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Analysis of statistics 2015

January 2016

ECHR – Analysis of Statistics 2015

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Table of Contents Overview of the Court’s statistics in 2015 .............................................................................................. 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 2015 The Court’s statistics for 2015 disclose like last year a lower number of incoming cases allocated to a judicial formation. This is partly the result of a new approach to Rule 47 of the Rules of Court, which determines what applicants are required to do for their application to be allocated for judicial decision. However, there is also an indication of a falling off in demand with a lower number of cases coming into the system and in particular a lower number of applications allocated to the Single Judge. This has helped the Court to reduce the stock of pending cases since the number of applications disposed of exceeds the volume of incoming cases.

The backlog of inadmissible cases has been eliminated which explains the decrease in the number of applications decided by the Single judge. 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 in those other categories (I to V) which were communicated or decided by judgment or decision. 9,999 more such applications were processed in 2015 than in 2014.

A. Number of new applications In 2015 40,650 applications were allocated to a judicial formation, an overall decrease of 28% compared with 2014 (56,200). 27,050 of these were identified as Single-Judge cases likely to be declared inadmissible (a decrease of 40% in relation to 2014). 13,600 were identified as probable Chamber or Committee cases (a decrease of 19%). It is the second year in a row that the number of allocated cases has decreased (- 15% in 2014).

B. Applications disposed of judicially and pending applications 45,576 applications were disposed of judicially, a decrease of 47% in relation to 2014 (86,068). The number of cases disposed of exceeded those allocated by more than 4,900 (i.e. a monthly surplus of around 400). As a result, the stock of allocated applications pending before the Court decreased over the year, by 7% from 69,900 to 64,850.

C. Processing of applications

1. Pre-allocation

As at 31 December 2015 the number of applications pending at this pre-judicial stage stood at 10,000, a decrease of 48% in relation to the same date the previous year (19,050). The number of applications disposed of administratively in 2015 was 32,400, an increase of 29%. 45% of these files were disposed of under Rule 47.

2. Inadmissibility or strike out decisions

In 2015 43,135 applications were declared inadmissible or struck out of the list of cases by a Single Judge, a Committee or a Chamber, a 48% decrease compared with 2014 (83,680).

The Single-Judge formation decided 36,314 cases in 2015, a decrease of 54% compared with 2014 (78,664).

The number of applications struck out by a Chamber or a Committee, in a decision or a judgment, following a friendly settlement or a unilateral declaration, increased by 111% in 2015 (4,628 compared to 2,198 in 2014). Friendly settlements (1,658) decreased by 2% (1,696 in 2014) and unilateral declarations were multiplied by almost six (2,970 compared to 502 in 2014).

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


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3. Communicated applications

Where an application is not on its face inadmissible, it is communicated to the respondent Government. In 2015 15,965 applications were communicated (an increase of 102% compared to 2014 when 7,895 applications were communicated).

4. Judgments

Judgments were delivered in respect of 2,441 applications (compared with 2,388 in 2014 – an increase of 2%). A significant proportion of these applications were joined with the result that the number of judgments actually delivered was 823, a decrease of 8%. 177 judgments (in respect of 1,589 applications) were adopted by a three-judge Committee formation. These judgments accounted for 65% of the applications decided by a judgment (59% in 2014).

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

The total number of decisions on interim measures (1,458) decreased by 25% compared with 2014 (1,939). The Court granted requests for interim measures in 161 cases (a decrease of 25% compared with 216 in 2014) and dismissed them in 630 cases (19% less than the 782 in 2014). The remainder fell outside the scope of Rule 39 of the Rules of Court. 39% of the requests granted are linked to the conflict in Ukraine.

D. Priority policy 1 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 2015 there were 11,490 applications in these categories.

The number of priority applications dealt with at different stages of the procedure in 2015 increased by 10% compared to 2014. 37% more priority applications were communicated to the respondent Governments in comparison with 2014. The number of priority applications declared inadmissible or struck out of the list of cases by a Chamber or Committee decreased by 35%. The number of priority applications struck out following a friendly settlement or a unilateral declaration decreased from 326 in 2014 to 302 in 2015. The number of priority applications giving rise to a judgment increased by 11% in 2015.

1 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

40650 56200 -28%

2015 2014 +/-

15965 7895 102%

2015 2014 +/-

45576 86068 -47%

2441 2388 2%

43135 83680 -48%

31/12/2015 1/1/2015 +/-

64850 69900 -7%

27200 29650 -8%

34500 32050 8%

3150 8200 -62%

31/12/2015 1/1/2015 +/-

10000 19050 -48%

2015 2014 +/-

32400 25100 29%

- by judgment delivered

1. Applications allocated to a judicial formation 2015 2014 +/-[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 formation2

Chart 1 Applications allocated to a judicial formation per year

Chart 2 Applications pending before a judicial formation

2 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

40000

50000

60000

70000

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

1050013800

28200 2720032500

3530039200

41500

49600

5700061100

64200 64900 65800

56200

40600

15900 1980029400

38500

5000056800

66500

79400

97300

119300

139650151600

128100

99900

69900

64850

0

20000

40000

60000

80000

100000

120000

140000

160000

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


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Chart 3 High case-count States (more than 1,500 applications pending before a judicial formation)

Chart 4 The Court’s total caseload by stage of proceedings and judicial formation3

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

Ukraine1385021,4%

Russia9200

14,2%

Turkey8450

13,0%

Italy7550

11,6%

Hungary46007,1%

Romania35505,5%

Georgia21503,3%

Poland17002,6%

Slovenia16502,5%

Azerbaijan15002,3%

remaining 37 States1065016,4%

Total number of pending applications: 64,850

Single Judge or Committee

(cat. VI - VII)31474,9%

Chamber or Committee -awaiting first examination

(cat. I - V)3610755,7%

Communicated2201334,0%

Pending Government action30134,6%

Admissible554

0,9%

Total applications64,850


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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. I827

1,3%

Cat. II318

0,5%

Cat. III1034516,0%

Cat. IV1960430,2%

Cat. V3050847,1%

Cat. VI-VII32325,0%

Total applications64,850

0

20000

40000

60000

80000

100000

120000

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

judgment delivered 757 934 889 736 816 1208 1719 1734 1880 2393 2607 1511 1678 3661 2388 2441

Applicationscommunicated 1463 1573 1686 1717 2447 2956 3232 3456 4416 6203 6674 5360 5236 7931 7895 15965

Applicationsinadmissibleor struck out

6779 8992 17865 17272 20350 27612 28160 27059 30163 33067 38575 50677 86201 89739 83680 43135


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Chart 7 Number of judgments since 2000

Chart 8 Applications in categories I, II and III processed from 2012 to 2015

0

200

400

600

800

1000

1200

1400

1600

1800

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

695

888 844

703 718

1105

15601503

15431625

1499

1157 1093

916 891823

0

500

1000

1500

2000

2500

2012 2013 2014 2015

1563

1303

1742

2392

921771

1051

680546 517

623691

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 828 million inhabitants on 1 January 2015. The average number of applications allocated per 10,000 inhabitants was 0.49 in 2015.

State

2012 2013 2014 2015 1.1.2012 1.1.2013 1.1.2014 1.1.2015 2012 2013 2014 2015

Albania 111 106 82 147 3195 2899 2896 2893 0,35 0,37 0,28 0,51Andorra 6 2 5 6 85 76 76 76 0,71 0,26 0,66 0,79Armenia 238 196 156 122 3274 3027 3017 3017 0,73 0,65 0,52 0,40Austria 377 437 315 263 8443 8452 8507 8585 0,45 0,52 0,37 0,31Azerbaijan 342 324 402 268 9235 9356 9477 9593 0,37 0,35 0,42 0,28Belgium 268 270 159 202 11041 11162 11204 11258 0,24 0,24 0,14 0,18Bosnia and Herzegovina

430 870 667 908 3829 3829 3831 3825 1,12 2,27 1,74 2,37

Bulgaria 1274 1209 928 1031 7327 7285 7246 7202 1,74 1,66 1,28 1,43Croatia 1905 1840 1096 812 4398 4262 4247 4225 4,33 4,32 2,58 1,92Cyprus 78 144 55 32 862 866 858 847 0,90 1,66 0,64 0,38Czech Republic 547 481 370 340 10505 10516 10512 10538 0,52 0,46 0,35 0,32Denmark 103 84 66 45 5581 5603 5617 5660 0,18 0,15 0,12 0,08Estonia 301 237 187 190 1340 1320 1316 1313 2,25 1,80 1,42 1,45Finland 314 315 185 177 5401 5427 5451 5472 0,58 0,58 0,34 0,32France 1344 1536 1142 1088 65398 65579 65835 66352 0,21 0,23 0,17 0,16Georgia 367 157 102 80 4498 4498 4490 4490 0,82 0,35 0,23 0,18Germany 1492 1525 1026 789 81844 80524 80767 81174 0,18 0,19 0,13 0,10Greece 722 728 585 457 11291 11063 10927 10812 0,64 0,66 0,54 0,42Hungary 735 991 2403 4235 9958 9909 9877 9849 0,74 1,00 2,43 4,30Iceland 10 9 28 10 320 322 326 329 0,31 0,28 0,86 0,30Ireland 55 62 33 18 4583 4591 4605 4626 0,12 0,14 0,07 0,04Italy 3246 3180 5490 1935 60821 59685 60783 60796 0,53 0,53 0,90 0,32Latvia 286 322 298 246 2042 2024 2001 1986 1,40 1,59 1,49 1,24Liechtenstein 16 7 12 13 36 37 37 37 4,44 1,89 3,24 3,51Lithuania 373 428 387 377 3008 2972 2943 2921 1,24 1,44 1,31 1,29Luxemburg 31 38 23 22 525 537 550 563 0,59 0,71 0,42 0,39Malta 26 50 39 24 416 421 425 429 0,63 1,19 0,92 0,56Republic of Moldova 934 1354 1101 1011 3560 3559 3559 3555 2,62 3,80 3,09 2,84Monaco 5 10 4 9 36 36 36 36 1,39 2,78 1,11 2,50Montenegro 180 289 158 129 618 623 622 622 2,91 4,64 2,54 2,07Netherlands 675 778 674 496 16730 16780 16829 16901 0,40 0,46 0,40 0,29Norway 101 148 141 73 4986 5051 5108 5166 0,20 0,29 0,28 0,14Poland 4071 3968 2747 2182 38538 38533 38018 38006 1,06 1,03 0,72 0,57Portugal 217 267 252 233 10542 10487 10427 10375 0,21 0,25 0,24 0,22Romania 6768 5413 4425 4606 21356 20020 19947 19861 3,17 2,70 2,22 2,32Russia 10746 12328 8913 6009 143056 143507 143667 146267 0,75 0,86 0,62 0,41San Marino 1 4 5 4 32 34 34 33 0,31 1,18 1,47 1,21Serbia 4894 5058 2786 1236 7241 7182 7147 7112 6,76 7,04 3,90 1,74Slovak Republic 531 464 324 353 5404 5411 5416 5421 0,98 0,86 0,60 0,65Slovenia 422 496 352 212 2055 2059 2061 2063 2,05 2,41 1,71 1,03Spain 694 781 642 553 46196 46728 46512 46440 0,15 0,17 0,14 0,12Sweden 546 362 272 213 9483 9556 9645 9747 0,58 0,38 0,28 0,22Switzerland 326 442 304 318 7955 8039 8140 8237 0,41 0,55 0,37 0,39"The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia"

350 535 382 362 2060 2062 2066 2069 1,70 2,59 1,85 1,75

Turkey 8986 3505 1584 2208 74724 75627 76668 77696 1,20 0,46 0,21 0,28Ukraine 7791 13132 14181 6010 45453 45373 45246 45246 1,71 2,89 3,13 1,33United Kingdom 1702 908 720 575 62990 63905 64351 64767 0,27 0,14 0,11 0,09Total 64937 65790 56208 40629 822271 820814 823320 828488 0,79 0,80 0,68 0,49SOURCES 2014 and 2015: Internet sites of the Eurostat service (“Population and social conditions” ) or from the United Nations Statistics Division.

