FIRST SECTION

DECISION

AS TO THE ADMISSIBILITY OF

Application no. 56211/07 by Neven Å KOKO against Croatia

The European Court of Human Rights (First Section), sitting on 10 December 2009 as a Chamber composed of:

Christos Rozakis , President, Nina Vajić , Khanlar Hajiyev , Dean Spielmann , Sverre Erik Jebens , Giorgio Malinverni , George Nicolaou , judges, and Søren Nielsen , Section Registrar ,

Having regard to the above application lodged on 29 October 2007 ,

Having regard to the formal declarations accepting a friendly settlement of the case,

Having deliberated, decides as follows:

THE FACTS

The applicant, Mr Neven Škoko , is a Croatian national who was born in 1956 and lives in Donja Pušća. The Croatian Government (“the Government”) were represented by their Agent, Mrs Š. Stažnik .

The applicant complained under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention about the length of the inheritance proceedings instituted on 24 December 1984, which are still pending.

On 3 September 2009 the Court decided to communicate the application.

By a letter of 22 September 2009 the applicant informed the Court that he accepted a proposal for a friendly settlement and waived any further claims against Croatia in respect of the facts of the present application.

By a letter of 3 November 2009 the Government informed the Court that the parties had reached a settlement whereby the Gov ernment would pay the applicant 2,500 euros in full and final settlement of the case, costs and expenses included.

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 (Article 37 § 1 in fine of the Convention).

In view of the above, it is appropriate to s trike the case out of the list.

For these reasons, the Court unanimously

Decides to strike the application out of its list of cases.

Søren Nielsen Christos Rozakis Registrar President