THIRD SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 20274/16
Maria PROKOPIOU
against Cyprus
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (Third Section), sitting on 21 January 2021 as a Committee composed of:
Darian Pavli, President,
Dmitry Dedov,
Peeter Roosma, judges,
and Liv Tigerstedt, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,
Having regard to the above application lodged on 4 April 2016,
Having regard to the formal declarations accepting a friendly settlement of the case,
Having deliberated, decides as follows:
FACTS AND PROCEDURE
The applicant’s details are set out in the appended table.
The applicant was represented by Mr Ch. Clerides, a lawyer practising in Nicosia.
The applicant’s complaints under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention concerning the length of the proceedings on appeal no. 364/2010, under the Law Providing for Effective Remedies for Exceeding the Reasonable Requirement for the Determination of Civil Rights and Obligations (Law 2(I)/2010), were communicated to the Cypriot Government (“the Government”).
The Court received the friendly-settlement declaration, signed by the parties, under which the applicant agreed to waive any further claims against Cyprus in respect of the facts giving rise to this application, subject to an undertaking by the Government to pay her the amounts detailed in the appended table. These amounts will be payable within three months from the date of notification of the Court’s decision. In the event of failure to pay these amounts within the above-mentioned three-month period, the Government undertake 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 the Protocols thereto 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 11 February 2021.
Liv TigerstedtDarian Pavli
Acting Deputy RegistrarPresident
APPENDIX
Application raising complaints under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention
(Length of proceedings)
Application no.
Date of introduction
Applicant’s name
Year of birth
Date of receipt of Government’s declaration
Date of receipt of Applicant’s declaration
Amount awarded for pecuniary and non-pecuniary damage
per applicant
(in euros)[1]
Amount awarded for costs and expenses per application
(in euros)[2]
20274/16
04/04/2016
Maria PROKOPIOU
1970
11/12/2020
26/10/2020
4,000
1,000
[1] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicant.
[2] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicant.
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