5.  All the applicants were employed by Raketa-Putnički Saobraćaj AD, a company based in Užice (hereinafter – “the debtor”). 6.  Since the debtor had failed to fulfil its obligations toward its employees, the applicants brought numerous separate civil claims, seeking payment of salary arrears and various social security contributions. 7.  The applicants obtained final court decisions ordering the debtor to pay them certain sums. The essential information as to the domestic proceedings in respect of each application is indicated in the appended table. 8.  On 12 July 2010 the Užice Commercial Court opened insolvency proceedings in respect of the debtor. As a result, all of the ongoing enforcement proceedings against the debtor were stayed. 9.  That decision was posted on the Užice Commercial Court’s notice board on the same date. It was also published in the Official Gazette of the Republic of Serbia on 4 August 2010. 10.  The applicants duly reported their respective claims based on the above-mentioned court decisions to the insolvency administration. 11.  The court examined the reported claims at hearings held on 30 September 2010, 30 November 2010, 31 January 2011, 16 March 2011, 28 April 2011 and 8 June 2011. 12.  On 8 June 2011 the court partially accepted the applicants’ claims. 13.  On 17 April 2012 some of the debtor’s property was sold. The remaining assets were advertised for sale in the newspapers and a public auction was scheduled for 29 June 2012. It is not known whether any assets were sold at that auction. 14.  The insolvency proceedings in respect of the debtor are still ongoing. 15.  On 30 December 2002 the debtor was privatised. 16.  On 17 July 2007 the privatisation was annulled because the buyer in question had failed to fulfil his contractual obligations. 17.  Following the annulment of the debtor’s privatisation the State owned 58.18% of shares in the debtor. 18.  On 11 December 2008 the State sold its shares to a private company.