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BALAN AND OTHERS v. SLOVAKIA and 1 other application
Doc ref: 51414/11;46098/12 • ECHR ID: 001-126724
Document date: September 2, 2013
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BALAN AND OTHERS v. SLOVAKIA and 1 other application
Doc ref: 51414/11;46098/12 • ECHR ID: 001-126724
Document date: September 2, 2013
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THIRD SECTION
Applications nos 51414/11 and 46098/12 Michal BALAN and O thers against Slovakia and Karol ČERVENČÍK and O thers against Slovakia lodged on 8 August 2011 and 23 July 2012 respectively
STATEMENT OF FACTS
The applicants are natural or legal persons whose particulars are set out in Appendices 1 and 2. They are repres ented before the Court by Mr J. Brichta , a lawyer practising in Bratislava.
The facts of the case s , as submitted by the applicants, may be summarised as follows.
The applicants own residential buildings which comprise flats in respect of which the rent-control scheme has applied (see Appendices 3 and 4). The background and legal framework concerning the control of rent in Slovakia is described in Krahulec v. Slovakia ( dec. ), no. 19294/07, 7 June 2011.
The applicants submit, with reference to the applicable law, that the rent to which they are entitled for letting their property is far below the maintenance costs for their houses and disproportionately low compared with similar flats to which the rent-control scheme does not apply.
By way of example, they point out that the controlled rent in respect of a flat with a surface area of 72.56 square metres has been EUR 71.5 a month, which corresponds to EUR 0.99 per square metre . However, the free-market rent in respect of such a flat was approximately EUR 830 a month, that is EUR 11.4 per square metre .
COMPLAINTS
The applicants complain that their rights under Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 have been violated as a result of the implementation of the rent ‑ control scheme in respect of their property.
The applicants further complain under Article 14 of the Convention that they have been discriminated against in comparison with the owners of similar housing facilities to whom the rent-control scheme does not apply.
QUESTIONS TO THE PARTIES and information requested
Has there been an interference with the applicants ’ right to peaceful enjoyment of possessions, within the meaning of Article 1 of Protocol No. 1? If so, was that interference necessary to control the use of property in accordance with the general interest and, in particular, has an excessive individual burden been placed on the applicants as a result of the operation of the legal rules governing rent-control throughout the period of their ownership of the buildings in issue (see also Hutten- Czapska v. Poland [GC], no. 35014/97, ECHR 2006 VIII; Ghigo v. Malta , no. 31122/05, 26 September 2006 or Edwards v. Malta , no. 17647/04, 24 October 2006)?
Have the applicants suffered discrimination, contrary to Article 14 of the Convention read in conjunction with Article 1 of Protocol No. 1?
The parties are requested to submit information about the difference between the rent which the applicants were able to obtain under the rent-control scheme in respect of their flats during the period of their ownership and the rent which was usually payable in similar flats to which the rent-control scheme did not apply.
The applicants are requested to submit all relevant documents indicating the financial management of their tenement house during the period of their ownership and, in particular, expenses related to the maintenance and (as the case may be) reparation or modernisation of the house and individual flats.
APPENDIX 1
Application no 51414/11 – list of applicants
The applicants who are natural persons are Slovak nationals.
APPENDIX 2
Application no 46098/12 – list of applicants
The applicants who are natural persons are Slovak nationals with the exception of Marcela SVOBODOVÁ and Peter WICHNER, who are Czech nationals.
APPENDIX 3
Application no 51414/11 – Residential buildings owned by the applicants
Applicant
Residential house address
Land Registry Entry
1.Michal BALAN
Obchodná 19, 811 06 Bratislava
4142
2.Jana BALANOVÁ
Obchodná 19, 811 06 Bratislava
4142
3.Allan BÖHM
Medená 18, 811 02 Bratislava
4232
4.Soňa BÖHMOVÁ
Medená 18, 811 02 Bratislava
4232
5.Emil CINO
Cajlanská 11, 902 01 Pezinok
377
6.Božena CINOVÁ
Cajlanská 11, 902 01 Pezinok
377
7.Alexander ÄŒULEN
Jedlíkova 4, 811 06 Bratislava
4580
8.Boris ÄŒULEN
Jedlíkova 4, 811 06 Bratislava
4580
9.Anna ČULENOVÁ
Jedlíkova 4, 811 06 Bratislava
4580
10.Jozef HLAVAÄŒKA
Štefanovičova 8, 811 04 Bratislava
4212
11.IBEA, spol . s r.o .
Obchodná 4, 811 06 Bratislava
4369
12.Lucia ILLEŠOVÁ
Obchodná 19, 811 06 Bratislava
4142
13.Miroslav KONÔPKA
Okánikova 1-3, 811 04 Bratislava
7227
14.Mária KUBEŠOVÁ
Banskobystrická 16, 811 06 Bratislava
1129
15.LINEA, investičné družstvo
Rajská 14, 811 08 Bratislava
8366
16.Daniela MOTEŠICKÁ
Medená 35, 811 02 Bratislava
212
17.Jozef MOTEŠICKÝ
Medená 35, 811 02 Bratislava
212
18.ONE WAY Trading, s.r.o .