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 8 171 228 1 408Andorra 1 2 1 4Armenia 54 825 92 7 978Austria 36 37 61 1 135Azerbaijan 7 1228 279 8 1522Belgium 15 282 43 8 348Bosnia and Herzegovina 73 291 52 420 4 840Bulgaria 80 531 168 15 794Croatia 38 244 214 10 506Cyprus 8 32 17 2 59Czech Republic 29 58 56 9 152Denmark 2 17 10 1 30Estonia 28 30 12 1 71Finland 6 1 6 1 14France 85 135 157 11 388Georgia 16 1991 147 2154Germany 71 93 42 6 212Greece 18 666 178 30 892Hungary 94 3981 471 71 4617Iceland 13 6 19Ireland 3 2 5Italy 202 5614 1697 20 34 7567Latvia 28 63 63 5 159Liechtenstein 2 1 2 1 6Lithuania 80 199 68 16 363Luxembourg 1 1 5 7Malta 2 24 21 7 54Republic of Moldova 69 803 339 1 11 1223Monaco 1 2 3Montenegro 39 53 76 3 171Netherlands 50 171 46 6 273Norway 12 43 6 1 62Poland 261 585 821 14 1681Portugal 4 210 103 9 326Romania 311 1128 1884 165 48 3536Russia 732 4742 3121 547 65 9207San Marino 5 1 6Serbia 114 363 209 451 5 1142Slovakia 35 110 34 9 188Slovenia 30 172 38 1409 5 1654Spain 23 8 53 3 87Sweden 16 7 14 6 43Switzerland 20 61 42 7 130"The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia" 12 173 67 12 264

Turkey 199 6656 1526 65 8446Ukraine 208 4160 9439 25 13832United Kingdom 26 125 95 10 256

ALL STATES 3147 36107 22013 3013 554 64834


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Table 4 Unilateral declarations and friendly settlements from 2013 to 2015

State

2013 2014 2015 2013 2014 2015Albania 1 14AndorraArmeniaAustria 0 1 8 2Azerbaijan 3 11 6 11 23 19Belgium 0 3 1 1Bosnia and Herzegovina 3 1 176 0 5Bulgaria 4 3 5 19 9 4Croatia 3 3 9 31 36 36CyprusCzech Republic 20 1 12 1 5Denmark 1Estonia 1 1Finland 1 0 1 3 1France 2 9 3 2 4 1Georgia 3 14 14 11 15 12Germany 2 3 2 3 2Greece 0 24 55 54 128Hungary 3 1 73 31 61IcelandIreland 1 3 0Italy 44 27 1853 4 9 9Latvia 0 2 1 4LiechtensteinLithuania 1 1LuxembourgMalta 2Republic of Moldova 21 6 4 8 9 1MonacoMontenegro 0 19 10 1Netherlands 1 1 1 2 4 2NorwayPoland 41 26 33 93 83 113Portugal 5 6 7 4 39 31Romania 38 64 116 29 51 168Russia 102 161 194 39 78 43San MarinoSerbia 9 52 9 679 1016 291Slovakia 4 3 4 23 9 20Slovenia 1 1 1 1Spain 1 1Sweden 2SwitzerlandThe former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia' 48 38 5 55 69 19Turkey 27 2 18 86 84 139Ukraine 23 63 658 28 36 520United Kingdom 4 3 5 12 1Grand Total 409 502 2970 1481 1696 1658

