FIRST SECTION

DECISION

Application no. 8050/21
Józef GACEK
against Poland

(see appended table)

The European Court of Human Rights (First Section), sitting on 22 May 2025 as a Committee composed of:

Georgios A. Serghides, President,
Frédéric Krenc,
Alain Chablais, judges,

and Viktoriya Maradudina, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,

Having regard to the above application lodged on 18 January 2021,

Having regard to the formal declarations accepting a friendly settlement of the case,

Having deliberated, decides as follows:

FACTS AND PROCEDURE

The applicant’s details are set out in the appended table.

The applicant was represented by Mr T. Koncewicz, a lawyer practising in Gdynia.

The applicant’s complaints under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention about a violation of his right to a hearing by an “independent and impartial tribunal established by law” since his case had been decided by Disciplinary Chamber of the Supreme Court composed of judges appointed to that court by the President of Poland, pursuant to the recommendation of the National Council of the Judiciary (Krajowa Rada Sądownictwa, “the NCJ”) as established under the Amending Act on the NCJ and certain other statutes of 8 December 2017 were communicated to the Polish Government (“the Government”). Another complaint under Article 8 of the Convention based on the same facts was also communicated.

The Court received the friendly-settlement declarations, signed by the parties, under which the applicant agreed to waive any further claims against Poland in respect of the facts giving rise to this application, subject to an undertaking by the Government to pay him the amount detailed in the appended table. This amount will be converted into the currency of the respondent State at the rate applicable on the date of payment, and will be payable within three months from the date of notification of the Court’s decision. In the event of failure to pay this amount within the above‑mentioned three-month period, the Government undertake to pay simple interest on it, from the expiry of that period until settlement, at a rate equal to the marginal lending rate of the European Central Bank during the default period plus three percentage points.

The payment will constitute the final resolution of the case.

THE LAW

The Court takes note of the friendly settlement reached between the parties. It is satisfied that the settlement is based on respect for human rights as defined in the Convention and the Protocols thereto and finds no reasons to justify a continued examination of the application.

In view of the above, it is appropriate to strike the case out of the list.

For these reasons, the Court, unanimously,

Decides to strike the application out of its list of cases in accordance with Article 39 of the Convention.

Done in English and notified in writing on 12 June 2025.

Viktoriya Maradudina Georgios A. Serghides
Acting Deputy Registrar President

APPENDIX

Application no. Date of introduction	Applicant’s name Year of birth/ registration	Representative’s name and location	Date of receipt of Government’s declaration	Date of receipt of Applicant’s declaration	Amount awarded for pecuniary and non-pecuniary damage and costs and expenses per applicant (in euros)[1]
8050/21 18/01/2021	Józef GACEK 1968	Koncewicz Tomasz Tadeusz Gdynia	02/04/2025	02/04/2025	21,000

Application no.
Date of introduction

Applicant’s name

Year of birth/
registration

Representative’s name and location

Date of receipt of Government’s declaration

Date of receipt of Applicant’s declaration

Amount awarded for pecuniary and non-pecuniary damage and costs and expenses

per applicant

(in euros)[1]

8050/21

18/01/2021

Józef GACEK

1968

Koncewicz Tomasz Tadeusz

Gdynia

02/04/2025

21,000

[1] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicant.