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Analysis of statistics 2016

January 2017

ECHR – Analysis of Statistics 2016

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Table of Contents Overview of the Court’s statistics in 2016 .............................................................................................. 4

A. Number of new applications ...................................................................................................... 4 B. Applications disposed of judicially and pending applications .................................................... 4 C. Processing of applications .......................................................................................................... 4

1. Pre-allocation .......................................................................................................................... 4 2. Inadmissibility or strike out decisions .................................................................................... 4 3. Communicated applications ................................................................................................... 5 4. Judgments ............................................................................................................................... 5 5. Requests for interim measures (Rule 39 of the Rules of Court) ............................................. 5

D. Priority policy ............................................................................................................................. 5

General information ............................................................................................................................... 6 Number of applications allocated to a judicial formation ................................................................ 7 Processing of applications ................................................................................................................ 9

Country-specific information ................................................................................................................ 14 Albania ............................................................................................................................................ 14 Andorra ........................................................................................................................................... 15 Armenia .......................................................................................................................................... 16 Austria ............................................................................................................................................. 17 Azerbaijan ....................................................................................................................................... 18 Belgium ........................................................................................................................................... 19 Bosnia and Herzegovina.................................................................................................................. 20 Bulgaria ........................................................................................................................................... 21 Croatia ............................................................................................................................................. 22 Cyprus ............................................................................................................................................. 23 Czech Republic ................................................................................................................................ 24 Denmark ......................................................................................................................................... 25 Estonia ............................................................................................................................................ 26 Finland ............................................................................................................................................ 27 France ............................................................................................................................................. 28 Georgia ............................................................................................................................................ 29 Germany ......................................................................................................................................... 30 Greece ............................................................................................................................................. 31 Hungary ........................................................................................................................................... 32 Iceland ............................................................................................................................................. 33 Ireland ............................................................................................................................................. 34 Italy ................................................................................................................................................. 35 Latvia ............................................................................................................................................... 36 Liechtenstein ................................................................................................................................... 37 Lithuania ......................................................................................................................................... 38 Luxembourg .................................................................................................................................... 39 Malta ............................................................................................................................................... 40


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Republic of Moldova ....................................................................................................................... 41 Monaco ........................................................................................................................................... 42 Montenegro .................................................................................................................................... 43 Netherlands .................................................................................................................................... 44 Norway ............................................................................................................................................ 45 Poland ............................................................................................................................................. 46 Portugal ........................................................................................................................................... 47 Romania .......................................................................................................................................... 48 Russian Federation ......................................................................................................................... 49 San Marino ...................................................................................................................................... 50 Serbia .............................................................................................................................................. 51 Slovakia ........................................................................................................................................... 52 Slovenia ........................................................................................................................................... 53 Spain ............................................................................................................................................... 54 Sweden ........................................................................................................................................... 55 Switzerland ..................................................................................................................................... 56 “The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia” .............................................................................. 57 Turkey ............................................................................................................................................. 58 Ukraine ............................................................................................................................................ 59 United Kingdom .............................................................................................................................. 60


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Overview of the Court’s statistics in 2016 Contrary to previous years the Court’s statistics for 2016 disclose a higher number of incoming cases allocated to a judicial formation. The number of applications allocated to a Single Judge was almost the same as last year but the number of other categories of cases has considerably increased in particular from a few countries.

Single judge applications continue to be processed as soon as they are identified as qualifying for such a procedure. As explained last year, as the Court focuses on other categories of cases, productivity will tend to remain more stable, with fluctuations depending on when large groups of cases are processed and adjudicated. This change of focus is reflected in the increase in the number of applications (categories I to IV) which were communicated1 or decided by judgment or decision. 2,542 more such applications were processed in 2016 than in 2015 (+ 33%).

A. New applications In 2016 53,500 applications were allocated to a judicial formation, an overall increase of 32% compared with 2015 (40,550) after two years of decrease. 27,300 of these were identified as Single-Judge cases likely to be declared inadmissible (a decrease of 1% in relation to 2015). 26,200 were identified as probable Chamber or Committee cases (an increase of 100%).

