6.  The applicants, all of whom are Moldovan citizens, live in the Republic of Moldova. They were born in 1920, 1967, 1920, 1965, 1925, 1927, 1932, 1925 and 1924 respectively. 7.  On 29 July 1994 and on 16 February 1995 the Government and the Parliament passed two decisions according to which the deposits of certain categories of persons at the Savings Bank had to be index-linked. According to the decisions, the Ministry of Finance was supposed to allocate the necessary funds to the Savings Bank. However it failed to do so and the Savings Bank could not carry out the decisions of the Parliament and of the Government. 8.  In 2000 the applicants lodged with the Râşcani District Court civil actions against the Ministry of Finance in which they sought compensation. 9.  By judgment of 18 December 2000 the court awarded Mr Ghenadie Bocancea compensation of 3,877 Moldovan lei (MDL) (the equivalent of EUR 349 at the time). No appeal was lodged and the judgment became final. 10.  By judgment of 21 December 2000 the court awarded Ms Angela Ciugureanu’s father compensation of MDL 2,200.50 (the equivalent of EUR 197 at the time). No appeal was lodged and the judgment became final. 11.  By judgment of 20 December 2000 the court awarded Ms Zoia Juravlev compensation of MDL 2,798.5 (the equivalent of EUR 254 at the time). No appeal was lodged and the judgment became final. Following her father’s death on 13 April 2001 she inherited his estate. 12.  By judgment of 22 December 2000 the court awarded Ms Maria Melicenco compensation of MDL 3,667 (the equivalent of EUR 324 at the time). No appeal was lodged and the judgment became final. 13.  By judgment of 25 September 2000 the court awarded Mr Boris Leviţchi compensation of MDL 2,932 (the equivalent of EUR 277 at the time). No appeal was lodged and the judgment became final. 14.  By judgments of 31 October 2000 and 6 November 2000 the court awarded Ms Maria Pronin compensation of MDL 2,052.18 (the equivalent of EUR 196 at the time) and MDL 733 (the equivalent of EUR 68 at the time) respectively. No appeal was lodged and the judgments became final. 15.  By judgment of 28 November 2000 the court awarded Ms Nadejda Stavilov compensation of MDL 3,466 (the equivalent of EUR 335 at the time). No appeal was lodged and the judgment became final. 16.  By judgment of 25 August 2000 the court awarded Ms Ana Crivcianschi compensation of MDL 1,469 (the equivalent of EUR 132 at the time). No appeal was lodged and the judgment became final. 17.  By judgment of 16 November 2000 the court awarded Ms Olga Cotov compensation of MDL 2,200.50 (the equivalent of EUR 208 at the time). No appeal was lodged and the judgment became final. 18.  On unspecified dates the applicants lodged complaints about the non-enforcement of the judgments with the Ministry of Justice and the Enforcement Authority. In its replies, the Ministry of Justice and the Enforcement Authority informed them that the judgments could not be enforced, as no funds had been provided for the enforcement of judgments by the relevant legislation within the annual State budget. 19.  On 22 April 2003, after the cases were communicated to the Government, the judgments were executed by the Ministry of Finance.