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)8

2%Chamber or Committee -awaiting first examination

(cat. I - V)17142%

Communicated22856%

Admissible1

0%

Total applications408

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

160

2013 2014 2015

106

82

147

48

129

7970

38

99

9

21 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




(cat. I - V)1

25%

Communicated2

50%

Admissible1

25%

Total applications4

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

2013 2014 2015

2

5

66

2

6

0

1 1

0 0 0






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Armenia




(cat. VI - VII)546%


(cat. I - V)82584%

Communicated929%

Admissible7

0,7%


0

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

160

180

200

2013 2014 2015

196

156

122

195

56

178

19 16 25

2 4 9






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Austria




(cat. VI - VII)36

27%


(cat. I - V)37

27%

Communicated61

45%

Admissible1

1%


0

100

200

300

400

500

600

700

2013 2014 2015

437

315

263

611

387

241

27 18 3322 7 7






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Azerbaijan




(cat. VI - VII)7

0,5%


(cat. I - V)122880,7%

Communicated279

18,3%

Admissible8

0,5%

Total applications1 522

0

50

100

150

200

250

300

350

400

450

2013 2014 2015

324

402

268284

245

123115 117 106

13 1130






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Belgium




(cat. VI - VII)154%


(cat. I - V)28281%

Communicated43

13%

Admissible8

2%


0

50

100

150

200

250

300

2013 2014 2015

270

159

202

253

145

198

37 22 269

19 19






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Bosnia and Herzegovina




(cat. VI - VII)739% Chamber or Committee -

awaiting first examination (cat. I - V)