Obchodná 19, 811 06 Bratislava
4142
19.Marek ŠINDELÁR
Mudroňova 33, 811 01 Bratislava
4598
20.Eva VALENTOVÁ
Štefanovičova 8, 811 04 Bratislava
4212
21.VETERAN SERVIS spol . s r.o .
Kuzmányho 4, 811 06 Bratislava
3035
22.Pavol ZEMKO
Kalinčiakova 1, 917 01 Trnava
5489APPENDIX 4
Application no 46098/12 – Res idential buildings owned by the applicants
Applicant
Residential house address
Land Registry Entry
1.Juraj BARTO
Makovického 10/36, 010 01 Žilina
890
2.BIELA LABUŤ, s.r.o .
Ra č ianska 53, 831 02 Bratislava
2006
3.Karol ČERVENČÍK
Sedlárska 10, 811 01 Bratislava
4216Nedbalova 11, 81101 Bratislava
357
4.Peter CHALUPA
Panenská 36, 811 03 Bratislava
905
5.Robert CHRASTINA
Panenská 36, 811 03 Bratislava
905
6.Peter CIRAN
Blumentálska 6, 811 07 Bratislava
4294
7.Ján CIRAN
Mariánska 2, 811 08 Bratislava
4447
8.Å tefan CIRAN
Blumentálska 6, 811 07 Bratislava
4294Mariánska 2, 811 08 Bratislava
4447
9.Oľga CIRANOVÁ
Mariánska 2, 811 08 Bratislava
4447
10.Eva DZURILLOVÁ
Červeňova 3, 811 03 Bratislava
864
11.Juraj FOLTÍN
Panenská 36, 811 03 Bratislava
905
12.Ľubica GÁLIKOVÁ
Mariánska 2, 811 08 Bratislava
4447
13.Branislav GÁLUS
Mariánska 2, 811 08 Bratislava
4447
14.Anna HUTTOVÁ
Sedlárska 10, 811 01 Bratislava
4216Nedbalova 11, 81101 Bratislava
357
15.Robert KELEMEN
Ra č ianska 53, 831 02 Bratislava
2006
16.Renáta KELEMENOVÁ
Ra č ianska 53, 831 02 Bratislava
2006
17.Anna KLANICOVÁ
Mariánska 2, 811 08 Bratislava
4447
18.Ľubica KOCANDOVÁ
Mariánska 2, 811 08 Bratislava
4447
19.Zita KOZLOVÁ
Grösslingová 21, 811 09 Bratislava
4426
20.Ida KOZLOVÁ
Grösslingová 21, 811 09 Bratislava
4426
21.Juraj LINDAUER
Červeňova 3, 811 03 Bratislava
864
22.Erika LINDAUEROVÁ
Červeňova 3, 811 03 Bratislava
864
23.Milica MICHALOVÁ
Mariánska 2, 811 08 Bratislava
4447
24.Peter MINÁRIK
Makovického 8, 010 01 Žilina
5205
25.Milan MINÁRIK
Makovického 8, 010 01 Žilina
5205
26.MINÁRIK, spol . s r.o .
Makovického 8, 010 01 Žilina
5205
27.Elena MINÁRIKOVÁ
Makovického 8, 010 01 Žilina
5205
28.Kamila MINÁRIKOVÁ
Makovického 8, 010 01 Žilina
5205
29.Darina MORAVITZOVÁ
Mariánska 2, 811 08 Bratislava
4447
30.Zuzana NEMČÍKOVÁ
Panenská 36, 811 03 Bratislava
905
31.Dušan NOSKO
Mariánska 2, 811 08 Bratislava
4447
32.Ivan NOSKO
Mariánska 2, 811 08 Bratislava
4447
33.Martin PETRUÅ
Panenská 36, 811 03 Bratislava
905
34.Katarína PLEVÁKOVÁ
Červeňova 3, 811 03 Bratislava
864
35.RR Consulting, s.r.o .
Špitálska 2/A, 811 08 Bratislava
4093
36.Andrej SCHOLTZ
Panenská 36, 811 03 Bratislava
905
37.Igor SCHOLTZ
Panenská 36, 811 03 Bratislava
905
38.Viera SCHOLTZOVÁ
Panenská 36, 811 03 Bratislava
905
39.Elena ŠŤASTNÁ
Makovického 10/36, 010 01 Žilina
890
40.Mária STRACOVÁ
Grösslingová 21, 811 09 Bratislava
4426
41.Marcela SVOBODOVÁ
Panenská 36, 811 03 Bratislava
905
42.Rastislav UHLÁR
Grösslingová 21, 811 09 Bratislava
4426
43.Peter WICHNER
Makovického 10/36, 010 01 Žilina
890
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