THIRD SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 66684/10
by TELOVÝCHOVNÁ JEDNOTA VSŽ KOŠICE
against Slovakia
The European Court of Human Rights (Third Section), sitting on 28 June 2011 as a Committee composed of:
Ineta Ziemele, President,
Ján Šikuta,
Kristina Pardalos, judges,
and Marialena Tsirli, Deputy Section Registrar,
Having regard to the above application lodged on 4 November 2010,
Having regard to the formal declarations accepting a friendly settlement of the case,
Having deliberated, decides as follows:
PROCEDURE
The applicant, Telovýchovná Jednota VSŽ Košice, is a civic association with its seat in Košice. It was represented before the Court by Mrs I. Rajtáková, a lawyer practising in Košice. The Government of the Slovak Republic (“the Government”) were represented by their Agent, Mrs M. Pirošíková.
The applicant complained under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention about the length of civil proceedings (file no. 15 C 830/94 before the Košice I District Court) which started on 14 October 1994. On 31 March 2010 the Constitutional Court found a violation of the applicant’s right to a hearing within a reasonable time and awarded the applicant 1,000 euros as just satisfaction. The applicant also invoked Article 13 of the Convention.
On 9 and 17 May 2011 the Court received friendly settlement declarations signed by the parties under which the applicant agreed to waive any further claims against Slovakia in respect of the facts giving rise to this application against an undertaking by the Government to pay the applicant 6,000 euros to cover any pecuniary and non-pecuniary damage as well as costs and expenses, which would be free of any taxes that may be applicable and payable within three months from the date of notification of the decision taken by the Court pursuant to Article 37 § 1 of the European Convention on Human Rights. 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 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 (Article 37 § 1 in fine of the Convention).
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.
Marialena TsirliIneta Ziemele
Deputy RegistrarPresident
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