EVROPSKI SUD ZA LJUDSKA PRAVA
PETO ODJELJENJE
PREDMET MERCUR SYSTEM A.D. I DRUGI protiv CRNE GORE
(Predstavke br. 5862/11 i 70851/13)
PRESUDA
STRAZBUR
26. novembar 2020. godine
Ova presuda je pravosnažna, ali može biti predmet redakcijske izmjene.
U predmetu Merkur System A.D. i drugi protiv Crne Gore, Evropski sud za ljudska prava (Peto odjeljenje), na zasijedanju Komiteta u sastavu:
Ganna Yudkivska, predsjednik,
Ivana Jelić,
Arnfinn Bårdsen, sudije,
i Liv Tigerstedt, vršilac dužnosti zamjenika registrara odjeljenja,
Nakon vijećanja na sjednici bez prisustva javnosti, održanoj 5. novembra godine, donosi sljedeću presudu, koja je usvojena tog dana:
POSTUPAK
ČINJENICE
PRAVO
I. SPAJANJE PREDSTAVKI
II. LOCUS STANDI ČLANOVA PORODICE G-DINA SLOBODANA ŠLJIVANČANINA DA NASTAVE SA POSTUPKOM (BR. 70851/13)
III. NAVODNA POVREDA ČLANA 6 STAV 1 KONVENCIJE
Član 6 stav 1
“Prilikom odlučivanja o njegovim građanskim pravima i obavezama...svako ima pravo na ... raspravu u razumnom roku pred ... sudom ...”
IV. PRIMJENA ČLANA 41 KONVENCIJE
“Kada Sud utvrdi prekršaj Konvencije ili protokola uz nju, a unutrašnje pravo Visoke strane ugovornice u pitanju omogućava samo djelimičnu odštetu, Sud ćе, ako je to potrebno, pružiti pravično zadovoljenje oštećenoj strani. ”
IZ TIH RAZLOGA, SUD, JEDNOGLASNO,
Odlučuje da spoji predstavke;
Utvrđuje da g-đa Dragica Šljivančanin i g-din Marko Šljivančanin imaju osnova da nastave predmetni postupak umjesto g-dina Slobodana Šljvančanina;
Proglašava predstavke prihvatljivim;
Utvrđuje da u ovim predstavkama postoji povreda člana 6 stav 1 Konvencije u pogledu prekomjerne dužine trajanja građanskog postupka;
Utvrđuje
da tužena država treba da plati podnosiocima predstavke, u roku od 3 mjeseca, iznose koji su navedeni u priloženoj tabeli;
da će se od isteka gore navedena tri mjeseca do isplate, kamata obračunavati na gore navedene iznose po najnižoj kamatnoj stopi Evropske centralne banke tokom obračunskog perioda uz dodatak od tri procentna poena;
Odbija ostatak zahtjeva podnosilaca predstavke za pravičnim zadovoljenjem.
Sačinjeno na engleskom jeziku, u pisanoj formi, 26. novembra 2020. godine na osnovu Pravila 77 stavovi 2 i 3 Poslovnika Suda.
Liv Tigerstedt Ganna Yudkivska
vršilac dužnosti zamjenika registrara predsjednik
PRILOG
Spisak predstavki u kojima su navedene žalbe u smislu člana 6 stav 1 Konvencije (prekomjerna dužina trajanja građanskog postupka)
Br. |
Broj predstavke Datum podnošenja predstavke |
Ime i prezime podnosioca predstavke Godina rođenja/ upisa
|
Ime i prezime zastupnika i prebivalište |
Datum kada je postupak započet ili datum stupanja na snagu Konvencije u odnosu na Crnu Goru (3. mart 2004. godine) |
Datum kada je postupak okončan |
Ukupna dužina trajanja postupka Nivoi nadležnosti |
Relevantna domaća odluka |
Iznos dodijeljen na ime troškova i izdataka po predstavci (u eurima)[1] |
1. |
5862/11 20. januar 2011. godine |
MERCUR SYSTEM A.D. 2000 |
Vouk Rudolf Klagenfurt |
3. mart 2004. godine
|
8. februar 2012. godine
|
7 godina, 11 mjeseci i 5 dana 3 nivoa nadležnosti |
Vrhovni sud Crne Gore Už.br. od 8. februara 2012. godine |
500,00 |
2. |
70851/13 18. oktobar 2013. godine (32 podnosioca predstavke) |
Ljubomir Vujović, 1951. godine Mihailo Milošević, 1947. godine Boro Novaković, 1954. godine Rade Nikolić, 1958. godine Milorad Vukičević, 1957. godine Rajko Lakić, 1952. godine Radovan Radnjić, 1952. godine Duško Kosović, 1958. godine Savo Perunović, 1938. godine Mladen Bulatović, 1963. godine Zoran Jovićević, 1971. godine Snežana Kosović. 1971. godine Božidar Tatar, 1958. godine Petar Bakić, 1954. godine Slobodan Šljivančanin, 1962. godine (postupak nastavili nasljednici: Dragica Šljivančanin i Marko Šljivančanin) Svetislav Milošević, 1951. godine Vukosava Kljajević, 1939. godine Milija Delević, 1959. godine Damjan Živković, 1967. godine Nenad Zarubica, 1955. godine Miroslava Zindović- Leković, 1968. godine Dragica Jelić Šljivančanin, 1959. godine Miruna Martinović, 1937. godine Dragoljub Vučić, 1950. godine Gorčin Vukotić, 1956. godine Zvonimir Lukić, 1955. godine Branislav Orlandić, 1937. godine Danica Kažić, 1943. godine Budimir Đukanović, 1954. godine Milan Cvetkovski, 1954. godine Goran Šćepanović, 1962. godine Srđan Radović, 1965. godine |
Novaković Marika Podgorica |
3. mart 2004. godine
|
9. maj 2013. godine
|
9 godina, 2 mjeseca i 6 dana 3 nivoa nadležnosti
|
|
500,00 |
[1] Uvećano za bilo koje poreze koji se mogu naplatiti.
