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EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS    078  12.2.2002   Press release issued by the Registrar   CHAMBER JUDGMENTS CONCERNING Italy and Turkey   The European Court of Human Rights has today notified in writing the following 70 Chamber judgments of which only Gawracz v. Turkey is final[1]:   SECTION 4   (1)  Gawracz v. Turkey (application no. 32055/96)   Friendly settlement Leszek Gawracz, a Polish national, complained about the length of civil proceedings (which lasted almost seven years and four months) concerning his claim for damages for injuries and loss of earnings, following a car accident. He relied on Article 6 § 1 (determination of civil rights within a reasonable time) of the European Convention on Human Rights.   The case has been struck out following a friendly settlement in which 55,000 French francs is to be paid for any non-pecuniary and pecuniary damage, costs and expenses. (The judgment is available only in English.)     Violation Article 6 § 1 In the following 69 Italian cases, the applicants complained about the length of the civil proceedings (indicated in brackets) to which they were parties. They relied on Article 6 § 1, claiming their civil rights were not decided within a reasonable time.   In each case the Court held unanimously that there had been a violation of Article 6 § 1 and awarded each applicant the following amounts in euros (EUR) for non-pecuniary damage, costs and expenses. The Court held that it was not necessary to examine the complaint under Article 1 of Protocol no. 1 in the case of Raffio v. Italy and it rejected the demands for just satisfaction in the cases Tor Di Valle Costruzioni S.p.A.  v. Italy (no.8) and Ciampaglia v. Italy. (The judgments are available only in French).     Non-pecuniary damage     Costs and expenses (2)   V.P. and F.D.R. v. Italy (no. 44333/98) (seven years and two months for two levels of jurisdiction) EUR 2,500 to each heir of the first applicant and EUR 5,000 to the second applicant EUR 125 to each heir of the first applicant and EUR 250 to the second applicant (3)  Ital Union Servizi S.a.s. v. Italy (no.1)  (no. 44396/98) (more than 10 years and 10 months and still pending on 18 December 2001) EUR 12,000 EUR 1,500 (4)  E.M. v. Italy (no. 44519/98) (approximately five years and 10 months and still pending on 12 February 2002) EUR 5,000 EUR 2,000 (5)  Ital Union Servizi S.a.s. v. Italy (no.2)  (no. 44913/98) (more than eight years and 11 months for three levels of jurisdiction) EUR 4,000 EUR 1,500 (6)  Ital Union Servizi S.a.s. v. Italy (no.3)  (no. 44914/98) (more than nine years and one month and still pending on 18 December 2001) EUR 10,000 EUR 1,500 (7)  Rapisarda v. Italy (no. 52913/99) (more than seven years and six months) EUR 8,000 EUR 1,500 (8)  Bruno v. Italy (no. 52914/99) (more than nine years and one month) EUR 12,000 - (9)  Cazzato v. Italy (no. 52915/99) (seven years and seven months) EUR 8,000 EUR 2,000 (10)  Vincenza Ferrara v. Italy (no. 52916/99) (seven years and nine months) EUR 8,000 EUR 1,500 (11)  Serino v. Italy (no. 52917/99) (more than six years and seven months and still pending on 14 November 2001) EUR 8,000 EUR 1,500 (12)  Scinto v. Italy (no. 52918/99) (11 years and five months for two levels of jurisdiction) EUR 12,000 EUR 1,500 (13)  Luciani v. Italy (no. 52919/99) (more than 19 years and three months) EUR 28,000 EUR 1,500 (14)  Francesco De Rosa v. Italy (no. 52920/99) (more than 10 years and 10 months and still pending on 18 December 2001) EUR 14,000 EUR 1,500 (15)  Damiano v. Italy (no. 52921/99) (almost nine years and seven months) EUR 10,000 EUR 1,500 (16)  Tommaso v. Italy (no. 52922/99) (almost seven years and seven months and still pending on 12 February 2002) EUR 10,000 EUR 1,500 (17)  De Santis v. Italy (no.3) (no. 52923/99) (nine years and seven months) EUR 12,000 EUR 2,500 (18)  Frattini and others v. Italy (no. 52924/99) (more than seven years and one month for two levels of jurisdiction) EUR 7,000 to each applicant EUR 500 to each applicant (19)  D'Alfonso v. Italy (no. 52925/99) (more than 10 years and two months and still pending on 20 October 2001) EUR 14,000 EUR 1,500 (20)  Mostacciuolo v. Italy (no. 