B. Applications disposed of judicially and pending applications 38,505 applications were disposed of judicially, a decrease of 16% in relation to 2015 (45,574). The number of cases allocated exceeded those disposed of by almost 15,000 (i.e. a monthly deficit of around 1,250). As a result, the stock of allocated applications pending before the Court increased over the year, by 23% from 64,850 to 79,750.

C. Processing of applications

1. Pre-allocation

As at 31 December 2016 the number of applications pending at this pre-judicial stage stood at 13,800, an increase of 38% in relation to the same date the previous year (10,000). The number of applications disposed of administratively in 2016 was 20,950, a decrease of 35%. 65% of these files were disposed of for failure to comply with the requirements of Rule 47 of the Rules of Court (Contents of an individual application).

2. Inadmissibility or strike out decisions

In 2016 36,579 applications were declared inadmissible or struck out of the list of cases by a Single Judge, a Committee or a Chamber, a 15% decrease compared with 2015 (43,133).

The Single-Judge formation decided 30,998 cases in 2016, a decrease of 15% compared with 2015 (36,308).

3,772 applications were struck out by a Chamber or a Committee, in a decision or a judgment, following a friendly settlement or a unilateral declaration, a decrease of 18% (4,628 in 2015). Friendly settlements (2,005) increased by 21% (1,658 in 2015) and unilateral declarations decreased by 41% (1,767 compared to 2,970 in 2015).

The remainder of the applications were declared inadmissible by a Chamber or a Committee or struck out by these formations on other grounds.

1 Where an application is not on its face inadmissible, it is formally notified (communicated) to the respondent State (Rule 54 § 2 (b) of the Rules of Court).


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3. Communicated applications

In 2016 9,534 applications were communicated (a decrease of 40% compared to 2015 when 15,964 applications were communicated).

4. Judgments

Judgments were delivered in respect of 1,926 applications (compared with 2,441 in 2015 – a decrease of 21%). A lower proportion of these applications were joined with the result that the number of judgments actually delivered was 993, an increase of 21%. 310 judgments (in respect of 971 applications) were adopted by a three-judge Committee formation. These judgments accounted for 50% of the applications decided by a judgment (65% in 2015).

5. Requests for interim measures (Rule 39 of the Rules of Court)

The total number of decisions on interim measures (2,286) increased by 56% compared with 2015 (1,470). The Court granted requests for interim measures in 129 cases (a decrease of 20% compared with 161 in 2015) and dismissed them in 1,103 cases (75% more than the 629 in 2015). The remainder fell outside the scope of Rule 39 of the Rules of Court. 67% of the requests granted concern expulsion cases.

D. Priority policy 2 The essence of this policy is to concentrate more resources on the most important cases, namely the cases falling within the top three categories (“priority applications”). At 31 December 2016 there were 19,870 applications in these categories.

The number of priority applications dealt with at different stages of the procedure in 2016 increased by 58% compared to 2015 (3,763 in 2015 and 5,937 in 2016). 66% more priority applications were communicated to the respondent Governments in comparison with 2015 (2,392 in 2015 and 3,972 in 2016). The number of priority applications declared inadmissible or struck out of the list of cases by a Chamber or Committee decreased by 57% (680 in 2015 and 1,067 in 2016). The number of priority applications struck out following a friendly settlement or a unilateral declaration increased from 304 in 2015 to 715 in 2016. The number of priority applications giving rise to a judgment increased by 30% in 2016 (691 in 2015 and 898 in 2016).

E. Conclusion With the elimination of the backlog of manifestly inadmissible applications, the figures of overall productivity were bound to decrease since it was the disposal of large numbers of these applications which drove those figures up. The focus on more complex and time-consuming applications also means fewer cases are decided. This coupled with the higher volume of incoming applications has resulted in an increase in the stock of pending cases, after two years of decrease. Higher numbers of priority applications being processed and adjudicated is a positive development, but this will not be sufficient for the Court to make substantial inroads into the backlog of Chamber cases. This is why in 2017 the Court and its Registry will continue to reflect on new working methods and approaches to further streamline the proceedings for different categories of applications.

