FIRST SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 6526/14
Vesna MITEVSKA and Lazarinka RISTOVA
against the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
The European Court of Human Rights (First Section), sitting on 6 October 2015 as a Committee composed of:
Elisabeth Steiner, President,
Mirjana Lazarova Trajkovska,
Paulo Pinto de Albuquerque, judges,
and André Wampach, Deputy Section Registrar,
Having regard to the above application lodged on 15 January 2014,
Having regard to the formal declarations accepting a friendly settlement of the case,
Having deliberated, decides as follows:
FACTS AND PROCEDURE
The applicants, Ms Vesna Mitevska (“the first applicant”) and Ms Lazarinka Ristova (“the second applicant”), are Macedonian nationals, who were born in 1958 and 1941 respectively and live in Skopje and Štip.
The Macedonian Government (“the Government”) were represented by their Agent, Mr K. Bogdanov.
The applicants complained under Article 6 of the Convention about the length of restitution proceedings.
On 3 and 8 September 2015 the Court received friendly settlement declarations signed by the parties under which the applicants 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 the first applicant 2,050 euros (EUR) and the second applicant EUR 1,900 to cover any non-pecuniary damage as well as costs and expenses, which will be converted into the national currency at the rate applicable on the date of payment, and will be free of any taxes that may be applicable. These sums 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 these sums within the said three-month period, the Government undertook to pay simple interest on them, 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.
Done in English and notified in writing on 29 October 2015.
André WampachElisabeth Steiner
Deputy RegistrarPresident
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