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Analysis of statistics 2018

January 2019

ECHR – Analysis of Statistics 2018

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Table of Contents Overview of the Court’s statistics in 2018 .............................................................................................. 4

A. 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 ................................................................................................... 4 4. Judgments ............................................................................................................................... 5 5. Requests for interim measures (Rule 39 of the Rules of Court) ............................................. 5

D. Priority policy ............................................................................................................................. 5 E. Conclusion ..................................................................................................................................... 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


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Malta ............................................................................................................................................... 40 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 2018 Contrary to last two years the Court’s statistics for 2018 disclose a lower number of incoming applications allocated to a judicial formation. This can be explained principally by a decrease in the number of applications allocated coming from Turkey, Romania and Hungary.

In 2017 the productivity had increased spectacularly mainly due to large groups of applications that were adjudicated in particular concerning a few countries. In 2018 the productivity was almost as high as the number of allocated applications. As a result the number of pending applications is stable.

A. New applications In 2018 43,100 applications were allocated to a judicial formation, an overall decrease of 32% compared with 2017 (63,350). 29,300 of these were identified as Single-Judge cases likely to be declared inadmissible (a decrease of 41% in relation to 2017). Single judge applications continue to be processed as soon as they are identified as qualifying for such a procedure. 13,800 applications were identified as probable Chamber or Committee cases (a decrease of 1%).

B. Applications disposed of judicially and pending applications 42,761 applications were disposed of judicially, a decrease of 50% in relation to 2017 (85,951). The number of cases allocated exceeded those disposed of by little more than 300. As a result, the stock of allocated applications pending before the Court was stable over the year, from 56,250 to 56,350.

C. Processing of applications

1. Pre-allocation

As at 31 December 2018 the number of applications pending at the pre-judicial stage stood at 9,750, a decrease of 23% in relation to the same date the previous year (12,600). The number of applications disposed of administratively in 2018 was 19,550, a decrease of 14%. 60% 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 2018 40,023 applications were declared inadmissible or struck out of the list of cases by a Single Judge, a Committee, a Chamber or a Grand Chamber, a 43% decrease compared with 2017 (70,356).

The Single-Judge formation decided 33,181 applications in 2018, a decrease of 50% compared with 2017 (66,156).

In 2018, 3,048 applications were struck out by a Chamber or a Committee, in a decision, following a friendly settlement or a unilateral declaration, an increase of 34% (2,282 in 2017). Friendly settlements (2,184) increased by 43% (1,529 in 2017) and unilateral declarations increased by 15% (8660F

1 compared to 753 in 2017). 3,794 applications were declared inadmissible by a Grand Chamber, Chamber or a Committee or struck out by these formations on other grounds.

3. Communicated applications

In 2018 7,644 applications were communicated (an increase of 6% compared to 2017 when 7,225 applications were communicated).

1 Two applications were struck out after a unilateral declaration in the form of a judgment in 2018.


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4. Judgments

Judgments were delivered in respect of 2,738 applications (compared with 15,595 in 2017 – a decrease of 82%)1F

2. A large proportion of these applications were joined, with the result that the number of judgments actually delivered was 1,014, a decrease of 5%. 537 judgments (in respect of 2,000 applications) were adopted by a three-judge Committee formation (+ 3% compared to 2017). Committee judgments accounted for 73% of the applications decided by a judgment (17% in 2017).

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

The total number of decisions on interim measures (1,540) decreased by 8% compared with 2017 (1,683). The Court granted requests for interim measures in 143 cases (an increase of 22% compared to 117 in 2017) and dismissed them in 486 cases (9% less than the 533 in 2017). The remainder fell outside the scope of Rule 39 of the Rules of Court. 59% of the requests granted concerned expulsion or immigration cases.

D. Priority policy 2F

3 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 2018 there were 20,613 applications in these categories (an increase of 15% compared to the beginning of the year). This increase can be explained mainly by the higher number of applications allocated concerning conditions of detention in Russia and the lawfulness of detentions in Turkey.

The number of priority applications dealt with at different stages of the procedure in 2018 increased by 45% compared to 2017 (4,594 in 2017 and 6,652 in 2018). This can be explained by an increase in the number of applications processed against Russian, Romania and Hungary concerning conditions of detention and against Turkey concerning unlawful detention and killing by security forces.