29135%

Communicated526%

Pending Government action42050%

Admissible4

0%


0

200

400

600

800

1000

1200

2013 2014 2015

870

667

908

1019

1185

790

213

45226 11 10






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Bulgaria




(cat. VI - VII)80

10%


(cat. I - V)53167%

Communicated16821%

Admissible152%


0

500

1000

1500

2000

2500

3000

2013 2014 2015

1209

9281031

25522381

1176

44 77 10226 21 37






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Croatia




(cat. VI - VII)388%


(cat. I - V)24448%

Communicated21442%

Admissible102%


0

500

1000

1500

2000

2500

2013 2014 2015

1840

1096

812

2047

1491

832

142 115 14424 33 25






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Cyprus




(cat. VI - VII)8

14%


(cat. I - V)32

54%

Communicated17

29%

Admissible2

3%


0

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

160

180

2013 2014 2015

144

55

32

163 155

24

3 37

1 0

20






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Czech Republic




(cat. VI - VII)29

19%


(cat. I - V)58

38%

Communicated56

37%

Admissible9

6%


0

100

200

300

400

500

600

700

800

900

2013 2014 2015

481

370340

827

735

403

3612

4511 13 4






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Denmark




(cat. VI - VII)2

7%


(cat. I - V)17

57%

Communicated10

33%

Admissible1

3%


0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

90

2013 2014 2015

84

66

45

88

60

48

6 500 2 0






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Estonia




(cat. VI - VII)28

39,4%


(cat. I - V)30

42,3%

Communicated12

16,9%Admissible

11,4%


0

100

200

300

400

500

600

2013 2014 2015

237

187 190

533

451

181

9 9 46 7 5






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Finland




(cat. VI - VII)6

42,9%


(cat. I - V)1

7,1%

Communicated6

42,9%

Admissible1

7,1%


0

50

100

150

200

250

300

350

2013 2014 2015

315

185177

300

272256

218 63

12 7






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France




(cat. VI - VII)85

22%


(cat. I - V)13535%

Communicated15740%

Admissible113%


0

500

1000

1500

2000

2500

2013 2014 2015

1536

1142 1088

2391

12731156

74 89 10336 24 33






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Georgia




(cat. VI - VII)161%


(cat. I - V)199192%

Communicated1477%


0

100

200

300

400

500

600

2013 2014 2015

157

102 80

579

273

197

38 2847

23 4






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Germany




(cat. VI - VII)71

33%


(cat. I - V)93

44%

Communicated42

20%

Admissible6

3%


0

500

1000

1500

2000

2500

3000

3500

2013 2014 2015

1525

1026

789

3033

1182901

2425 237 13 12






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Greece




(cat. VI - VII)182%


(cat. I - V)66675%

Communicated17820%

Admissible303%


0

100

200

300

400

500

600

700

800

2013 2014 2015

728

585

457472

554

670

188

268

118

43

126 94






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Hungary




(cat. VI - VII)942%


(cat. I - V)398186%

Communicated47110%

Admissible71

1,5%


0

500

1000

1500

2000

2500

3000

3500

4000

4500

2013 2014 2015

991

2403

4235

1048

2260

1363

124 210478

42 60 88






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Iceland




(cat. I - V)13

68%

Communicated6

32%


0

5

10

15

20

25

30

2013 2014 2015

9

28

1011

17

11

2

0

4

01 1






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Ireland




(cat. VI - VII)3

60%


(cat. I - V)2

40%

Total applications5

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

2013 2014 2015

62

33

18

63

51

16

20

02

1 0






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Italy




(cat. VI - VII)2023%


(cat. I - V)561474%

Communicated169722%

Pending Government action

200,3%

Admissible341%


0

1000

2000

3000

4000

5000

6000

7000

8000

9000

10000

2013 2014 2015

3180

5490

1935

2872

9625

4438

62

1763 1848

78 145 25






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Latvia




(cat. VI - VII)28

17%


(cat. I - V)63

40%

Communicated63

40%

Admissible5

3%


0

50

100

150

200

250

300

350

400

450

500

2013 2014 2015

322

298

246

308

484

406

19 27 2110 19 7






37/60

Liechtenstein




(cat. VI - VII)2

33%


(cat. I - V)1

17%

Communicated2

33%

Admissible1

17%

Total applications6

0

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

16

2013 2014 2015

7

1213

14

8

16

3

1 110

2






38/60

Lithuania




(cat. VI - VII)80

22%


(cat. I - V)19955%

Communicated68

19%

Admissible164%


0

50

100

150

200

250

300

350

400

450

2013 2014 2015

428387

377

416

356

278

1526

1012 521






39/60

Luxembourg




(cat. VI - VII)1

14% Chamber or Committee -awaiting first examination

(cat. I - V)1

14%Communicated

572%

Total applications7