2 An explanation of the Court’s priority policy can be found on the Court’s internet site http://www.echr.coe.int/Documents/Priority_policy_ENG.pdf

http://www.echr.coe.int/Documents/Priority_policy_ENG.pdf


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General information

Table 1 General statistical information

53500 40550 32%

2016 2015 +/-

9534 15964 -40%

2016 2015 +/-

38505 45574 -16%

1926 2441 -21%

36579 43133 -15%

31/12/2016 1/1/2016 +/-

79750 64850 23%

28450 27200 5%

47500 34500 38%

3800 3150 21%

31/12/2016 1/1/2016 +/-

13800 10000 38%

2016 2015 +/-

20950 32400 -35%

- by judgment delivered

1. Applications allocated to a judicial formation 2016 2015 +/-[round figures (50)]

Applications allocated

2. Interim procedural events

Applications communicated to respondent Government

3. Applications decided

By decision or judgment

5. Pre-judicial applications [round figures (50)]

Applications at a pre-judicial stage

Applications disposed of administratively

- by decision (inadmissible or struck out)

4. Pending applications [round figures (50)]

Applications pending before a judicial formation

- Chamber and Grand Chamber

- Committee

- Single-Judge formation


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Number of applications allocated to a judicial formation3

Chart 1 Applications allocated to a judicial formation per year

Chart 2 Applications pending before a judicial formation

3 Figures represent the total number of applications, including joined applications. The document generally gives round figures. The upsurge in applications allocated in 2002 was due to a change in working methods, transferring much of the screening of inadmissible applications from the administrative, pre-judicial phase to the judicial stage.

0

10000

20000

30000

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50000

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2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

1050013800

28200 2720032500

3530039200

41500

49600

5700061100

6420064900 65800

56200

40600

53500

15900 1980029400

38500

5000056800

66500

79400

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119300

139650151600

128100

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64850

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Chart 3 High case-count States

Chart 4 The Court’s total caseload by stage of proceedings and judicial formation4

4 The “Pending Government action” category was created to monitor applications following a judgment applying the pilot procedure.

Single Judge or Committee

(cat. VI - VII)37804,7%

Chamber or Committee -awaiting first examination

(cat. I - V)4805960,3%

Communicated2461630,9%

Pending Government action27783,5%

Admissible517

0,6%

Total applications79,750


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Chart 5 The Court’s total caseload by priority category

Processing of applications

Chart 6 Major procedural steps in processing of applications

Cat. I841

1,1%

Cat. II317

0,4%

Cat. III1882523,6%

Cat. IV2115926,5% Cat. V

3474143,6%

Cat. VI-VII38674,8%


0

20000

40000

60000

80000

100000

120000

2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016Applications

judgment delivered 934 889 736 816 1208 1719 1734 1880 2393 2607 1511 1678 3661 2388 2441 1926

Applicationscommunicated 1573 1686 1717 2447 2956 3232 3456 4416 6203 6674 5360 5236 7931 7895 15964 9534

Applicationsinadmissibleor struck out

8992 17865 17272 20350 27612 28160 27059 30163 33067 38575 50677 86201 89739 83680 43133 36579


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Chart 7 Number of judgments since 2000

Chart 8 Applications in categories I, II and III processed from 2013 to 2016

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200

400

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800

1000

1200

1400

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2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

695

888 844

703 718

1105

15601503

15431625

1499

1157 1093

916 891823

993

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2013 2014 2015 2016

1303

1742

2392

3972

7711051

680

1067

517 623 691898

communicated

decision

judgment


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Table 2 Applications allocated per Contracting State and population

The Council of Europe member States had a combined population of about 832 million inhabitants on 1 January 2016. The average number of applications allocated per 10,000 inhabitants was 0.64 in 2016.