52926/99) (more than 10 years and two months and still pending on 12 February 2001) EUR 12,000 EUR 1,500 (21)  I.P.A. S.r.l.  v. Italy (no. 52957/99) (more than seven years and 11 months for two levels of jurisdiction) EUR 6,000 EUR 2,000 (22)  Francesco Lombardo v. Italy (no. 52958/99) (more than 11 years and seven months) EUR 10,329 EUR 2,000 (23)  Sessa v. Italy (no. 52959/99) (more than 18 years and eight months for two levels of jurisdiction) EUR 20,000 EUR 1,000 (24)  Ventrone v. Italy (no. 52960/99) (a little more than 10 years for two levels of jurisdiction) EUR 10,000 to each applicant EUR 1,250 to each applicant (25)  Raffio v. Italy (no. 52962/99) (approximately 11 years and four months) EUR 16,000 to each applicant EUR 750 to each applicant (26)  Zotti and Ferrara v. Italy (no.1)  (no. 52963/99) (almost 10 years and nine months and still pending on 12 February 2002) EUR 6,456 to each applicant EUR 750 to each applicant (27)  Zotti and Ferrara v. Italy (no.2)  (no. 52964/99) (more than 10 years and six months and still pending on 20 November 2001) EUR 6,456 to each applicant EUR 750 to each applicant (28)  Vetrone v. Italy (no. 52965/99) (more than eight years and 10 months for two levels of jurisdiction) EUR 7,000 EUR 1,500 (29)  Zotti v. Italy (no. 52966/99) (more than 14 years) EUR 12,911 EUR 1,500 (30)  Vaccarella v. Italy (no. 52967/99) (16 years and five months for three levels of jurisdiction) EUR 18,000 EUR 1,500 (31)  Del Bono and others v. Italy (no. 52968/99) (more than 19 years and five months) EUR  28,000 to each applicant EUR 800 to each applicant (32)  Almanio Antonio Romano v. Italy (no. 52969/99) (more than five years and five months) EUR 7,000 EUR 2,500 (33)  Ciancetta and Mancini v. Italy (no. 52970/99) (24 years and two months for two levels of jurisdiction) EUR 36,000 to each applicant EUR 1,000 to each applicant (34)  R.L. v. Italy (no. 52971/99) (more than 12 years and 11 months for two levels of jurisdiction) EUR 7,000 to each heir of the applicant EUR 750 to each heir of the applicant (35)  Carmine Falzarano v. Italy (no. 52972/99) (nine years and nine months) EUR 12,000 EUR 1,500 (36)  Mattaliano v. Italy (no. 52973/99) (more than 10 years and four months for two levels of jurisdiction) EUR 8,000 EUR 1,500 (37)  Beneventano v. Italy (no. 52974/99) (more than 26 years and two months and still pending on 12 February 2002) EUR 40,000 - (38)  Gucci v. Italy (no. 52975/99) (more than 23 years and three months and still pending on 12 February 2002) EUR 32,000 EUR 1,500 (39)  Policriti and Gioffrè v. Italy (no. 52976/99) (approximately 14 years and approximately 12 years and four months for two levels of jurisdiction for the first and second applicant respectively. Both procedures were still pending on 14 March 2001) EUR 16,000 EUR 12,000 (40)  Savona v. Italy (no.2) (no. 52977/99) (12 years and eight months for two levels of jurisdiction) EUR 11,000 - (41)  Di Niso v. Italy (no. 52978/99) (for the first four applicants more than 25 years and one month and for the fifth applicant approximately 24 years and five months) EUR 30,987 to each applicant EUR 300 to each applicant (42)  AN.M.  v. Italy (no. 52979/99) (approximately 13 years and nine months) EUR 20,000 EUR 2,000 (43)  Sciacchitano and Lo Sciuto v. Italy (no. 52982/99) (more than 11 years for two levels of jurisdiction) EUR 12,000 to each applicant EUR 250 to each applicant (44)  Seccia v. Italy (no. 52983/99) (more than nine years and five months and still pending on 28 November 2001) EUR 12,000 to each applicant EUR 500 to each applicant (45)  Ge.Im.A. S.a.s.  v. Italy (no. 52984/99) (more than 12 years and six months and still pending on 6 June 2001) EUR 18,000 EUR 2,000 (46)  L.S.  v. Italy (no. 52986/99) (approximately 13 years) EUR 12,911 EUR 500 (47)  Barone v. Italy (no. 52987/99) (more than 15 years and three months and still pending on 22 November 2001) EUR 8,608 to the first and third applicant; EUR 4,304 to each heir of the second applicant EUR 500 to the first and third applicant; EUR 250 to each heir of the second applicant (48) Maria Giovanna Rossi v. Italy (no. 52988/99) (more than 10 years and seven months for two levels of jurisdiction) EUR 7,000 EUR 1,500 (49)  Sirufo v. Italy (no. 