FIFTH SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 37774/06
Andrey Valeryevich CHUGUNOV
against Ukraine
The European Court of Human Rights (Fifth Section), sitting on 28 May 2013 as a Committee composed of:
Boštjan M. Zupančič, President,
Ann Power-Forde,
Helena Jäderblom, judges,
and Stephen Phillips, Deputy Section Registrar,
Having regard to the above application lodged on 4 September 2006,
Having regard to the formal declarations accepting a friendly settlement of the case,
Having deliberated, decides as follows:
FACTS AND PROCEDURE
The applicant, Mr Andrey Valeryevich Chugunov, is a Ukrainian national, who was born in 1978 and lives in Kharkiv.
The Ukrainian Government (“the Government”) were represented by their Agent, Mr N. Kulchytskyy, of the Ministry of Justice.
The applicant complained under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention that the domestic proceedings to which he was a party were unreasonably long. He further raised complaints under Articles 5 § 3 and 6 § 3 (b) and (c).
The Court received friendly settlement declarations signed by the parties on 7 and 28 February 2013 respectively, under which the applicant agreed to waive any further claims against Ukraine in respect of the facts giving rise to this application against an undertaking by the Government to pay him 1,200 euros to cover any non-pecuniary damage as well as costs and expenses, which will be converted into the local currency at the rate applicable on the date of payment, and will be free of any taxes that may be applicable. It 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.
Stephen PhillipsBoštjan M. Zupančič
Deputy RegistrarPresident
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