FIRST SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 72636/12
Aristides PARASKAKIS
against Greece
The European Court of Human Rights (First Section), sitting on 20 October 2015 as a Chamber composed of:
Khanlar Hajiyev, President,
Julia Laffranque,
Linos-Alexandre Sicilianos, judges,
and André Wampach, Deputy Section Registrar,
Having regard to the above application lodged on 8 November 2012,
Having regard to the formal declarations accepting a friendly settlement of the case,
Having deliberated, decides as follows:
FACTS AND PROCEDURE
The applicant, Mr Aristides Paraskakis, is a Greek national, who was born in 1986 and lives in Berlin He was represented before the Court by the Greek Helsinki Monitor, Glyka Nera.
The Greek Government (“the Government”) were represented by their Agent, Mr M. Apessos, President of the Legal Council of State.
The applicant complained under Articles 3 and 5 § 4 of the Convention about his prison conditions and the failure to decide speedily on his complaint challenging his provisional detention.
On 12 September 2014 and 16 October 2014 the Court received friendly settlement declarations signed by the parties under which the applicant agreed to waive any further claims against Greece in respect of the facts giving rise to this application against an undertaking by the Government to pay him 5 000 (five thousand) euros to cover any and all pecuniary and non-pecuniary damage as well as costs and expenses, which 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.
Done in English and notified in writing on 12 November 2015.
André WampachKhanlar Hajiyev
Deputy RegistrarPresident
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