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MINISTERS’ DEPUTIES |
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CM/Del/Dec(2024)1514/H46-29 |
5 December 2024 |
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1514th meeting, 3-5 December 2024 (DH)
H46-29 Beller group v. Poland (Application No. 51837/99) Supervision of the execution of the European Court’s judgments
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Decisions
The Deputies
1. recalled that this group of cases concerns the excessive length of proceedings before administrative bodies and courts, including the Supreme Administrative Court, and the ineffectiveness of domestic remedies in this respect;
2. called on the authorities to provide information on the state of the proceedings in the cases at issue and the measures taken with a view to their acceleration to secure restitutio in integrum, where appropriate;
3. welcomed the recent positive trends visible in the statistics concerning the length of proceedings before administrative bodies and courts; encouraged the authorities to continue their efforts to consolidate these trends, to continue to monitor closely the impact of the reforms and to provide to the Committee consolidated statistical data allowing it to make a conclusive assessment;
4. noted with interest that further amendments to simplify and accelerate proceedings are being prepared and welcomed the fact that the budget and level of staffing of administrative courts have increased and that the implementation of awareness-raising measures continues;
5. underlined that additional information is necessary to allow a thorough assessment of the functioning of the remedies against excessive length of administrative proceedings, as outlined in the Secretariat’s analysis, including on the reasons for the low proportion of requests for compensation for excessive length of proceedings before administrative bodies granted by the regional administrative courts and the small proportion of complaints granted against excessive length of proceedings before administrative courts ;
6. expressed again their concern that there are currently no means allowing the competent domestic courts to assess the combined overall length of the proceedings before both administrative bodies and courts; urged therefore the authorities to reflect on how to align the domestic practice with the requirements of the European Court’s case-law on this subject and to inform the Committee on the measures taken to this end;
7. invited the authorities to provide the information on all the above aspects by the end of June 2025.