52989/99) (more than six years and four months) EUR 6,000 EUR 2,000 (50)  Stabile v. Italy (no. 52990/99) (approximately 12 years and five months and still pending on 29 October 2001) EUR 9,296 EUR 2,000 (51)  Cristina v. Italy (no. 56085/00) (more than seven years and six months) EUR 8,000 EUR 154 (52)  Vazzana v. Italy (no. 56086/00) (more than 31 years and seven months and still pending on 12 February 2002) EUR 50,000 EUR 500 (53)  L.B.  v. Italy (no. 56087/00) (approximately 12 years and 10 months and still pending on 10 November 2001) EUR 20,000 EUR 2,000 (54)  It.R.  v. Italy (no. 56088/00) (more than 15 years and 11 months and still pending on 10 December 2001) EUR 24,000 EUR 2,500 (55)  Murru v. Italy (no. 5) (no. 56089/00) (more than seven years and three months for two levels of jurisdiction) EUR 5,000 - (56)  Bernardini v. Italy (no. 56091/00) (more than 18 years and 10 months for nine levels of jurisdiction and still pending on 8 November 2001) EUR 10,000 - (57)  Calvagni and Formiconi v. Italy (no. 56092/00) (more than 12 years and 11 months) EUR 18,000 to each applicant EUR 1,000 to each applicant (58)  Società Croce Gialla Romana S.a.S. v. Italy (no. 56093/00) (more than 10 years and four months for three levels of jurisdiction) EUR 8,000 EUR 1,500 (59)  Sposito v. Italy (no. 56094/00) (more than 10 years and 11 months for two levels of jurisdiction and still pending on 13 January 2000) EUR 12,000 EUR 2,000 (60)  Colasanti v. Italy (no. 56095/00) (more than 11 years and two months for two levels of jurisdiction) EUR 12,000 EUR 2,500 (61)  Venturin v. Italy (no. 56096/00) (approximately six years and two months and still pending on 17 November 2001) EUR 6,000 EUR 2,000 (62)  Pelagatti v. Italy (no. 56098/00) (more than nine years and three months) EUR 1,033 EUR 1,500 (63)  Genovesi v. Italy (no. 56099/00) (more than 22 years and 11 years and still pending on 26 November 2001) EUR 25,823 - (64)  Tor Di Valle Costruzioni S.p.A. v. Italy (no.8) (no. 56100/00) (approximately five years and seven months, more than three years and six months and five years and 11 months for two levels of jurisdiction for the first, second and third set of proceedings respectively) - - (65)  Mesiti v. Italy (no. 56101/00) (17 years and eight months) EUR 24,000 - (66)  Ciampaglia v. Italy (no. 56102/00) (more than six years and four months for two levels of jurisdiction) - - (67)  Giovanni Bevilacqua v. Italy (no. 56103/00) (approximately five years and eight months) EUR 7,000 EUR 1,500 (68)  Cullari v. Italy (no. 56104/00) (more than eight years and one month) EUR 12,000 EUR 1,500 (69)  Spinelli v. Italy (no. 56105/00) (more than 14 years and eight months and still pending on 11 January 2002) EUR 20,000 EUR 2,500 (70)  Dell'Aquila v. Italy (no. 56106/00) (more than 13 years and one months for two levels of jurisdiction) EUR 15,494 EUR 1,500   ***   The Court’s judgments are accessible on its Internet site (http://www.echr.coe.int).   Registry of the European Court of Human Rights F – 67075 Strasbourg Cedex Contacts: Roderick Liddell (telephone: (0)3 88 41 24 92)  Emma Hellyer (telephone: (0)3 90 21 42 15) Fax: (0)3 88 41 27 91   The European Court of Human Rights was set up in Strasbourg in 1959 to deal with alleged violations of the 1950 European Convention on Human Rights. On 1 November 1998 a full-time Court was established, replacing the original two-tier system of a part-time Commission and Court. [1] Under Article 43 of the European Convention on Human Rights, within three months from the date of a Chamber judgment, any party to the case may, in exceptional cases, request that the case be referred to the 17-member Grand Chamber of the Court.  In that event, a panel of five judges considers whether the case raises a serious question affecting the interpretation or application of the Convention or its Protocols, or a serious issue of general importance, in which case the Grand Chamber will deliver a final judgment. If no such question or issue arises, the panel will reject the request, at which point the judgment becomes final. Otherwise Chamber judgments become final on the expiry of the three-month period or earlier if the parties declare that they do not intend to make a request to refer.