State

2013 2014 2015 2016 1.1.2013 1.1.2014 1.1.2015 1.1.2016 2013 2014 2015 2016

Albania 106 82 147 147 2899 2896 2892 2886 0,37 0,28 0,51 0,51Andorra 2 5 6 4 76 76 76 76 0,26 0,66 0,79 0,53Armenia 196 156 122 753 3027 3017 3017 2999 0,65 0,52 0,40 2,51Austria 437 315 261 236 8452 8507 8576 8700 0,52 0,37 0,30 0,27Azerbaijan 324 402 268 333 9356 9477 9593 9706 0,35 0,42 0,28 0,34Belgium 270 159 202 184 11162 11204 11209 11290 0,24 0,14 0,18 0,16Bosnia and Herzegovina

870 667 908 1033 3829 3831 3825 3825 2,27 1,74 2,37 2,70

Bulgaria 1209 928 1031 882 7285 7246 7202 7154 1,66 1,28 1,43 1,23Croatia 1840 1096 812 764 4262 4247 4225 4191 4,32 2,58 1,92 1,82Cyprus 144 55 32 34 866 858 847 848 1,66 0,64 0,38 0,40Czech Republic 481 370 340 338 10516 10512 10538 10554 0,46 0,35 0,32 0,32Denmark 84 66 44 47 5603 5617 5660 5707 0,15 0,12 0,08 0,08Estonia 237 187 190 206 1320 1316 1313 1316 1,80 1,42 1,45 1,57Finland 315 185 177 196 5427 5451 5472 5487 0,58 0,34 0,32 0,36France 1536 1142 1087 916 65579 65835 66415 66662 0,23 0,17 0,16 0,14Georgia 157 102 80 74 4498 4490 4490 4490 0,35 0,23 0,18 0,16Germany 1525 1026 789 676 80524 80767 81198 82162 0,19 0,13 0,10 0,08Greece 728 585 457 337 11063 10927 10858 10784 0,66 0,54 0,42 0,31Hungary 991 2403 4234 5569 9909 9877 9856 9830 1,00 2,43 4,30 5,67Iceland 9 28 10 24 322 326 329 333 0,28 0,86 0,30 0,72Ireland 62 33 18 27 4591 4605 4629 4659 0,14 0,07 0,04 0,06Italy 3180 5490 1885 1409 59685 60783 60796 60666 0,53 0,90 0,31 0,23Latvia 322 298 244 258 2024 2001 1986 1969 1,59 1,49 1,23 1,31Liechtenstein 7 12 13 10 37 37 37 38 1,89 3,24 3,51 2,63Lithuania 428 387 376 406 2972 2943 2921 2889 1,44 1,31 1,29 1,41Luxemburg 38 23 22 38 537 550 563 576 0,71 0,42 0,39 0,66Malta 50 39 24 26 421 425 429 434 1,19 0,92 0,56 0,60Republic of Moldova 1354 1101 1011 839 3559 3559 3555 3553 3,80 3,09 2,84 2,36Monaco 10 4 9 6 36 36 38 38 2,78 1,11 2,37 1,58Montenegro 289 158 129 165 623 622 622 622 4,64 2,54 2,07 2,65Netherlands 778 674 495 494 16780 16829 16901 16979 0,46 0,40 0,29 0,29Norway 148 141 73 90 5051 5108 5166 5214 0,29 0,28 0,14 0,17Poland 3968 2747 2178 2424 38533 38018 38006 37967 1,03 0,72 0,57 0,64Portugal 267 252 233 155 10487 10427 10375 10341 0,25 0,24 0,22 0,15Romania 5413 4425 4604 8204 20020 19947 19871 19760 2,70 2,22 2,32 4,15Russia 12328 8913 6003 5591 143507 143667 146267 146545 0,86 0,62 0,41 0,38San Marino 4 5 4 13 34 34 33 33 1,18 1,47 1,21 3,94Serbia 5058 2786 1235 1336 7182 7147 7114 7076 7,04 3,90 1,74 1,89Slovak Republic 464 324 353 309 5411 5416 5421 5426 0,86 0,60 0,65 0,57Slovenia 496 352 213 239 2059 2061 2063 2064 2,41 1,71 1,03 1,16Spain 781 642 552 626 46728 46512 46450 46438 0,17 0,14 0,12 0,13Sweden 362 272 212 138 9556 9645 9747 9851 0,38 0,28 0,22 0,14Switzerland 442 304 318 258 8039 8140 8238 8325 0,55 0,37 0,39 0,31"The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia"

