THE J. PAUL GETTY TRUST AND OTHERS v. ITALY - 35271/19 (Preliminary objection dismissed - Peaceful enjoyment of possessions - Proportionate confiscation order issued by Italian authorities aimed at recovering from the Getty Museum in the US a bronze statue from the classical Greek period : First Section)

This judgment will become final in the circumstances set out in Article 44 § 2 of the Convention. It may be subject to editorial revision.

The European Court of Human Rights (First Section), sitting as a Chamber composed of:

Marko Bošnjak , President , Alena Poláčková, Krzysztof Wojtyczek, Lətif Hüseynov, Ivana Jelić, Gilberto Felici, Raffaele Sabato , judges , and Ilse Freiwirth, Section Registrar,

the application (no. 35271/19 ) against the Italian Republic lodged with the Court under Article 34 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms ("the Convention") by the J. Paul Getty Trust and fourteen American nationals ("the applicants"), whose names are indicated in the appendix, on 28 June 2019;

the decision to give notice to the Italian Government ("the Government") of the complaint concerning Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 to the Convention and to declare inadmissible the remainder of the application;