ABSTRACT

Mrs Patra Protopapa and Mrs Anna Marangou were the owners of a 50% share in a plot of land situated in Rhodes. On 8 November 1971 the Ministers of Finance and Culture and Sciences decided to expropriate the plot in question considering that it was of archaeological interest. The applicants lodged an application for judicial review. They complained that the length of the proceedings they instituted before the Council of State on 16 August 1993 gave rise to a violation of A 6(1). Court found unanimously V 6(1).