535 382 362 340 2062 2066 2069 2071 2,59 1,85 1,75 1,64

Turkey 3505 1584 2212 8308 75627 76668 77696 78741 0,46 0,21 0,28 1,06Ukraine 13132 14181 6007 8658 45373 45246 45246 45246 2,89 3,13 1,33 1,91United Kingdom 908 720 575 373 63905 64351 64875 65383 0,14 0,11 0,09 0,06Total 65790 56208 40557 53493 820814 823320 828705 831904 0,80 0,68 0,49 0,64

SOURCES 2015 and 2016: Internet sites of the Eurostat service (“Population and social conditions” ).

Applications allocated to a judicial formation

Population (1000)

Allocated/population(10000)


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Table 3 The Court’s total caseload by stage of proceedings and judicial formation

StateSingle Judge or Committee (cat. VI - VII)

Chamber or Committee - awaiting first examination (cat. I - V)

CommunicatedPending

Government action

Admissible TOTAL

Albania 10 266 212 488Andorra 2 1 3Armenia 28 1437 114 9 1588Austria 27 40 49 6 122Azerbaijan 23 1254 365 20 1662Belgium 25 300 31 5 361Bosnia and Herzegovina 240 454 128 449 1 1272Bulgaria 70 510 129 14 723Croatia 124 248 214 14 600Cyprus 9 26 18 53Czech Republic 37 54 46 10 147Denmark 5 12 6 2 25Estonia 33 18 11 1 63Finland 45 1 5 2 53France 72 160 161 10 403Georgia 26 1854 194 3 2077Germany 107 37 64 5 213Greece 13 457 224 13 707Hungary 94 8028 827 13 8962Iceland 1 14 13 28Ireland 3 5 5 13Italy 276 4660 1213 15 16 6180Latvia 47 62 59 4 172Liechtenstein 0Lithuania 57 126 99 8 290Luxembourg 8 6 9 23Malta 2 24 26 4 56Republic of Moldova 81 864 331 1 6 1283Monaco 2 2 4Montenegro 33 15 60 3 111Netherlands 80 143 32 1 256Norway 11 40 10 1 62Poland 219 811 777 11 1818Portugal 53 76 43 7 179Romania 350 3666 3253 95 38 7402Russia 549 3181 3613 361 117 7821San Marino 1 12 1 14Serbia 73 482 180 453 2 1190Slovakia 50 75 39 5 169Slovenia 52 80 48 1404 3 1587Spain 85 13 41 5 144Sweden 14 5 12 3 34Switzerland 57 46 40 7 150"The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia" 23 158 81 3 265

Turkey 437 9769 2324 45 12575Ukraine 201 8425 9454 91 18171United Kingdom 29 143 51 8 231

ALL STATES 3780 48059 24616 2778 517 79750


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Table 4 Unilateral declarations and friendly settlements from 2014 to 2016

State

2014 2015 2016 2014 2015 2016Albania 1 14 10AndorraArmeniaAustria 0 8 2 7Azerbaijan 11 6 23 19 9Belgium 0 1 1 1Bosnia and Herzegovina 3 1 3 0 5 4Bulgaria 3 5 4 9 4 11Croatia 3 9 2 36 36 11Cyprus 1Czech Republic 1 1 5 2DenmarkEstonia 1 2Finland 0 1 1France 9 3 2 4 1 2Georgia 14 14 1 15 12 4Germany 3 2 2 2 4Greece 0 24 15 54 128 146Hungary 1 31 61 98IcelandIreland 1 0Italy 27 1853 811 9 9 279Latvia 0 2 1 4 1Liechtenstein 1Lithuania 1 2LuxembourgMalta 1 2Republic of Moldova 6 4 3 9 1 5MonacoMontenegro 0 8 10 1 23Netherlands 1 1 1 4 2 8NorwayPoland 26 33 12 83 113 27Portugal 6 7 5 39 31 36Romania 64 116 111 51 168 352Russia 161 194 215 78 43 354San MarinoSerbia 52 9 3 1016 291 5Slovakia 3 4 5 9 20 18Slovenia 1 1 1 1Spain 1Sweden 2SwitzerlandThe former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia' 38 5 10 69 19 26Turkey 2 18 65 84 139 103Ukraine 63 658 482 36 520 456United Kingdom 3 2 12 1Grand Total 502 2970 1767 1696 1658 2005

