Pri izricanju svoje presude, sud je saopćio da je bilo "oko 700" predmeta protiv Bugarske, koji su za osnovu imali isti problem pretjeranog trajanja sudskih postupaka, a koji su čekali da ih razmotre suci u Strazburu.
Announcing its decision, the court said that there were "around 700" cases against Bulgaria deriving from the same problem of excessive length of court proceedings that were awaiting examination by judges in Strasbourg.