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

2013 2014 2015

38

23 22

31

26 24

2 3 220 1






40/60

Malta




(cat. VI - VII)2

4%


(cat. I - V)24

44%

Communicated21

39%

Admissible7

13%


0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

45

50

2013 2014 2015

50

39

24

12

32 30

9

1516

10

8 7






41/60

Republic of Moldova




(cat. VI - VII)695%


(cat. I - V)80366%

Communicated33928%

Pending Government action

10%

Admissible111%


0

500

1000

1500

2000

2500

3000

3500

2013 2014 2015

1354

1101 1011

3143

1341

926

8573 121

19 25 20






42/60

Monaco




(cat. I - V)1

33%

Communicated2

67%

Total applications3

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

2013 2014 2015

10

4

9

10

5

8

0

2

1

3

0 0






43/60

Montenegro




(cat. VI - VII)39

23%


(cat. I - V)53

31%

Communicated76

44%

Admissible3

2%


0

50

100

150

200

250

300

350

400

450

500

2013 2014 2015

289

158129

342

446 452

15 2947

3 1 7






44/60

Netherlands




(cat. VI - VII)50

18%


(cat. I - V)17163%

Communicated46

17%

Admissible6

2,2%


0

200

400

600

800

1000

1200

1400

2013 2014 2015

778

674

496

1389

796

552

42 25 191 3 0






45/60

Norway




(cat. VI - VII)12

19%


(cat. I - V)43

69%

Communicated6

10%

Admissible1

2%


0

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

160

2013 2014 2015

148141

73

115

158

78

17

1 24 4 1






46/60

Poland




(cat. VI - VII)261

15,5%


(cat. I - V)585

34,8%

Communicated821

48,8%

Admissible14

0,8%


0

1000

2000

3000

4000

5000

6000

2013 2014 2015

3968

2747

2182

5388

25682254

154 193

760

23 28 31






47/60

Portugal




(cat. VI - VII)4

1%


(cat. I - V)21064%

Communicated10332%

Admissible9

3%


0

50

100

150

200

250

300

2013 2014 2015

267252

233

236

186

169

26

91 91

13 2220






48/60

Romania






(cat. I - V)112832%

Communicated188453%

Pending Government action1655%

Admissible48

1,4%


0

1000

2000

3000

4000

5000

6000

7000

8000

2013 2014 2015

5413

4425

4606

76977096

4180

384

869 880

166 127260






49/60

Russian Federation






(cat. I - V)474251%

Communicated312134%

Pending Government action547

5,9%

Admissible65

0,7%


0

5000

10000

15000

20000

25000

2013 2014 2015

12328

8913

6009

23845

15574

6553

699 1101 1331257 218 160






50/60

San Marino




(cat. I - V)5

83%

Communicated1

17%

Total applications6

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

2013 2014 2015

4

5

4

1 1

6

1

0

1

0 0

1






51/60

Serbia




(cat. VI - VII)11410% Chamber or Committee -

awaiting first examination (cat. I - V)

36332%

Communicated20918%

Pending Government action451

39,5%

Admissible5

0%


0

2000

4000

6000

8000

10000

12000

2013 2014 2015

5058

2786

1236

3685

11427

2491

1421418

18019363 121






52/60

Slovakia




(cat. VI - VII)35

19%


(cat. I - V)11058%

Communicated34

18%

Admissible9

5%


0

100

200

300

400

500

600

700

2013 2014 2015

464

324353

684

354 344

5628 29

16 14 15






53/60

Slovenia




(cat. VI - VII)302%


(cat. I - V)17211% Communicated

382%

Pending Government action140985,2%

Admissible5

0%


0

100

200

300

400

500

600

700

800

900

2013 2014 2015

496

352

212

896

411

248

48 561625 30 15






54/60

Spain




(cat. VI - VII)23

26%


(cat. I - V)8

9%

Communicated53

61%

Admissible3

4%


0

200

400

600

800

1000

1200

2013 2014 2015

781

642553

1029

790

668

42 14 2513 354






55/60

Sweden




(cat. VI - VII)16

37%


(cat. I - V)7

16%

Communicated14

33%

Admissible6

14%


0

50

100

150

200

250

300

350

400

2013 2014 2015

362

272

213

365

311

211

10 4 416 8 6






56/60

Switzerland




(cat. VI - VII)20

16%


(cat. I - V)61

47%

Communicated42

32%

Admissible7

5,4%


0

200

400

600

800

1000

1200

2013 2014 2015

442

304 318

1197

403

321

24 9 1913 19 11






57/60

“The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia”




(cat. VI - VII)125%


(cat. I - V)17365%

Communicated67

25%

Admissible12

4,5%


0

100

200

300

400

500

600

700

800

900

2013 2014 2015

535

382 362

850

492

328

126 73

389 10 12






58/60

Turkey






(cat. I - V)665679%

Communicated152618%

Admissible651%


0

1000

2000

3000

4000

5000

6000

7000

8000

9000

10000

2013 2014 2015

3505

15842208

9011

2784 3060

508200 214190 115 158






59/60

Ukraine






(cat. I - V)416030%

Communicated943968%

Admissible250%


0

2000

4000

6000

8000

10000

12000

14000

16000

2013 2014 2015

13132

14181

6010

8049

12732

5712

2934

738

8828

2281

107381






60/60

United Kingdom




(cat. VI - VII)26

10%


(cat. I - V)12549%

Communicated95

37%

Admissible104%


0

200

400

600

800

1000

1200

1400

1600

1800

2000

2013 2014 2015

908720

575

1633

1970

533

35

1071

3819 27

1028