Unilateral declaration Friendly settlement


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Country-specific information

Albania

Chart 9 The Court’s caseload by stage of proceedings and decision body

Graph 10 Major procedural steps in processing applications


(cat. VI - VII)102%


(cat. I - V)26655%

Communicated21243%

Total applications488

0

20

40

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80

100

120

140

160

2014 2015 2016

82

147 147

129

79

4438

99

2521 22 22

Applications allocated to a judicialformation

Applications declared inadmissible orstruck out

Applications communicated to theGovernment

Applications in which judgments delivered


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Andorra



Communicated2

67%

Admissible1

33%

Total applications3

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

2014 2015 2016

5

6

4

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6

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1 1 1

0 0

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Armenia




(cat. VI - VII)282%


(cat. I - V)143790%

Communicated1147%

Admissible9

0,6%


0

100

200

300

400

500

600

700

800

2014 2015 2016

156 122

753

56

178

133

16 25 414 9 16






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Austria




(cat. VI - VII)27

22%


(cat. I - V)40

33%

Communicated49

40%

Admissible6

5%


0

50

100

150

200

250

300

350

400

2014 2015 2016

315

261

236

387

241 239

1833

167 7 11






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Azerbaijan




(cat. VI - VII)23

1,4%


(cat. I - V)125475,5%

Communicated365

22,0%

Admissible20

1,2%


0

50

100

150

200

250

300

350

400

450

2014 2015 2016

402

268

333

245

124136

117 106

164

1130

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Belgium




(cat. VI - VII)257%


(cat. I - V)30083%

Communicated319%

Admissible5

1%


0

50

100

150

200

250

2014 2015 2016

159

202

184

145

198

158

2226

819 19

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Bosnia and Herzegovina




(cat. VI - VII)24019%


(cat. I - V)45436%

Communicated12810%

Pending Government action44935%

Admissible1

0%


0

200

400

600

800

1000

1200

2014 2015 2016

667

908

1033

1185

790

596

452

88

1110

2






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Bulgaria




(cat. VI - VII)70

10%


(cat. I - V)51070%

Communicated12918%

Admissible142%


0

500

1000

1500

2000

2500

2014 2015 2016

928 1031882

2381

1176907

77 102 4721 37 42






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Croatia




(cat. VI - VII)12421%


(cat. I - V)24841%

Communicated21436%

Admissible142%


0

200

400

600

800

1000

1200

1400

1600

2014 2015 2016

1096

812 764

1491

832

639

115144

8333 25 39






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Cyprus




(cat. VI - VII)9

17%


(cat. I - V)26

49%

Communicated18

34%


0

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

160

2014 2015 2016

55

32 34

155

24

34

3 7 60

20

4






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Czech Republic




(cat. VI - VII)37

25%


(cat. I - V)54

37%

Communicated46

31%

Admissible107%


0

100

200

300

400

500

600

700

800

2014 2015 2016

370

340 338

735

403

339

1245

813 4 7






