6.  The applicants, all of whom are Moldovan citizens, live in the Republic of Moldova. They were born in 1920, 1927, 1925 and 1928 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 have 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 and 2001 the applicants lodged with the Râşcani District Court civil actions against the Ministry of Finance in which they sought compensation. 9.  By judgments of 25 August 2000 and 29 September 2000 the court awarded Ms Sofia Pasteli compensation of MDL 734[1] and MDL 1,466[2] respectively. No appeal was lodged and the judgments became final. 10.  By judgment of 6 December 2000 the court awarded Ms Nadejda Cernicov compensation of MDL 4,398[3]. No appeal was lodged and the judgment became final. 11.  By judgment of 25 August 2001 the court awarded Mr Pavel Careţchi compensation of MDL 2,904[4]. No appeal was lodged and the judgment became final. 12.  By judgment of 25 August 2001 the court awarded Ms Maria Careţchi compensation of MDL 5,876[5]. No appeal was lodged and the judgment became final. 13.  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. 14.  On 22 April 2003, after the cases were communicated to the Government, the judgments were executed by the Ministry of Finance.