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EUROPEAN COMMISSION OF HUMAN RIGHTS

PLENARY

Application No. 13816/88

Anton MAJEROTTO

against

AUSTRIA

REPORT OF THE COMMISSION

(adopted on 22 May 1992)

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Page

INTRODUCTION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

PART I: STATEMENT OF THE FACTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

PART II: SOLUTION REACHED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

INTRODUCTION

1. This Report relates to the application introduced under

Article 25 of the European Convention for the Protection of Human

Rights and Fundamental Freedoms by Anton Majerotto against Austria on

15 January 1988. It was registered on 29 April 1988 under file

No. 13816/88.

The applicant was represented by Mr. F. Schwank, a lawyer

practising in Vienna.

The Government of Austria were represented by their Agent,

Ambassador H. Türk, Head of the International Law Department at the

Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

2. On 16 October 1991 the Commission declared admissible the

applicant's complaint about the rejection for non-compliance with a

time-limit of his complaint to the Administrative Court

(Verwaltungsgerichtshof) (1).

3. The Commission then proceeded to carry out its task under

Article 28 para. 1 of the Convention which provides as follows:

"In the event of the Commission accepting a petition referred to

it:

a. it shall, with a view to ascertaining the facts, undertake

together with the representatives of the parties an

examination of the petition and, if need be, an

investigation, for the effective conduct of which the

States concerned shall furnish all necessary facilities,

after an exchange of views with the Commission;

b. it shall at the same time place itself at the disposal of

the parties concerned with a view to securing a friendly

settlement of the matter on the basis of respect for Human

Rights as defined in this Convention."

4. The Commission found that the parties had reached a friendly

settlement of the case and on 22 May 1992 it adopted this Report which,

in accordance with Article 28 para. 2 of the Convention, is confined

to a brief statement of the facts and of the solution reached.

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(1) This decision is public and may be obtained from the Commission's

Secretariat on request.

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The following members were present when the Report was adopted:

MM. C.A. NØRGAARD, President

S. TRECHSEL

F. ERMACORA

E. BUSUTTIL

A.S. GÖZÜBÜYÜK

A. WEITZEL

J.-C. SOYER

H.G. SCHERMERS

H. DANELIUS

Sir Basil HALL

MM. F. MARTINEZ

Mrs. J. LIDDY

MM. L. LOUCAIDES

J.-C. GEUS

M.P. PELLONPÄÄ

B. MARXER

PART I

STATEMENT OF THE FACTS

5. On 6 February 1986 the applicant was found guilty by the Lienz

District Authority (Bezirkshauptmannschaft) of committing offences

under the Road Traffic Act 1960 (Strassenverkehrsordnung) and the Motor

Vehicles Act 1967 (Kraftfahrgesetz). His appeals to the Provincial

Governor (Landeshauptmann) and the Provincial Government

(Landesregierung) of Tyrol were rejected on 27 November 1986. Legal

aid for a complaint to the Administrative Court was granted on

10 February 1987. The lawyer who eventually agreed to act for the

applicant - the fifth the Bar Association had contacted - was appointed

on 17 April 1987, and received the papers from the Bar Association on

21 April 1987. On 22 April 1987 the lawyer received a note from the

court that the first legal aid lawyer had been appointed on

17 March 1987. The applicant's legal aid lawyer submitted his

complaint to the Administrative Court on 29 April 1987, one day after

the expiry of the time-limit of six weeks from the appointment of the

first legal aid lawyer.

6. Before the Commission the applicant did not invoke any specific

provision of the Convention, although in his submissions of

31 July 1990 his lawyer referred to Article 6 para. 3(b).

PART II

SOLUTION REACHED

7. Following the decision on the admissibility of the application,

the Commission placed itself at the disposal of the parties with a view

to securing a friendly settlement in accordance with

Article 28 para. 1 (b) of the Convention and invited the parties to

submit any proposals they wished to make.

8. In accordance with the usual practice, the Secretary, acting on

the Commission's instructions, contacted the parties to explore the

possibilities of reaching a friendly settlement.

9. By letter of 19 May 1992 the applicant's representative, and by

letter of 21 May 1992 the Agent of the Government submitted the

following identical declarations on the agreement reached between the

applicant and the Government in May 1992:

[Translation]

"Declaration by the parties with a view to a friendly settlement

In connection with Application No. 13816/88 by Mr. Majerotto, the

parties, with reference to Article 28 para. 1 (b) of the European

Convention on Human Rights and to the assistance of the European

Commission of Human Rights, declare as follows:

1. The Government of the Republic of Austria will pay to the

applicant a sum amounting to altogether AS 40,000 as compensation

in respect of any possible claims relating to the present

application. This sum includes AS 30,000 in respect of costs and

expenses incurred before the Commission.

This amount will be paid to the applicant's representative,

Mr. F. Schwank, in Vienna.

2. The applicant declares his application settled.

3. The applicant waives any further claims against the Republic

of Austria relating to the present application.

[German]

"Erklärungen der Parteien zur gütlichen Regelung

In der Individualbeschwerde Nr. 13816/88 des Herrn Majerotto

verständigen sich die Parteien unter Bezugnahme auf Artikel 28 Abs. 1 b

der Europäischen Konvention zum Schutze der Menschenrechte und

Grundfreiheiten und unter Mitwirkung der Europäischen Kommission für

Menschenrechte auf die nachstehende gütliche Regelung:

1. Die österreichische Regierung zahlt dem Beschwerdeführer

als Ausgleich für sämtliche etwaigen Ansprüche im Zusammenhang

mit der vorliegenden Individualbeschwerde einen Gesamtbetrag von

AS 40.000. Dieser Betrag umfaßt AS 30.000 hinsichtlich der

Gebühren und Auslagen, die im Rahmen des Verfahrens vor der

Kommission entstanden sind.

Dieser Betrag wird an den Verfahrensbevollmächtigten des

Beschwerdeführers Herrn Schwank in Wien überwiesen.

2. Der Beschwerdeführer erklärt seine oben genannte Beschwerde

als erledigt.

3. Der Beschwerdeführer verzichtet auf die Geltendmachung

allfälliger weiterer Forderungen gegen die Republik Österreich

im Zusammenhang mit dem der Beschwerde zugrundeliegenden

Sachverhalt."

10. At its session on 22 May 1992, the Commission noted that the

parties had reached an agreement regarding the terms of a settlement.

It further considered, having regard to Article 28 para. 1 (b) of the

Convention, that the friendly settlement of the case had been secured

on the basis of respect for Human Rights as defined in the Convention.

11. For these reasons, the Commission adopted this Report.

Secretary to the Commission President of the Commission

(H.C. KRÜGER) (C.A. NØRGAARD)

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