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Denmark




(cat. VI - VII)5

20%


(cat. I - V)12

48%

Communicated6

24%

Admissible2

8%


0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

2014 2015 2016

66

44

47

60

48 51

50

220

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Estonia




(cat. VI - VII)33

52,4%


(cat. I - V)18

28,6%

Communicated11

17,5% Admissible1

1,6%


0

50

100

150

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250

300

350

400

450

500

2014 2015 2016

187 190 206

451

181

210

9 4 87 5 5






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Finland




(cat. VI - VII)45

84,9%


(cat. I - V)1

1,9%

Communicated5

9,4%

Admissible2

3,8%


0

50

100

150

200

250

300

2014 2015 2016

185 177

196

272

256

157

8 6 212 7 1






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France




(cat. VI - VII)72

18%


(cat. I - V)16040%

Communicated16140%

Admissible102%


0

200

400

600

800

1000

1200

1400

2014 2015 2016

1142

1087

916

12731156

874

89 10358

24 33 27






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Georgia




(cat. VI - VII)261%


(cat. I - V)185489%

Communicated19410%

Admissible3

0%


0

50

100

150

200

250

300

2014 2015 2016

102

80 74

273

197

148

28

4776

3 4 4






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Germany




(cat. VI - VII)10750%


(cat. I - V)37

18%

Communicated64

30%

Admissible5

2%


0

200

400

600

800

1000

1200

2014 2015 2016

1026

789

676

1182

901

658

2523

4813 12 19






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Greece




(cat. VI - VII)132%


(cat. I - V)45764%

Communicated22432%

Admissible132%


0

100

200

300

400

500

600

700

2014 2015 2016

585

457

337

554

670

455

268

118

275

12694 65






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Hungary




(cat. VI - VII)941%


(cat. I - V)802890%

Communicated8279%

Admissible13

0,1%


0

1000

2000

3000

4000

5000

6000

2014 2015 2016

2403

4234

5569

2260

1363 1125

210478 498

60 88 100






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Iceland




(cat. VI - VII)1

4%


(cat. I - V)14

50%

Communicated13

46%


0

5

10

15

20

25

30

2014 2015 2016

28

10

24

17

11

15

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4

7

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Ireland




(cat. VI - VII)3

23%


(cat. I - V)5

39%

Communicated5

38%


0

10

20

30

40

50

60

2014 2015 2016

33

18

27

51

16

19

00

51

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Italy




(cat. VI - VII)2765%


(cat. I - V)466075%

Communicated121320%

Pending Government action

150,2%

Admissible160%


0

1000

2000

3000

4000

5000

6000

7000

8000

9000

10000

2014 2015 2016

5490

1885

1409

9625

4438

2695

1763 1848

763

145 25 35






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Latvia




(cat. VI - VII)47

28%


(cat. I - V)62

36%

Communicated59

34%

Admissible4

2%


0

50

100

150

200

250

300

350

400

450

500

2014 2015 2016

298

244258

484

406

228

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Liechtenstein

Chart 55 The Court’s caseload by stage of proceedings and decision body On 1 January 2017 there was no application pending against Liechtenstein.


