Communicated on 17 May 2018

FIRST SECTION

Application no. 20956/08 Maria FIORE and Antonia FIORE against Italy lodged on 22 April 2008

SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CASE

The case concerns the expropriation of the applicants ’ land and the calculation of the expropriation compensation due to them in accordance with Article 5 bis of Law No. 359 of 1992 and Article 16 of Law No. 865 of 1971. Pursuant to the latter provisions, the applicants ’ land had been classified as agricultural and they were awarded compensation reflecting the “average agricultural value” ( valore agricolo medio ) criterion.

QUESTION tO THE PARTIES

Have the applicants been deprived of their property in accordance with the requirements of Article 1 of Protocol No. 1? In particular, did the deprivation of property impose an excessive individual burden on the applicants on account of the amount awarded to them as expropriation compensation (see Preite v. Italy , no. 28976/05, 17 November 2015)?

LIST OF APPLICANTS \* MERGEFORMAT

N o

First name LASTNAME

Birth year

Nationality

Place of residence

1.Maria FIORE

1953Italian

Acquaviva delle Fonti (Ba)

2.Antonia FIORE

1954Italian

Acquaviva delle Fonti (Ba)