12% more priority applications were communicated to the respondent Governments in comparison with 2017 (2,555 in 2017 and 2,871 in 2018). The number of priority applications declared inadmissible or struck out of the list of cases by a Chamber or Committee increased by 160% (905 in 2017 and 2,357 in 2018). The number of priority applications struck out following a friendly settlement or a unilateral declaration increased from 479 in 2017 to 1,051 in 2018. The number of priority applications giving rise to a judgment increased by 26% in 2018 (1,134 in 2017 and 1,424 in 2018).

E. Conclusion If 2017 figures were exceptional due to cases being repatriated to the national system in one form or another (non-exhaustion of a new domestic remedy or strike out in the context of an on-going pilot procedure). 2018 has continued to see an influx of priority applications. The challenge of reducing the backlog of non-repetitive Chamber cases/priority cases remains. In this context the Court and its Registry continue to test and implement new working methods and procedures intended to streamline processing of this part of its case-load. In particular after almost 60 years of Court judgments, there is well-established case-law in many fields and as a consequence more applications can and will be adjudicated by Committees.

2 This difference in percentage is explained by the fact that in 2017 the Grand Chamber struck out 12,148 applications in a single judgment. 3 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

43100 63350 -32%

2018 2017 +/-

7644 7225 6%

2018 2017 +/-

42761 85951 -50%

2738 15595 -82%

40023 70356 -43%

31/12/2018 1/1/2018 +/-

56350 56250 0%

22250 26250 -15%

29350 25700 14%

4750 4300 10%

31/12/2018 1/1/2018 +/-

9750 12600 -23%

2018 2017 +/-

19550 22650 -14%

Applications at a pre-judicial stage

Applications communicated to respondent Government

1. Applications allocated to a judicial formation

By decision or judgment

Applications pending before a judicial formation

- Chamber and Grand Chamber

- Committee

Applications allocated

2. Interim procedural events

2018 2017 +/-[round figures (50)]

Applications disposed of administratively

3. Applications decided

4. Pending applications [round figures (50)]

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

- by judgment delivered

- by decision (inadmissible or struck out)

- Single-Judge formation


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Number of applications allocated to a judicial formation3F

4

Chart 1 Applications allocated to a judicial formation per year

Chart 2 Applications pending before a judicial formation

4 Figures represent the total number of applications, including joined applications. The document generally gives round figures.

0

10000

20000

30000

40000

50000

60000

70000

2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

3250035300

3920041500

49600

5700061100

6420064900 65800

56200

40500

53400

63400

43100

50000

56800

66500

79400

97300

119300

139650151600

128100

99900

69900

64850

79750

56250

56350

0

20000

40000

60000

80000

100000

120000

140000

160000

2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018


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Chart 3 High case-count States

Chart 4 The Court’s total caseload by stage of proceedings and judicial formation4F

5

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

Russia1175020,9%

Romania850015,1%Ukraine

725012,9%

Turkey710012,6%

Italy40507,2%

Azerbaijan20503,6%

Armenia19003,4%

Georgia18503,3%

Serbia18003,2%

Poland13002,3%

remaining 37 States880015,6%

Total number of pending applications: 56,350

Single Judge or Committee

(cat. VI - VII)47188%

Chamber or Committee -awaiting first examination

(cat. I - V)2948152%

Communicated1560528%

Pending Government action603611%

Admissible5251%

Total applications56,350


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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. I830

1,5%

Cat. II231

0,4%

Cat. III1962134,8%

Cat. IV1742630,9%

Cat. V1344223,8%

Cat. VI-VII48158,5%


0

20000

40000

60000

80000

100000

120000

2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018Applications

judgment delivered 816 1208 1719 1734 1880 2393 2607 1511 1678 3661 2388 2441 1927 15595 2738

Applicationscommunicated 2447 2956 3232 3456 4416 6203 6674 5360 5236 7931 7895 15964 9533 7225 7644

Applicationsinadmissibleor struck out

20350 27612 28160 27059 30163 33067 38575 50677 86201 89739 83680 43133 36579 70356 40023


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Chart 7 Number of judgments since 2004

Chart 8 Applications in categories I, II and III processed from 2015 to 2018

0

200

400

600

800

1000

1200

1400

1600

1800

2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

718

1105

15601503 1543

16251499

11571093

916 891 823

9931068

1014

0

500

1000

1500

2000

2500

3000

3500

4000

2015 2016 2017 2018

2392

3972

2555

2871

680

1067 905

2357

691898

1134

1424

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 833 million inhabitants on 1 January 2018. The average number of applications allocated per 10,000 inhabitants was 0.52 in 2018.

