VALKOV AND OTHERS v. BULGARIA / ECHR

Notes

Date	25/10/2011
AppNr	2033/04; 171/05; 19125/04; 19475/04; 19490/04; 19495/04; 19497/04; 2041/05; 24729/04
Body	Court (Fourth Section)
Type	Judgment (Merits and Just Satisfaction)
Articles	14; 14+P1-1; P1-1; P1-1-1
Violated / NonViolated	14P1-1

Conclusions:

No violation of Art. 14+P1-1
No violation of P1-1

Keywords:

(art. 14) comparable situation
(art. 14) discrimination
(art. 14) other status
(p1-1-1) interference
(p1-1-1) peaceful enjoyment of possessions
(p1-1-1) possessions
margin of appreciation

ECHR Notes

Originating Body	Court (Fourth Section)
Document Type	Judgment (Merits and Just Satisfaction)
Language	ENGLISH
Application Number	2033/04 ; 171/05 ; 19125/04 ; 19475/04 ; 19490/04 ; 19495/04 ; 19497/04 ; 2041/05 ; 24729/04
Importance Level	2
Represented by	EKIMDZHIEV M. ; BONCHEVA K. ; TSEKOV T.
Respondent State	Bulgaria
Date of Judgment	25/10/2011
Conclusion	No violation of P1-1 ; No violation of Art. 14+P1-1
Articles	14 ; 14+P1-1 ; P1-1 ; P1-1-1
Separate Opinions	Yes
Law at Issue	Articles 6, 51 and 57 of the Constitution ; Sections 45 and 47 of the Pensions Act 1957 ; Paragraph 6 (1) of the transitional and concluding provisions of the Social Security Code 1999 ; Articles 6, 21, 22 and 68 of the Social Security Code ; Sections 4, 40, 47, 71, 73 and 74 of the Protection Against Discrimination Act 2003
Strasbourg Case Law	A, B and C v. Ireland [GC], no. 25579/05, § 150, 16 December 2010 ; Ackermann and Fuhrmann v. Germany (dec.), no. 71477/01, 8 September 2005 ; Allesch and Others v. Austria, no. 18168/91, Commission decision of 1 December 1993, unreported ; Andrejeva v. Latvia [GC], no. 55707/00, § 77, 18 February 2009 ; Apostolakis v. Greece, no. 39574/07, 22 October 2009 ; Banfield v. the United Kingdom (dec.), no. 6223/04, ECHR 2005-XI ; Beging v. Germany, no. 15376/89, decision of the Commission of 27 May 1991 ; Blanco Callejas v. Spain (dec.), no. 64100/00, 18 June 2002 ; Brozicek v. Italy, 19 December 1989, § 34, Series A no. 167 ; Buchheit and Meinberg v. Germany (dec.), nos. 51466/99 and 70130/01, 2 February 2006 ; Burden v. the United Kingdom [GC], no. 13378/05, ECHR 2008-... ; Carson and Others v. the United Kingdom [GC], no. 42184/05, ECHR 2010-... ; Clift v. the United Kingdom, no. 7205/07, § 66, 13 July 2010 ; Credit Bank and Others v. Bulgaria (dec.), no. 40064/98, 30 April 2002 ; Domalewski v. Poland (dec.), no. 34610/97, ECHR 1999-V ; Draon v. France [GC], no. 1513/03, §§ 70-72, 6 October 2005 ; Engel and Others v. the Netherlands, 8 June 1976, § 72, Series A no. 22 ; Goudswaard-Van der Lans v. the Netherlands (dec.), no. 75255/01, ECHR 2005-XI ; Hasani v. Croatia (dec.), no. 20844/09, 30 September 2010 ; Hatton and Others v. the United Kingdom [GC], no. 36022/97, § 97, ECHR 2003-VIII ; Hesse-Anger and Anger v. Germany (dec.), no. 45835/99, 17 May 2001 ; Hobbs v. the United Kingdom, no. 63684/00, 18 June 2002 ; Hoogendijk v. the Netherlands (dec.), no. 58641/00, 6 January 2005 ; Immobiliare Saffi v. Italy [GC], no. 22774/93, § 42 in limine, ECHR 1999-V ; Jahn and Others v. Germany [GC], nos. 46720/99, 72203/01 and 72552/01, § 113, ECHR 2005-VI ; Jankovic v. Croatia (dec.), no. 43440/98, ECHR 2000-X; Kuna v. Germany (dec.), no. 52449/99, ECHR 2001-V (extracts) ; K. v. Germany, no. 11203/84, Commission decision of 5 May 1986, unreported ; Kjartan Ásmundsson v. Iceland, no. 60669/00, ECHR 2004-IX ; Kopecký v. Slovakia [GC], no. 44912/98, § 35 (b), ECHR 2004-IX ; Kuhlmann v. Germany, no. 21519/93, Commission decision of 30 June 1993, unreported ; Laloyaux v. Belgium (dec.), no. 73511/01, 9 March 2006 ; Lenz v. Germany (dec.), no. 40862/98, ECHR 2001-X ; Liebscher and Others v. Austria, no. 25170/94, Commission decision of 12 April 1996, unreported ; M.V. and U-M.S. v. Finland (dec.), no. 43189/98, 28 January 2003 ; Maggio and Others v. Italy, nos. 46286/09, 52851/08, 53727/08, 54486/08 and 56001/08, 31 May 2011 ; Matheis v. Germany (dec.), no. 73711/01, 1 February 2005 ; Maurice v. France [GC], no. 11810/03, §§ 67-71 and 79, ECHR 2005-IX ; Müller v. Austria, no. 5849/72, Commission’s report of 1 October 1975, Decisions and Reports (DR) 3, ; Nozharova v. Bulgaria ((dec.), nos. 44096/05 et al., 25 August 2009 ; Ognyan Asenov v. Bulgaria, no. 38157/04, § 32, 17 February 2011 ; Padovani v. Italy, 26 February 1993, § 20, Series A no. 257-B ; Petkov and Others v. Bulgaria, nos. 77568/01, 178/02 and 505/02, § 82, ECHR 2009-... ; Poulain v. France (dec.), no. 52273/08, 8 February 2011 ; Rasmussen v. Poland, no. 38886/05, § 71, 28 April 2009 ; Saarinen v. Finland (dec.), no. 69136/01, 28 January 2003 ; Sidabras and Džiautas v. Lithuania, nos. 55480/00 and 59330/00, §§ 53-62, ECHR 2004-VIII ; Slivenko v. Latvia (dec.) [GC], no. 48321/99, § 121, ECHR 2002-II ; Spadea and Scalabrino v. Italy, 28 September 1995, § 24, Series A no. 315-B ; Stec and Others v. the United Kingdom [GC], no. 65731/01, ECHR 2006-VI ; Stummer v. Austria [GC], no. 37452/02, 7 July 2011 ; T. v. Sweden, no. 10671/83, Commission decision of 4 March 1985, DR 42, p. 229 ; Urbárska Obec Trencianske Biskupice v. Slovakia, no. 74258/01, § 86, 27 November 2007 ; Van der Mussele v. Belgium, 23 November 1983, Series A no. 70 ; Velikovi and Others v. Bulgaria, nos. 43278/98, 45437/99, 48014/99, 48380/99, 51362/99, 53367/99, 60036/00, 73465/01 and 194/02, § 166, 15 March 2007 ; Wieczorek v. Poland, no. 18176/05, 8 December 2009 ; X v. Austria, no. 7624/76, Commission decision of 6 July 1977, DR 19 ; Zlínsat, spol. s r.o. v. Bulgaria, no. 57785/00, §§ 50 and 56, 15 June 2006
External Sources	Pensions Panorama: Retirement-Income Systems in 53 Countries, The World Bank (2007) ; Pensions at a Glance 2011: Retirement-income Systems in OECD and G20 Countries, OECD (2011)
Keywords	"(Art. 14) COMPARABLE SITUATION" "(Art. 14) DISCRIMINATION" "(Art. 14) OTHER STATUS" "(P1-1-1) INTERFERENCE" "(P1-1-1) PEACEFUL ENJOYMENT OF POSSESSIONS" "(P1-1-1) POSSESSIONS" "MARGIN OF APPRECIATION" PROPORTIONALITY

