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FOURTH SECTION

DECISION

Application no. 54726/16
Dumitru-Marian TOMA against Romania
and 5 other applications

(see appended table)

The European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting on 22 September 2022 as a Committee composed of:

Armen Harutyunyan, President,

Jolien Schukking,

Ana Maria Guerra Martins, judges,

and Viktoriya Maradudina, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,

Having regard to the above applications lodged on the various dates indicated in the appended table,

Having regard to the declarations submitted by the respondent Government requesting the Court to strike the applications out of the list of cases, and the applicants’ replies to these declarations,

Having deliberated, decides as follows:

FACTS AND PROCEDURE

The list of applicants is set out in the appended table.

The applicants’ complaints under Article 3 of the Convention concerning the inadequate conditions of detention were communicated to the Romanian Government (“the Government”).

After unsuccessful friendly-settlement negotiations, the Government submitted declarations with a view to resolving the issues raised by these complaints. They further requested the Court to strike out the applications.

The Government acknowledged the inadequate conditions of detention. They offered to pay the applicants the amounts detailed in the appended table and invited the Court to strike the applications out of the list of cases in accordance with Article 37 § 1 (c) of the Convention. The amounts would be converted into the currency of the respondent State at the rate applicable on the date of payment, and would be payable within three months from the date of notification of the Court’s decision. In the event of failure to pay these amounts within the above-mentioned three-month period, the Government undertook to pay simple interest on them, from the expiry of that period until settlement, at a rate equal to the marginal lending rate of the European Central Bank during the default period plus three percentage points.

The payment will constitute the final resolution of the cases.

The applicants informed the Court that they agreed to the terms of the declarations.

THE LAW

Having regard to the similar subject matter of the applications, the Court finds it appropriate to examine them jointly in a single decision.

The Court finds that, following the applicants’ express agreement to the terms of the declaration made by the Government, the cases should be treated as a friendly settlement between the parties.

It therefore takes note of the friendly settlement reached between the parties. It is satisfied that the settlement is based on respect for human rights as defined in the Convention and the Protocols thereto and finds no reasons to justify the continued examination of the applications.

In view of the above, it is appropriate to strike the cases out of the list.

For these reasons, the Court, unanimously,

Decides to join the applications;

Decides to strike the applications out of its list of cases in accordance with Article 39 of the Convention.

Done in English and notified in writing on 13 October 2022.

Viktoriya Maradudina Armen Harutyunyan
Acting Deputy Registrar President



APPENDIX

List of applications raising complaints under Article 3 of the Convention

(inadequate conditions of detention)

No.

Application no.
Date of introduction

Applicant’s name

Year of birth

Representative’s name and location

Date of receipt of Government’s declaration

Date of receipt of applicant’s acceptance

Amount awarded for pecuniary and non-pecuniary damage and costs and expenses

per applicant

(in euros)[1]

54726/16

16/01/2017

Dumitru-Marian TOMA

1982

03/05/2022

22/06/2022

2,700

64412/16

15/12/2016

Emil BALÁZS

1972

03/05/2022

03/06/2022

2,700

71476/16

13/03/2017

Gheorghe BORZOȘ

1986

03/05/2022

09/06/2022

2,700

8203/17

11/01/2017

Valentin MORMOCEA

1988

10/05/2022

09/06/2022

2,700

13293/17

09/02/2017

Gheorghe MOGA

1973

Claudia Nadina Daciana Cândea

Timișoara

10/05/2022

09/06/2022

2,700

50995/17

11/07/2017

Alexandru IVANCIU

1968

Andreea-Gabriela Cadar

Galați

14/03/2022

07/07/2022

2,700


[1] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.