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Prevod presude preuzet sa https://sudovi.me/vrhs/sadrzaj/NQN9
FIFTH SECTION
CASE OF MERCUR SYSTEM A.D. AND OTHERS v. MONTENEGRO
(Applications nos. 5862/11 and 70851/13)
JUDGMENT
STRASBOURG
26 November 2020
This judgment is final but it may be subject to editorial revision.
In the case of Mercur System A.D. and Others v. Montenegro, The European Court of Human Rights (Fifth Section), sitting as a Committee composed of:
Ganna Yudkivska, President,
Ivana Jelić,
Arnfinn Bårdsen, judges,
and Liv Tigerstedt, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,
Having deliberated in private on 5 November 2020,
Delivers the following judgment, which was adopted on that date:
1. The case originated in applications against Montenegro lodged with the Court under Article 34 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (“the Convention”) on the various dates indicated in the appended table.
2. The applicants were represented by Mr R. Vouk, a lawyer practising in Klagenfurt, and by Ms M. Novaković, a lawyer practising in Podgorica.
3. The Montenegrin Government (“the Government”) were given notice of the applications.
THE FACTS
4. The list of the applicants and the relevant details of the applications are set out in the appended table.
5. The applicants complained of the excessive length of civil proceedings.
THE LAW
6. Having regard to the similar subject matter of the applications, the Court finds it appropriate to examine them jointly in a single judgment.
7. The Court notes that Mr Slobodan Šljivančanin died on 6 March 2014 while the case was pending before the Court.
8. In a letter of 15 June 2016 the applicant’s wife and a son, Ms Dragica Šljivančanin and Mr Marko Šljivančanin, who are his legal heirs, expressed their intention to pursue the application.
9. The Court considers that the applicant’s wife and son have a legitimate interest in obtaining a finding of a breach of the right guaranteed by Article 6 § 1 of the Convention to have the case heard within a reasonable time (see Dalban v. Romania [GC], no. 28114/95, §§ 1 and 39, ECHR 1999-VI, and Ernestina Zullo v. Italy [GC], no. 64897/01, §§ 36-37, 29 March 2006).
10. Accordingly, the Court holds that Ms Dragica Šljivančanin and Mr Marko Šljivančanin have standing to continue the present proceedings.
11. The applicants complained that the length of the civil proceedings in question had been incompatible with the “reasonable time” requirement. They relied on Article 6 § 1 of the Convention, which reads as follows:
Article 6 § 1
“In the determination of his civil rights and obligations ... everyone is entitled to a ... hearing within a reasonable time by [a] ... tribunal ...”
12. The Court reiterates that the reasonableness of the length of proceedings must be assessed in the light of the circumstances of the case and with reference to the following criteria: the complexity of the case, the conduct of the applicants and the relevant authorities and what was at stake for the applicants in the dispute (see Frydlender v. France [GC], no. 30979/96, § 43, ECHR 2000-VII).
13. In the leading case of Stakić v. Montenegro, no. 49320/07, §§ 45-51, 2 October 2012, the Court already found a violation in respect of issues similar to those in the present case.
14. Having examined all the material submitted to it, the Court has not found any fact or argument capable of persuading it to reach a different conclusion on the admissibility and merits of these complaints. Having regard to its case-law on the subject, the Court considers that in the instant case the length of the proceedings was excessive and failed to meet the “reasonable time” requirement.
15. These complaints are therefore admissible and disclose a breach of Article 6 § 1 of the Convention.
16. Article 41 of the Convention provides:
“If the Court finds that there has been a violation of the Convention or the Protocols thereto, and if the internal law of the High Contracting Party concerned allows only partial reparation to be made, the Court shall, if necessary, afford just satisfaction to the injured party.”
17. Regard being had to the documents in its possession and to its case‑law (see, in particular, Stakić, cited above, § 65), the Court considers it reasonable to award the sums for costs and expenses indicated in the appended table. It further notes that the applicants claimed different amounts in respect of pecuniary damage (relating to the substance of their respective domestic proceedings). However, the Court does not discern any causal link between the violation found and the pecuniary damage alleged and, therefore, dismisses these claims. Moreover, since the applicants did not submit claims for just satisfaction in respect of non-pecuniary damage, there is no call to award them any sum on that account.
18. The Court considers it appropriate that the default interest rate should be based on the marginal lending rate of the European Central Bank, to which should be added three percentage points.
FOR THESE REASONS, THE COURT, UNANIMOUSLY,
(a) that the respondent State is to pay the applicants, within three months, the amounts indicated in the appended table;
(b) that from the expiry of the above-mentioned three months until settlement simple interest shall be payable on the above amounts at a rate equal to the marginal lending rate of the European Central Bank during the default period plus three percentage points;
Done in English, and notified in writing on 26 November 2020, pursuant to Rule 77 §§ 2 and 3 of the Rules of Court.
Liv Tigerstedt Ganna Yudkivska
Acting Deputy Registrar President