Application Documents 1

VALKOV AND OTHERS v. BULGARIA

Court (Fifth Section) Decision (Partial)

10/11/2009

References 57

	3 STUMMER v. AUSTRIA P1-1, 14, 4 Court (Grand Chamber) Judgment (Merits and Just Satisfaction)	07/07/2011
	2 MAGGIO AND OTHERS v. ITALY 6-1, P1-1, 14 Court (Second Section) Judgment (Merits and Just Satisfaction)	31/05/2011
	1 OGNYAN ASENOV v. BULGARIA Court (Fifth Section) Judgment (Merits)	17/02/2011
	7 A, B AND C v. IRELAND 8, 8 Court (Grand Chamber) Judgment (Merits and Just Satisfaction)	16/12/2010
	2 HASANI v. CROATIA Court (First Section) Decision	30/09/2010
	5 CLIFT v. THE UNITED KINGDOM 14, 5 Court (Fourth Section) Judgment (Merits and Just Satisfaction)	13/07/2010
	7 WIECZOREK v. POLAND 6-1, P1-1 Court (Fourth Section) Judgment (Merits and Just Satisfaction)	08/12/2009
	3 APOSTOLAKIS v. GREECE P1-1 Court (First Section) Judgment (Merits and Just Satisfaction)	22/10/2009
	1 NOZHAROVA c. BULGARIE Court (Fifth Section) Decision	25/08/2009
	16 RASMUSSEN v. POLAND 6-1, 6-3-b, P1-1 Court (Fourth Section) Judgment (Merits and Just Satisfaction)	28/04/2009
	17 ANDREJEVA v. LATVIA 14, P1-1, 6-1 Court (Grand Chamber) Judgment (Merits and Just Satisfaction)	18/02/2009
	15 CARSON AND OTHERS v. THE UNITED KINGDOM P1-1, 14 Court (Fourth Section) Judgment (Merits)	04/11/2008
	6 PETKOV and OTHERS v. BULGARIA Court (Fifth Section) Decision	04/12/2007
	1 URBARSKA OBEC TRENCIANSKE BISKUPICE v. SLOVAKIA P1-1 Court (Fourth Section) Judgment (Merits and Just Satisfaction)	27/11/2007
	70 VELIKOVI AND OTHERS v. BULGARIA P1-1, P1-1, 6 Court (Fifth Section) Judgment (Merits and Just Satisfaction)	15/03/2007
	47 BURDEN AND BURDEN v. THE UNITED KINGDOM P1-1, 14 Court (Fourth Section) Judgment (Merits and Just Satisfaction)	12/12/2006
	9 ZLINSAT, SPOL. S R.O. v. BULGARIA 6-1, P1-1 Court (Fifth Section) Judgment (Merits and Just Satisfaction)	15/06/2006
	47 STEC AND OTHERS v. THE UNITED KINGDOM P1-1, 14 Court (Grand Chamber) Judgment (Merits)	12/04/2006
	1 BUCHHEIT ET MEINBERG c. ALLEMAGNE Court (Third Section) Decision	02/02/2006
	4 BANFIELD v. THE UNITED KINGDOM Court (Fourth Section) Decision	18/10/2005
	32 DRAON v. FRANCE P1-1, 13, 8 Court (Grand Chamber) Judgment (Merits and Just Satisfaction)	06/10/2005
	20 MAURICE v. FRANCE P1-1, 13, 8 Court (Grand Chamber) Judgment (Merits and Just Satisfaction)	06/10/2005
	8 GOUDSWAARD-VAN DER LANS v. THE NETHERLANDS Court (Third Section) Decision	22/09/2005
	1 ACKERMANN AND FUHRMANN v. GERMANY Court (Third Section) Decision	08/09/2005
	3 MATHEIS v. GERMANY Court (Third Section) Decision	01/02/2005
