THIRD SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 43569/10
Dragan ŠTEFLJA
against Serbia
The European Court of Human Rights (Third Section), sitting on 31 March 2015 as a Committee composed of:
Ján Šikuta, President,
Dragoljub Popović,
Iulia Antoanella Motoc, judges,
and Marialena Tsirli, Deputy Section Registrar,
Having regard to the above application lodged on 23 July 2010,
Having regard to the formal declarations accepting a friendly settlement of the case,
Having deliberated, decides as follows:
FACTS AND PROCEDURE
The applicant, Mr Dragan Šteflja, is a Romanian and Serbian national, who was born in 1955 and lives in Uljma.
The Serbian Government (“the Government”) were represented by their Agent, Ms V. Rodić.
The applicant complained under Articles 6 and 13 of the Convention and Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 to the Convention about the respondent State’s failure to enforce the final court decision of the Municipal Court in Vršac of 29 January 1993, rendered in his favour, according to which a socially/State-owned company was ordered to pay him certain sum. This court decision remains unenforced to the present day.
On 21 October 2014 and 14 January 2015 the Court received friendly settlement declarations signed by the parties under which the applicant 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 him 2,000 euros, less any amounts which may have already been paid in that regard at the domestic level, to cover any non-pecuniary damage as well as costs and expenses, which would be converted into local currency at the rate applicable on the date of payment, and would be free of any taxes that may be applicable. This sum would 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 parties, furthermore, agreed that within the said three-month period the Government would pay, from their own funds, the sum awarded in the domestic decision under consideration in the present case, less any amounts which may have already been paid on the basis of the said decision, plus the costs of the domestic enforcement proceedings. This payment will constitute the final resolution of the case pending before the European Court of Human Rights.
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 23 April 2015.
Marialena TsirliJán Šikuta
Deputy RegistrarPresident
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