State

2015 2016 2017 2018 1.1.2015 1.1.2016 1.1.2017 1.1.2018 2015 2016 2017 2018

Albania 147 146 95 99 2892 2886 2886 2870 0,51 0,51 0,33 0,34Andorra 6 4 2 3 76 72 73 72 0,79 0,56 0,27 0,42Armenia 122 753 356 167 3017 2999 2986 2973 0,40 2,51 1,19 0,56Austria 261 236 228 239 8576 8690 8773 8822 0,30 0,27 0,26 0,27Azerbaijan 268 331 679 313 9593 9706 9810 9898 0,28 0,34 0,69 0,32Belgium 202 184 153 177 11209 11311 11366 11413 0,18 0,16 0,13 0,16Bosnia and Herzegovina

908 1030 866 898 3825 3516 3510 3502 2,37 2,93 2,47 2,56

Bulgaria 1031 882 582 774 7202 7154 7102 7050 1,43 1,23 0,82 1,10Croatia 812 764 723 669 4225 4191 4154 4105 1,92 1,82 1,74 1,63Cyprus 32 33 31 52 847 848 855 864 0,38 0,39 0,36 0,60Czech Republic 340 338 385 349 10538 10554 10579 10610 0,32 0,32 0,36 0,33Denmark 44 47 58 37 5660 5707 5749 5781 0,08 0,08 0,10 0,06Estonia 190 206 156 132 1313 1316 1316 1319 1,45 1,57 1,19 1,00Finland 177 196 181 174 5472 5487 5503 5513 0,32 0,36 0,33 0,32France 1087 916 887 871 66415 66760 67024 67222 0,16 0,14 0,13 0,13Georgia 80 74 89 99 4490 3720 3718 3730 0,18 0,20 0,24 0,27Germany 789 676 586 489 81198 82176 82800 82850 0,10 0,08 0,07 0,06Greece 457 337 422 420 10858 10784 10757 10739 0,42 0,31 0,39 0,39Hungary 4234 5568 1952 902 9856 9830 9798 9778 4,30 5,66 1,99 0,92Iceland 10 24 27 24 329 333 338 348 0,30 0,72 0,80 0,69Ireland 18 26 54 30 4629 4725 4775 4838 0,04 0,06 0,11 0,06Italy 1885 1409 1374 1692 60796 60666 60589 60484 0,31 0,23 0,23 0,28Latvia 244 255 275 259 1986 1969 1950 1934 1,23 1,30 1,41 1,34Liechtenstein 13 10 9 9 37 38 38 38 3,51 2,63 2,37 2,37Lithuania 376 405 401 438 2921 2889 2848 2809 1,29 1,40 1,41 1,56Luxembourg 22 38 38 35 563 576 591 602 0,39 0,66 0,64 0,58Malta 24 25 22 30 429 434 440 476 0,56 0,58 0,50 0,63Republic of Moldova 1011 834 758 814 3555 3553 3553 3547 2,84 2,35 2,13 2,29Monaco 9 6 7 5 38 38 38 38 2,37 1,58 1,84 1,32Montenegro 129 165 138 318 622 622 622 622 2,07 2,65 2,22 5,11Netherlands 495 494 532 429 16901 16979 17082 17181 0,29 0,29 0,31 0,25Norway 73 90 123 84 5166 5214 5258 5296 0,14 0,17 0,23 0,16Poland 2178 2422 2066 1941 38006 37967 37973 37977 0,57 0,64 0,54 0,51Portugal 233 152 197 149 10375 10341 10310 10291 0,22 0,15 0,19 0,14Romania 4604 8192 6509 3369 19871 19760 19638 19524 2,32 4,15 3,31 1,73Russia 6003 5587 7957 12148 143667 143667 143667 143667 0,42 0,39 0,55 0,85San Marino 4 13 11 4 33 33 33 33 1,21 3,94 3,33 1,21Serbia 1235 1330 1431 2128 7114 7076 7040 7001 1,74 1,88 2,03 3,04Slovakia 353 309 425 390 5421 5426 5435 5443 0,65 0,57 0,78 0,72Slovenia 213 239 374 274 2063 2064 2066 2067 1,03 1,16 1,81 1,33Spain 552 627 669 592 46450 46440 46529 46659 0,12 0,14 0,14 0,13Sweden 212 138 150 194 9747 9851 9995 10120 0,22 0,14 0,15 0,19Switzerland 318 258 266 272 8238 8327 8418 8482 0,39 0,31 0,32 0,32"The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia"

