Information Note on the Court’s case-law 53

May 2003

Motais de Narbonne v. France - 48161/99

Judgment 27.5.2003 [Section II]

Article 41

Just satisfaction

(translation – text taken from the press release)

Facts : The applicants are the beneficiaries of an estate that formerly included a plot of land in Saint-Denis de la Réunion which was expropriated. In a judgment of 2 July 2002 the Court held that because i n the 19 years since its expropriation the land had not been developed the applicants had been unduly deprived of the increase in its value. It accordingly ruled that they had borne an excessive burden on account of the expropriation in issue and concluded that there had been a violation of Article 1 of Protocol No. 1. The Court reserved the question of the application of Article 41 (just satisfaction) as regards pecuniary damage.

Law : The Court decided unanimously to award the applicants, jointly, 3,286,76 5.70 euros for pecuniary damage.

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