4.  The applicant was born in 1936 and lives in Nova Kakhovka, Kherson region, Ukraine. 5.  On 17 December 2003 the Nova Kakhovka Town Court awarded the applicant and his wife the total amount of 5,635.20 Ukrainian hryvnyas (UAH)[1] in damages caused by the Nova Kakhovka Housing Maintenance and Utilities Company, Komunservis, (Новокаховське ЖКП «Комунсервіс»), a company owned and controlled by the local community, by its failure to comply with contractual obligations. The awarded sum included joint compensation in respect of pecuniary damage inflicted on the applicant and his wife in the total amount of UAH 2,635.20 (the court did not specify the precise amounts owed to the applicant and his wife individually) and compensation in respect of non-pecuniary damage in the amount of UAH 1,500 each. 6.  This judgment became final and on 20 April 2004 the State Bailiffs’ Service instituted proceedings to enforce it. In the course of these proceedings the total amount of UAH 2,000 was paid to the applicant. 7.  On 23 December 2004 the Kherson Commercial Court instituted liquidation proceedings against the debtor company. 8.  In this regard on 4 January 2005 the State Bailiffs’ Service terminated the enforcement proceedings against the debtor company and transferred the applicant’s writ of enforcement to the liquidation commission for further processing. 9.  On 29 August 2005 the debtor company was declared liquidated and subsequently was removed from the relevant companies’ register. 10.  Dissatisfied with the lengthy non-enforcement of the judgment in their favour, in January 2006 the applicant and his wife instituted proceedings in the Nova Kakhovka Town Court against the State Bailiffs’ Service, claiming compensation in respect of pecuniary and non-pecuniary damage. However, on 23 January 2006 the court discontinued the proceedings as the defendant had been liquidated and the newly established State Bailiffs’ Service had not succeeded the liquidated one. The applicant and his wife did not appeal against this decision. 11.  The judgment of 17 December 2003 remains unenforced. 12.  The applicant was born in 1948 and lives in Pryazovske, Zaporizhzhya region, Ukraine. 13.  On 17 December 2001 the Pryazovske District Court awarded the applicant UAH 2,758.58[2] in salary arrears due to him by his former employer, the Pryazovske Housing Maintenance and Utilities Company (Приазовське комунальне підприємство житлового господарства) owned by the local village council. 14.  On 20 December 2001 the village council decided to liquidate the debtor company and set up a liquidation commission. 15.  The judgment in the applicant’s favour became final and the State Bailiffs’ Service instituted proceedings to enforce it. However, according to the Government, in February 2002 these proceedings were terminated and the applicant’s writ of enforcement was transferred to the liquidation commission for further processing. 16.  On 21 December 2004 the Zaporizhzhya Commercial Court instituted liquidation proceedings against the debtor company. 17.  According to the Government, on 27 February 2006 the debtor company was liquidated. 18.  The judgment of 17 December 2001 remains unenforced.