362 339 345 305 2069 2071 2074 2075 1,75 1,64 1,66 1,47

Turkey 2212 8303 25978 6717 77696 78741 79815 80810 0,28 1,05 3,25 0,83Ukraine 6007 8644 4387 3207 45246 45246 45246 45246 1,33 1,91 0,97 0,71United Kingdom 575 372 415 354 64875 65383 65809 66238 0,09 0,06 0,06 0,05Total 40557 53427 63369 43075 826105 828136 830929 832957 0,49 0,65 0,76 0,52

SOURCES 2014 and 2018: Internet sites of United Nations Statistics Division and 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

State

Single Judge or

Committee (cat. VI - VII)

Chamber or Committee - awaiting first examination

(cat. I - V)

CommunicatedPending

Government action

Admissible TOTAL

Albania 12 354 205 0 1 572Andorra 1 0 1 0 0 2Armenia 57 1670 166 0 8 1901Austria 17 21 23 0 1 62Azerbaijan 5 1428 598 0 19 2050Belgium 29 215 60 0 5 309Bosnia and Herzegovina 102 299 387 0 60 848Bulgaria 54 356 98 0 6 514Croatia 85 188 253 0 5 531Cyprus 16 26 11 0 1 54Czech Republic 26 31 43 0 0 100Denmark 0 9 3 0 2 14Estonia 16 20 21 0 11 68Finland 10 2 8 0 0 20France 75 194 142 0 23 434Georgia 4 1738 126 0 5 1873Germany 62 41 42 0 9 154Greece 26 438 237 0 8 709Hungary 76 270 588 0 31 965Iceland 0 35 14 0 2 51Ireland 2 13 6 0 0 21Italy 151 2201 1674 13 12 4051Latvia 52 89 37 0 1 179Liechtenstein 1 0 0 0 0 1Lithuania 43 57 70 0 15 185Luxembourg 1 3 3 0 0 7Malta 1 25 22 0 4 52Republic of Moldova 84 740 270 95 15 1204Monaco 1 1 1 0 0 3Montenegro 73 14 30 0 2 119Netherlands 83 65 31 0 0 179Norway 21 20 7 0 1 49Poland 251 828 236 0 8 1323Portugal 13 94 49 0 2 158Romania 220 650 1708 5917 8 8503Russia 1212 5135 5235 11 152 11745San Marino 1 0 7 0 2 10Serbia 575 844 371 0 3 1793Slovakia 26 85 39 0 6 156Slovenia 36 26 23 0 3 88Spain 155 33 75 0 16 279Sweden 32 9 8 0 1 50Switzerland 41 54 43 0 4 142"The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia"

35 195 106 0 3 339

Turkey 658 4797 1597 0 55 7107Ukraine 247 6117 893 0 10 7267United Kingdom 30 51 38 0 5 124

ALL STATES 4718 29481 15605 6036 525 56365


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Table 4 Unilateral declarations and friendly settlements from 2016 to 2018

