENTURA

43692/13

Marzi and Others v. Italy

18/06/2013

Sonia MARZI

17/10/1958

Trieste

Italian

Pina PAU

04/04/1945

Duino Aurisina

Italian

Maria FRANKIC

25/03/1950

Duino Auridina

Italian

Maura FRAGIACOMO

15/09/1954

Trieste

Italian

Serena DI STEFANO

05/12/1954

Trieste

Italian

Giovanni VENTURA

50208/13

Rebula and Others v. Italy

28/06/2013

1) Boris REBULA

15/05/1952

Duino Aurisina

Italian

Giulia LEGOVICH

06/11/1961

Trieste

Italian

Clara CRISTIANO

23/11/1946

Trieste

Italian

Paolo ROVATTI

21/08/1956

Trieste

Italian

Renata GRILL

19/02/1957

Trieste

Italian

Graziella KRALJEVIC

05/06/1951

S. Dorligo della Valle

Italian

Nives KOLMAN

28/11/1957

Trieste

Italian

Bruna SPAVENTI

05/09/1950

Trieste

Italian

Rossana TRIPAR

15/11/1965

Trieste

Italian

Gigliana MAIERON

14/06/1951

Trieste

Italian

Rosangela VURRO

02/07/1954

Trieste

Italian

Giovanni VENTURA

73277/14

Candelise v. Italy

14/11/2014

Erminia CANDELISE

19/03/1955

Cosenza

Italian

Luigi DE PREZII

73377/14

Marra v. Italy

14/11/2014

Caterina MARRA

04/07/1951

Cosenza

Italian

Luigi DE PREZII

74508/14

Filippelli v. Italy

21/11/2014

Carmelo FILIPPELLI

01/04/1957

Bisignano

Italian

Andrea DE VITA

54962/15

Brizzi v. Italy

27/10/2015

Domenico BRIZZI

27/09/1953

Crotone

Italian

Natalina RAFFAELLI

54970/15

Berardi and Others v. Italy

27/10/2015

Salvatore BERARDI

23/08/1956

Crotone

Italian

Giuseppe GARRUBA

16/11/1953

Crotone

Italian

Carlo Luigi GIARDINO

12/04/1959

Crotone

Italian

Salvatore FLAGELLI

28/11/1956

Crotone

Italian

Natalina RAFFAELLI

23048/16

Rapieri and Others v. Italy

19/04/2016

Franco RAPIERI

05/01/1953

Villadose

Italian

Cristina GAZZABIN

15/03/1961

Rovigo

Italian

Mauro FRIGATO

20/07/1958

Adria

Italian

Giovanni ROMANO

23079/16

Sarain v. Italy

19/04/2016

Tiziana SARAIN

01/04/1957

Rovigo

Italian

Giovanni ROMANO

23792/16

Zatta and Cavallini v. Italy

19/04/2016

Rita ZATTA

01/10/1956

Lendinara

Italian

Carla CAVALLINI

24/04/1956

Baricetta

Italian

Giovanni ROMANO

53980/16

Girotto and Ongaro v. Italy

03/09/2016

Cesare GIROTTO

27/07/1945

Adria

Italian

Angelo ONGARO

02/09/1953

Lagosanto

Italian

Giovanni ROMANO

59121/18

Caputo v. Italy

06/12/2018

Enrichetta CAPUTO

05/10/1953

Martirano Lombardo

Italian

Natalina RAFFAELLI

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