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1999-II), and this is also true of non-pecuniary damage (see Kadiķis v.
Latvia (no. 2), no. 62393/00, § 67, 4 May 2006).
112. Without wishing to speculate on the precise amount of the pension
to which the applicant would have been entitled had the violation of
Article 14 not occurred, the Court must have regard to the fact that she
undoubtedly suffered pecuniary and non-pecuniary damage. Ruling on an
equitable basis, as is required by Article 41 of the Convention, and having
regard to all the special circumstances of the case, it awards her EUR 5,000
to cover all heads of damage (see, mutatis mutandis, Koua Poirrez v.
France, no. 40892/98, § 70, ECHR 2003-X).
B. Costs and expenses
113. Before the Chamber the applicant claimed LVL 150 (EUR 213) for
“translation costs”, without producing any documentary evidence in support
of her claim. She maintained that claim before the Grand Chamber, adding
the following amounts:
(a) LVL 307.05 (EUR 436.90) as reimbursement for the expenses
incurred by her representative in the proceedings before the Grand
Chamber. In support of that claim, the applicant produced two separate
invoices handwritten in Latvian – for LVL 257.49 and LVL 49.56 –
together with English versions. The two invoices were issued by a private
limited company and mention the applicant’s representative as the recipient
of services. The Latvian versions of the invoices describe the services
rendered as “translation” and “translation from Latvian into English”. The
two English versions of the same invoices, however, refer to “preparation of
documents for the European Court of Justice” (sic);
(b) LVL 37.88 (EUR 53.90) as reimbursement for postal expenses,
attested by a bill from the Latvian Post Office;
(c) expenses incurred for the participation of her two representatives in
the Grand Chamber hearing, consisting of LVL 820 (EUR 1,166.80) for air
tickets and EUR 189 for accommodation. These amounts were not
substantiated by documentary evidence.
114. The Government accepted that the applicant’s claims were justified
only as regards the reimbursement of her postal expenses. As to her other
claims, they submitted that they were insufficiently substantiated and did
not satisfy the fundamental requirements laid down in the Court’s relevant
case-law.
115. The Court reiterates that to be entitled to an award for costs and
expenses under Article 41 of the Convention, the injured party must have
actually and necessarily incurred them. In particular, Rule 60 § 2 of the
Rules of Court states that itemised particulars of any claim made under
Article 41 of the Convention must be submitted, together with the relevant
supporting documents or vouchers, failing which the Court may reject the