State

2016 2017 2018 2016 2017 2018Albania 1 2 0 10 2 0Andorra 0 0Armenia 1 0Austria 0 7 2 3Azerbaijan 1 9 4 0Belgium 1 9 2 2Bosnia and Herzegovina 3 0 4 5 6Bulgaria 4 1 2 11 5 4Croatia 2 2 0 11 5 6Cyprus 1 1 0Czech Republic 0 2 1Denmark 0 0Estonia 0 2 1 0Finland 0 0France 2 2 2 6 2Georgia 1 7 5 4 1 1Germany 2 1 4 4 1 0Greece 15 20 26 146 115 27Hungary 2 10 98 83 456Iceland 0 0 0 0Ireland 1 0 0Italy 811 17 273 279 36 243Latvia 4 0 1 2 0Liechtenstein 1 0 0Lithuania 4 4 2 4 21Luxembourg 0 0Malta 1 1 1 1 0Republic of Moldova 3 4 5 1 11Monaco 1 0 0Montenegro 8 2 2 23 7 1Netherlands 1 2 8 2 2Norway 0 0Poland 12 170 124 27 347 278Portugal 5 0 36 6 13Romania 110 46 141 353 221 691Russia 215 202 98 354 305 151San Marino 0 0Serbia 3 1 2 5 32 33Slovakia 5 4 3 18 18 15Slovenia 1 1 1 0Spain 0 1 0Sweden 0 0Switzerland 0 0"The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia" 10 2 2 26 5 10Turkey 65 52 146 103 65 205Ukraine 482 210 1 456 237 0United Kingdom 2 1 6 2Grand Total 1766 753 866 2006 1529 2184