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2

4

6

8

10

12

14

16

2014 2015 2016

1213

10

8

16

14

1 100

2

1






38/60

Lithuania




(cat. VI - VII)57

20%


(cat. I - V)12643%

Communicated99

34%

Admissible8

3%


0

50

100

150

200

250

300

350

400

450

500

2014 2015 2016

387 376 406

356

278

453

26 10

55

521 22






39/60

Luxembourg




(cat. VI - VII)8

35%


(cat. I - V)6

26%

Communicated9

39%


0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

2014 2015 2016

23 22

38

26 24

22

3 2

6

0 10






40/60

Malta




(cat. VI - VII)2

4%


(cat. I - V)24

43%

Communicated26

46%

Admissible4

7%


0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

2014 2015 2016

39

2426

3230

1415 16

19

87

10






41/60

Republic of Moldova




(cat. VI - VII)816%


(cat. I - V)86467%

Communicated33126%


10%

Admissible6

1%


0

200

400

600

800

1000

1200

1400

2014 2015 2016

1101

1011

839

1341

926

750

73 1214125 20 27






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Monaco




(cat. I - V)2

50%

Communicated2

50%

Total applications4

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

2014 2015 2016

4

9

6

5

8

5

2

1

00 0 0






43/60

Montenegro




(cat. VI - VII)33

30%


(cat. I - V)15

13%

Communicated60

54%

Admissible3

3%


0

50

100

150

200

250

300

350

400

450

500

2014 2015 2016

158129

165

446 452

220

2947

231 7 4






44/60

Netherlands




(cat. VI - VII)80

31%


(cat. I - V)14356%

Communicated32

13%

Admissible1

0,4%


0

100

200

300

400

500

600

700

800

2014 2015 2016

674

495 494

796

552500

25 19 123 0 11






45/60

Norway




(cat. VI - VII)11

18%


(cat. I - V)40

64%

Communicated10

16%

Admissible1

2%


0

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

160

2014 2015 2016

141

73

90

158

7887

1 274 1 3






46/60

Poland




(cat. VI - VII)219

12,0%


(cat. I - V)811

44,6%

Communicated777

42,7%

Admissible11

0,6%


0

500

1000

1500

2000

2500

3000

2014 2015 2016

2747

2178

24242568

2253 2246

193

760

6828 31 29






47/60

Portugal




(cat. VI - VII)53

30%


(cat. I - V)76

42%

Communicated43

24%

Admissible7

4%


0

50

100

150

200

250

300

2014 2015 2016

252

233

155

186169

269

91 91

1422 20 33






48/60

Romania






(cat. I - V)366650%

Communicated325344%


951%

Admissible38

0,5%


0

1000

2000

3000

4000

5000

6000

7000

8000

9000

2014 2015 2016

4425 4604

8204

7096

4180 4089

869 880

2195

127 260 258






49/60

Russian Federation






(cat. I - V)318141%

Communicated361346%

Pending Government action361

4,6%

Admissible117

1,5%


0

2000

4000

6000

8000

10000

12000

14000

16000

2014 2015 2016

8913

6003 5591

15574

6552 6365

11011331 1766

218 160645






50/60

San Marino




(cat. VI - VII)1

7%


(cat. I - V)12

86%

Communicated1

7%


0

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

2014 2015 2016

5

4

13

1

6

5

01

001

0






51/60

Serbia




(cat. VI - VII)736%


(cat. I - V)48241%

Communicated18015%

Pending Government action453

38,1%

Admissible2

0%


0

2000

4000

6000

8000

10000

12000

2014 2015 2016

2786

1235 1336

11427

2491

1220

418180

7663 121 66






52/60

Slovakia




(cat. VI - VII)50

30%


(cat. I - V)75

44%

Communicated39

23%

Admissible5

3%


0

50

100

150

200

250

300

350

400

2014 2015 2016

324

353

309

354344

318

28 2942

14 15 10






53/60

Slovenia




(cat. VI - VII)523%


(cat. I - V)805%

Communicated483%

Pending Government action140488,5%

Admissible3

0%


0

50

100

150

200

250

300

350

400

450

2014 2015 2016

352

213

239

411

248

299

56

16 183015 4






54/60

Spain




(cat. VI - VII)85

59%


(cat. I - V)139%

Communicated41

28%

Admissible5

4%


0

100

200

300

400

500

600

700

800

2014 2015 2016

642

552

626

790

668

557

14 25 16354 18






55/60

Sweden




(cat. VI - VII)14

41%


(cat. I - V)5

15%

Communicated12

35%

Admissible3

9%


0

50

100

150

200

250

300

350

2014 2015 2016

272

212

138

311

211

141

4 488 6 4






56/60

Switzerland




(cat. VI - VII)57

38%


(cat. I - V)46

31%

Communicated40

27%

Admissible7

4,7%


0

50

100

150

200

250

300

350

400

450

2014 2015 2016

304 318

258

403

321

230

919 1519 11 10






57/60

“The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia”




(cat. VI - VII)239%


(cat. I - V)15860%

Communicated81

30%

Admissible3

1,1%


0

50

100

150

200

250

300

350

400

450

500

2014 2015 2016

382 362 340

492

328321

73 38 65

10 12 16






58/60

Turkey






(cat. I - V)976978%

Communicated232419%

Admissible450%


0

1000

2000

3000

4000

5000

6000

7000

8000

9000

2014 2015 2016

1584

2212

8308

2784 3060

4042

200 214

1499

115 158 118






59/60

Ukraine






(cat. I - V)842546%

Communicated945452%

Admissible911%


0

2000

4000

6000

8000

10000

12000

14000

16000

2014 2015 2016

14181

6007

8658

12732

5712

4188

738

8828

13261073

81 116






60/60

United Kingdom




(cat. VI - VII)29

13%


(cat. I - V)14362%

Communicated51

22%

Admissible8

3%


0

200

400

600

800

1000

1200

1400

1600

1800

2000

2014 2015 2016

720

575

373

1970

533

360

1071

38 1427

1028

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