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KOZHANOVA v. UKRAINE
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CASE OF KOZHANOVA v. UKRAINE
(Application no. 27349/03)
In the case of Kozhanova v. Ukraine,
1. The case originated in an application (no. 27349/03) against Ukraine lodged with the Court under Article 34 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (“the Convention”) by a Ukrainian national, Mrs Tatyana Vasilyevna Kozhanova (“the applicant”), on 16 August 2003.
4. The applicant was born in 1958 and lives in the village of Ivanivka, the Lugansk region of Ukraine.
5. On 6 September 2000 the Krasnolutchsk City Court ordered the Krasnolutchska State Mine to supply the applicant with 8,850 kg of coal.
6. On 6 October 2000 the Krasnolutchsk City Bailiffs’ Service instituted enforcement proceedings in respect of that judgment.
7. On 5 May 2003 the Bailiffs’ Service informed the applicant that the judgment could not be enforced due to the large number of enforcement proceedings against the debtor and the fact that the procedure for the forced sale of assets belonging to the debtor had been suspended because of the moratorium on the forced sale of property belonging to State enterprises introduced by the Law of 29 November 2001.
8. On 21 October 2004 the judgment was enforced in full.
9. On 30 July 2003 the same court ordered the Mine to supply the applicant with another 8,850 kg of coal.
10. On 1 September 2003 the Krasnolutchsk City Bailiffs’ Service instituted enforcement proceedings in respect of the judgment of 30 July 2003.
11. On 19 October 2004 that judgment was also enforced in full.
13. The applicant complained in substance under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention and Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 about the State authorities’ failure to enforce the judgments of the Krasnolutchsk City Court of 6 September 2000 and 30 July 2003 in due time. Article 6 § 1 of the Convention and Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 provide, insofar as relevant, as follows:
14. The Court notes that the above complaints concern two judgments, the delays in the enforcement of which vary significantly. Thus, the complaints about the length of the non-enforcement of each judgment will be examined separately.
A. The applicant’s complaint about the length of the non-enforcement of the judgment of 6 September 2000
15. The Government raised an objection regarding the applicant’s victim status similar to that which the Court has already dismissed in the case of Romashov v. Ukraine (see the Romashov judgment, cited above, §§ 23-27). The Court considers that the present objection must be rejected for the same reasons.
16. The Court takes the view that this aspect of the case raises serious issues of fact and law under the Convention, the determination of which requires an examination of the merits. It finds no ground for declaring it inadmissible.
B. The applicant’s complaint about the length of the non-enforcement of the judgment of 30 July 2003
17. The Government contended that the delay in the enforcement of the judgment of 30 July 2003 did not exceed the “reasonable time” requirement contained in Article 6 § 1 of the Convention. They therefore proposed that this part of the application be declared inadmissible.
18. The applicant generally disagreed.
19. The Court observes that the enforcement proceedings in respect of the judgment of 30 July 2003 commenced on 1 September 2003 and were completed by the Bailiffs’ Service on 19 October 2004. Therefore, the period during which the enforcement proceedings were pending lasted around one year and one month. The Court notes that, given its findings in previous, similar cases against Ukraine (see, for instance, Kornilov and Others v. Ukraine (dec.), no. 36575/02, 7 October 2003), this period is not so excessive as to raise an arguable claim under the Convention. It follows that this part of the application is manifestly ill-founded within the meaning of Article 35 § 3, and must be rejected pursuant to Article 35 § 4 of the Convention.
20. The Court will now examine the merits of the applicant’s complaint about the length of the non-enforcement of the judgment of the Krasnolutchsk City Court of 6 September 2000.
21. In their observations, the Government contended that there had been no violation of Article 6 § 1 of the Convention or Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 (as in the cases of Romashov, cited above, § 37, and Voytenko v. Ukraine, no. 18966/02, § 37, judgment of 29 June 2004).
23. The Court notes that the judgment of the Krasnolutchsk City Court of 6 September 2000 remained unenforced for more than four years and one month.
24. The Court recalls that it has already found violations of Article 6 § 1 of the Convention and Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 in cases raising issues similar to the present application (see, for instance, Voytenko, cited above, §§ 39-43 and 53-55).
25. Having examined all the material submitted to it, the Court considers that the Government have not put forward any fact or argument capable of persuading it to reach a different conclusion in the present case. There has, accordingly, been a violation of Article 6 § 1 of the Convention and Article 1 of Protocol No. 1.
27. The applicant claimed UAH 5001 in respect of pecuniary damage and costs and expenses. The applicant further claimed EUR 3,000 in respect of non-pecuniary damage.
28. The Government had no objections to the amount claimed in respect of pecuniary damage and costs and expenses. However, they contended that the applicant had not substantiated the remainder of her claims and submitted that the finding of a violation would constitute sufficient just satisfaction in respect of non-pecuniary damage.
29. Making its assessment on an equitable basis, as required by Article 41 of the Convention, the Court considers it reasonable to award the applicant a global sum of EUR 1,960 in respect of pecuniary and non-pecuniary damage, costs and expenses.
1. Declares the applicant’s complaints under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention and Article 1 Protocol No. 1 about the length of the non-enforcement of the judgment of the Krasnolutchsk City Court of 6 September 2000 admissible, and the remainder of the application inadmissible;
(a) that the respondent State is to pay the applicant, within three months from the date on which the judgment becomes final according to Article 44 § 2 of the Convention, EUR 1,960 (one thousand nine hundred and sixty euros) in respect of pecuniary and non-pecuniary damage, costs and expenses, plus any tax that may be chargeable, to be converted into the currency of the respondent State at the rate applicable on the date of settlement;
1. Around EUR 82.
KOZHANOVA v. UKRAINE JUDGMENT