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)12

2,1%


(cat. I - V)354

61,9%

Communicated205

35,8%

Admissible1

0,2%

Total applications572

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

160

2016 2017 2018

146

95 99

44

56

45

25

11

1822

09

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. VI - VII)1

50%Communicated

150%

Total applications2

0

0,5

1

1,5

2

2,5

3

3,5

4

2016 2017 2018

4

2

3

4

3

2

1

0 0

2

0 0






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Armenia




(cat. VI - VII)57

3,0%


(cat. I - V)167087,8%

Communicated166

8,7%

Admissible8

0,5%


0

100

200

300

400

500

600

700

800

2016 2017 2018

753

356

167133 109

7241 44 4916 12 16






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Austria




(cat. VI - VII)17

27%


(cat. I - V)21

34%

Communicated23

37%

Admissible1

2%


0

50

100

150

200

250

300

2016 2017 2018

236 228 239239

260

232

1625

71127

8






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Azerbaijan




(cat. VI - VII)5

0,2% Chamber or Committee -awaiting first examination

(cat. I - V)142869,7%

Communicated598

29,2%

Admissible19

0,9%


0

100

200

300

400

500

600

700

2016 2017 2018

331

679

313

136

210261

164 168

238

5097

43






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Belgium




(cat. VI - VII)299%


(cat. I - V)21570%

Communicated60

19%

Admissible5

2%


0

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

160

180

200

2016 2017 2018

184

153

177

158

177 182

8

35 43

1116

10






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Bosnia and Herzegovina




(cat. VI - VII)10212%


(cat. I - V)29935%

Communicated38746%

Admissible607%


0

200

400

600

800

1000

1200

1400

1600

2016 2017 2018

1030

866 898

596

1449

683

8818

442

2 43 12






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Bulgaria




(cat. VI - VII)54

11%


(cat. I - V)35669%

Communicated98

19%

Admissible6

1%


0

100

200

300

400

500

600

700

800

900

1000

2016 2017 2018

882

582

774

907

622

841

47

735342 62 38






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Croatia




(cat. VI - VII)85

16%


(cat. I - V)18835%

Communicated25348%

Admissible5

1%


0

100

200

300

400

500

600

700

800

2016 2017 2018

764723

669639

786

618

83 9357

39 28 25






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Cyprus




(cat. VI - VII)16

30%


(cat. I - V)26

48%

Communicated11

20%

Admissible1

2%


0

10

20

30

40

50

60

2016 2017 2018

3331

52

3430

42

63 44

3

7






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Czech Republic




(cat. VI - VII)26

26%


(cat. I - V)31

31%

Communicated43

43%


0

50

100

150

200

250

300

350

400

450

2016 2017 2018

338

385

349339

423

333

8 14 77 8 14






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Denmark




(cat. I - V)9

64%

Communicated3

22%

Admissible2

14%


0

10

20

30

40

50

60

2016 2017 2018

47

58

37

51

60

38

24 23 2

5






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Estonia




(cat. VI - VII)16

23,5%


(cat. I - V)20

29,4%

Communicated21

30,9%

Admissible11

16,2%


0

50

100

150

200

250

2016 2017 2018

206

156

132

210

150

129

815 145 2 4






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Finland




(cat. VI - VII)10

50%


(cat. I - V)2

10%

Communicated8

40%


0

50

100

150

200

250

2016 2017 2018

196

181174

157

217

170

2 0 51 2 0






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France




(cat. VI - VII)75

17%


(cat. I - V)19445%

Communicated14233%

Admissible235%


0

100

200

300

400

500

600

700

800

900

1000

2016 2017 2018

916 887 871874 909

776

58 63 5827 17 37






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Georgia




(cat. VI - VII)4

0,2%


(cat. I - V)173892,8%

Communicated126

6,7%

Admissible5

0,3%


0

50

100

150

200

250

2016 2017 2018

7489

99

148

232

141

76

2515

4 12 10






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Germany




(cat. VI - VII)62

40%


(cat. I - V)41

27%

Communicated42

27%

Admissible9

6%


0

100

200

300

400

500

600

700

2016 2017 2018

676

586

489

658621

478

4819 1419 19 23






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Greece




(cat. VI - VII)264%


(cat. I - V)43862%

Communicated23733%

Admissible8

1%


0

50

100

150

200

250

300

350

400

450

500

2016 2017 2018

337

422 420455

388

370

275

186

137

65 43 38






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Hungary




(cat. VI - VII)76

7,9%Chamber or Committee -awaiting first examination

(cat. I - V)270

28,0%

Communicated58861%

Admissible31

3,2%


0

1000

2000

3000

4000

5000

6000

7000

8000

2016 2017 2018

5568

1952

9021125

7353

3318

498 330

836

100 26 91






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Iceland




(cat. I - V)35

69%

Communicated14

27%

Admissible2

4%


0

5

10

15

20

25

30

2016 2017 2018

2427

24

15

6

15

7

3

9

0

7

3






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Ireland




(cat. VI - VII)2

9%Chamber or Committee -awaiting first examination

(cat. I - V)13

62%

Communicated6

29%


0

10

20

30

40

50

60

2016 2017 2018

26

54

30

19

45

26

51

5

0 2 2






35/60

Italy




(cat. VI - VII)151

3,7%


(cat. I - V)220154,3%

Communicated167441,3%

Pending Government action

130,3%

Admissible12

0,3%


0

500

1000

1500

2000

