THIRD SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 57890/15
Vladimir PLANINČIĆ and others
against Serbia
The European Court of Human Rights (Third Section), sitting on 25 September 2018 as a Committee composed of:
Pere Pastor Vilanova, President,
Branko Lubarda,
Georgios A. Serghides, judges,
and Fatoş Aracı, Deputy Section Registrar,
Having regard to the above application lodged on 12 November 2015,
Having regard to the formal declarations accepting a friendly settlement of the case,
Having deliberated, decides as follows:
FACTS AND PROCEDURE
The first applicant, Mr Vladimir Planinčić, is a Serbian national, who was born in 1947 and lives in Belgrade. The second applicant, Mr Vlado Beatović, is a Serbian national who was born in 1941 and lives in Belgrade. The third applicant, Mr Zoran Bojović, is a Serbian national, who was born in 1960 and lives in Belgrade. They were represented before the Court by Ms B. Tomašević, a lawyer practising in Belgrade.
The Serbian Government (“the Government”) were represented by their Agent, Ms N. Plavšić.
The applicants complained under Article 6 of the Convention about the excessive length of their civil proceedings.
On 14 June 2018 and 3 April 2018 the Court received friendly settlement declarations signed by the parties under which the applicants agreed to waive any further claims against Serbia in respect of the facts giving rise to this application against an undertaking by the Government to pay them EUR 2,000 (two thousand euros) each to cover any and all non-pecuniary damage, less any amounts which may have already been paid in that regard at the domestic level, as well as the amount of EUR 500 (five hundred euros) jointly to cover any and all costs and expenses. These sums will be converted into local currency at the rate applicable on the date of payment and 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 18 October 2018.
Fatoş AracıPere Pastor Vilanova
Deputy RegistrarPresident
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