	7 HOOGENDIJK v. THE NETHERLANDS Court (First Section) Decision	06/01/2005
	122 JAHN AND OTHERS v. GERMANY P1-1 Court (Third Section) Judgment (Merits)	22/01/2004
	19 SIDABRAS and DZIAUTAS v. LITHUANIA Court (Second Section) Decision	01/07/2003
	15 ASMUNDSSON v. ICELAND Court (Second Section) Decision	28/01/2003
	2 SAARINEN v. FINLAND Court (Fourth Section) Decision	28/01/2003
	1 M.V. and U-M.S. v. FINLAND Court (Fourth Section) Decision	28/01/2003
	4 LALOYAUX contre la BELGIQUE Court (First Section) Decision (Partial)	14/11/2002
	3 STECK-RISCH and OTHERS v. LIECHTENSTEIN Court (Third Section) Decision (Partial)	10/10/2002
	12 HOBBS v. THE UNITED KINGDOM Court (Fourth Section) Decision	18/06/2002
	6 BLANCO CALLEJAS contre l'ESPAGNE Court (Fourth Section) Decision	18/06/2002
	7 CREDIT BANK and OTHERS v. BULGARIA Court (First Section) Decision	30/04/2002
	65 SLIVENKO AND OTHERS v. LATVIA Court (Grand Chamber) Decision	23/01/2002
	3 LENZ v. GERMANY Court (Fourth Section) Decision	27/09/2001
	6 HESSE-ANGER and ANGER v. GERMANY Court (Fourth Section) Decision (Partial)	17/05/2001
	18 KUNA v. GERMANY Court (Fourth Section) Decision	10/04/2001
	5 KOPECKY v. SLOVAKIA Court (Second Section) Decision	01/02/2001
	44 JANKOVIC v. CROATIA Court (Fourth Section) Decision	12/10/2000
	6 HATTON AND OTHERS v. THE UNITED KINGDOM Court (Third Section) Decision	16/05/2000
	27 DOMALEWSKI v. POLAND Court (Fourth Section) Decision	15/06/1999
	1 IMMOBILIARE SAFFI v. ITALY Commission (Plenary) Decision (Partial)	06/03/1997
	4 LIEBSCHER AND HÜBL v. AUSTRIA Commission (First Chambe… Decision	12/04/1996
	23 SPADEA AND SCALABRINO v. ITALY P1-1, 14 Court (Chamber) Judgment (Merits)	28/09/1995
	3 ALLESCH AND OTHERS v. AUSTRIA Commission (First Chambe… Decision	01/12/1993
	3 KUHLMAN v. GERMANY Commission (First Chambe… Decision	30/06/1993
	134 PADOVANI v. ITALY 6-1 Court (Chamber) Judgment (Merits)	26/02/1993
	3 BEGING v. GERMANY COMMISSION Decision	27/05/1991
	48 BROZICEK v. ITALY 6-1, 6-3-a Court (Plenary) Judgment (Merits and Just Satisfaction)	19/12/1989
	1 K. v. GERMANY COMMISSION Decision	05/05/1986
	34 T. v. SWEDEN Commission (Plenary) Decision	04/03/1985
	210 VAN DER MUSSELE v. BELGIUM 4, 14, P1-1 Court (Plenary) Judgment (Merits)	23/11/1983
	14 X. v. AUSTRIA Commission (Plenary) Decision	06/07/1977
	400 ENGEL AND OTHERS v. THE NETHERLANDS 5-1, 6-1, 6-2, 6-3-b, 6-3-c, 6-3-d, 6, 14 Court (Plenary) Judgment (Merits)	08/06/1976

Show all (57)

ECHR CaseLaw

VALKOV AND OTHERS v. BULGARIA View

Notes

ECHR Notes

Application Documents 1

References 57

Similar documents