2500

3000

2016 2017 2018

1409 1374

1692

2695

1973

2256

763

1441

499

35133

27






36/60

Latvia




(cat. VI - VII)52

29%


(cat. I - V)89

49,7%

Communicated37

20,7%

Admissible1

0,6%


0

50

100

150

200

250

300

2016 2017 2018

255

275259

228

261

234

206 1017 20

3






37/60

Liechtenstein




(cat. VI - VII)1

100%Total applications

1

0

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

2016 2017 2018

10

9 9

14

8

9

0 0 0

1

0 0






38/60

Lithuania




(cat. VI - VII)43

23%


(cat. I - V)57

31%

Communicated70

38%

Admissible158%


0

50

100

150

200

250

300

350

400

450

500

2016 2017 2018

405 401

438453 451429

5576

43

22 3341






39/60

Luxembourg




(cat. VI - VII)1

14%


(cat. I - V)3

43%

Communicated3

43%

Total applications7

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

2016 2017 2018

38 38

35

22

52

35

6

1 20 1 1






40/60

Malta




(cat. VI - VII)1

2%


(cat. I - V)25

48%

Communicated22

42%

Admissible4

8%


0

5

10

15

20

25

30

2016 2017 2018

25

22

30

14 15

1919

9

14

10

5

14






41/60

Republic of Moldova




(cat. VI - VII)847%


(cat. I - V)740

61,5%

Communicated270

22,4%


957,9%

Admissible15

1,2%


0

100

200

300

400

500

600

700

800

900

2016 2017 2018

834

758814

750

633

858

4167

5427 17 44






42/60

Monaco




(cat. VI - VII)1

34%


(cat. I - V)1

33%

Communicated1

33%

Total applications3

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

2016 2017 2018

6

7

55

8

4

0 0

1

0

1

0






43/60

Montenegro




(cat. VI - VII)73

61%


(cat. I - V)14

12%

Communicated30

25%

Admissible2

2%


0

50

100

150

200

250

300

350

2016 2017 2018

165

138

318

220

154

264

23 13 104 16 13






44/60

Netherlands




(cat. VI - VII)83

47%


(cat. I - V)65

36%

Communicated31

17%


0

100

200

300

400

500

600

2016 2017 2018

494532

429

500

573

459

12 24 1711 3 4






45/60

Norway




(cat. VI - VII)21

43%


(cat. I - V)20

41%

Communicated7

14%

Admissible1

2%


0

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

2016 2017 2018

90

123

8487

129

85

72 23 3 3






46/60

Poland




(cat. VI - VII)25119%


(cat. I - V)82862%

Communicated23618%

Admissible8

1%


0

500

1000

1500

2000

2500

2016 2017 2018

2422

2066 1941

2246

2446

2000

68

404

11529 20 24






47/60

Portugal




(cat. VI - VII)138%


(cat. I - V)94

60%

Communicated49

31%

Admissible2

1%


0

50

100

150

200

250

300

2016 2017 2018

152

197

149

269

209

131

14 25 2233

14 9






48/60

Romania




(cat. VI - VII)220

2,6%


(cat. I - V)650

7,6%


Pending Government action591769,6%

Admissible8

0,1%


0

1000

2000

3000

4000

5000

6000

7000

8000

9000

2016 2017 2018

8192

6509

3369

4089 3767 4182

2195

495 250259 214519






49/60

Russian Federation




(cat. VI - VII)121210,3%


(cat. I - V)513543,7%



110,1%

Admissible152

1,3%


0

2000

4000

6000

8000

10000

12000

14000

2016 2017 2018

5587

7957

12148

63656889 7258

1765 19532926

6451156 908






50/60

San Marino




(cat. VI - VII)1

10%

Communicated7

70%

Admissible2

20%


0

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

2016 2017 2018

13

11

45

10

8

0

6

4

0

1

0






51/60

Serbia




(cat. VI - VII)57532%


(cat. I - V)844

47,1%

Communicated371

20,7%

Admissible3

0,2%


0

500

1000

1500

2000

2500

2016 2017 2018

13301431

2128

1220

1594

1224

76 92

282

66 37 45






52/60

Slovakia




(cat. VI - VII)26

17%


(cat. I - V)85

54%

Communicated39

25%

Admissible6

4%


0

50

100

150

200

250

300

350

400

450

2016 2017 2018

309

425390

318

377

420

42 4732

10 18 19






53/60

Slovenia




(cat. VI - VII)36

41%


(cat. I - V)26

30%

Communicated23

26%

Admissible3

3%


0

200

400

600

800

1000

1200

1400

1600

1800

2000

2016 2017 2018

239

374274299

1818

303

18 7 154 13 10






54/60

Spain




(cat. VI - VII)15555%


(cat. I - V)33

12%

Communicated75

27%

Admissible166%


0

100

200

300

400

500

600

700

2016 2017 2018

627669

592

557

635

476

1652

1818 7 19






55/60

Sweden




(cat. VI - VII)32

64%


(cat. I - V)9

18%

Communicated8

16%

Admissible1

2%


0

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

160

180

200

2016 2017 2018

138150

194

141154

169

81 84 1 3






56/60

Switzerland




(cat. VI - VII)41

29%


(cat. I - V)54

38%

Communicated43

30%

Admissible4

2,8%


0

50

100

150

200

250

300

2016 2017 2018

258 266272

230

263 265

15 18 1110 10 8






57/60

“The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia”




(cat. VI - VII)35

10,3%


(cat. I - V)195

57,5%

Communicated106

31,3%

Admissible3

0,9%


0

50

100

150

200

250

300

350

2016 2017 2018

339 345

305321

286263

65 59 36

16 10 15






58/60

Turkey




(cat. VI - VII)6589%


(cat. I - V)479768%

Communicated159722%

Admissible551%


0

5000

10000

15000

20000

25000

30000

35000

2016 2017 2018

8303

25978

67174042

30063

6789

14991005 804

118 991 320






59/60

Ukraine




(cat. VI - VII)247

3,4%


(cat. I - V)6117

84,2%

Communicated893

12,3%

Admissible10

0,1%


0

2000

4000

6000

8000

10000

12000

14000

2016 2017 2018

8644

4387

3207

4188

29752753

1326

288 435116

12438

290






60/60

United Kingdom




(cat. VI - VII)30

24%


(cat. I - V)51

41%

Communicated38

31%

Admissible5

4%


0

100

200

300

400

500

600

2016 2017 2018

372

415

354360

507

358

144

2139

5 4



