FIRST SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 22035/04
Gordica ARIZANOVA
against the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
The European Court of Human Rights (First Section), sitting on 26 August 2014 as a Committee composed of:
Paulo Pinto de Albuquerque, President,
Mirjana Lazarova Trajkovska,
Linos-Alexandre Sicilianos,
and Søren C. Prebensen, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,
Having regard to the above application lodged on 29 May 2004,
Having regard to the formal declarations accepting a friendly settlement of the case,
Having deliberated, decides as follows:
FACTS AND PROCEDURE
The applicant, Ms Gordica Arizanova, is a Macedonian national, who was born in 1949 and lives in Naila, Germany. She was initially represented before the Court by Mr N. Tošev, a lawyer practising in Strumica and, subsequently, by Mr S. Hilbrans, a lawyer practising in Berlin.
The Macedonian Government (“the Government”) were represented by their former Agent, Mrs R. Lazareska Gerovska, succeeded subsequently by their present Agent, Mr K. Bogdanov.
The applicant complained under Article 6 and Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 of the Convention about civil proceedings for title to a plot of land.
On 17 January 2014 and 12 June 2014 the Court received friendly settlement declarations signed by the parties under which the applicant agreed to waive any further claims against the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia in respect of the facts giving rise to this application against an undertaking by the Government to pay her 5,000 euros to cover any non-pecuniary damage as well as costs and expenses, which would be converted into the national currency at the rate applicable on the date of payment and would be free of any taxes that may be applicable. The sum will be payable within three months from the date of notification of the decision taken by the Court. In the event of failure to pay this sum within the said three-month period, the Government undertook to pay simple interest on it, from the expiry of that period until settlement, at a rate equal to the marginal lending rate of the European Central Bank during the default period plus three percentage points. The payment will constitute the final resolution of the case.
THE LAW
The Court takes note of the friendly settlement reached between the parties. It is satisfied that the settlement is based on respect for human rights as defined in the Convention and its Protocols and finds no reasons to justify a continued examination of the application. In view of the above, it is appropriate to strike the case out of the list.
For these reasons, the Court, unanimously,
Decides to strike the application out of its list of cases in accordance with Article 39 of the Convention.
Søren C. PrebensenPaulo Pinto de Albuquerque
Acting Deputy RegistrarPresident
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