FIRST SECTION

DECISION

Application no. 56775/16 Marija HORVAT against Croatia

( s ee appended table)

The European Court of Human Rights (First Section), sitting on 25 June 2020 as a Committee composed of:

Krzysztof Wojtyczek , President, Linos -Alexandre Sicilianos , Armen Harutyunyan , judges,

and Liv Tigerstedt, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,

Having regard to the above application lodged on 22 September 2016 ,

Having regard to the formal declaration s 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 Ms V. Å nur , a lawyer practising in Vinkovci .

The applicant ’ s complaints under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention about the excessive length of civil proceedings, Article 13 of the Convention about the ineffectiveness of the remedies available to her in this respect, as well as Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 that her property rights had been violated, were communicated to the Croatian Government (“the Government”) .

The Court received the friendly-settlement declaration under which the applicant agreed to waive any further claims against Croatia in respect of the facts giving rise to this application, subject to an undertaking by the Government to pay her the amount detailed in the appended table. This amount will be converted into the currency of the respondent State at the rate applicable on the date of payment, and will be payable within three months from the date of notification of the Court ’ s decision. In the event of failure to pay this amount within the above-mentioned three-month period, the Government undertake 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 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 16 July 2020 .

  Liv Tigerstedt Krzysztof Wojtyczek Acting Deputy Registrar President

APPENDIX

Application raising complaints under Article s 6 § 1 and 13 of the Convention and under Article 1 of Protocol No. 1

( Excessive length of c ivil proceedings and i nterfere nce with the right to property )

Application no. Date of introduction

Applicant ’ s name

Date of birth

Representative ’ s name and location

Date of receipt of Government ’ s declaration

Date of receipt of Applicant ’ s declaration

Amount awarded for non-pecuniary damage and costs and expenses

per applicant

(in euros) [1]

56775/16

22/09/2016

Marija HORVAT

24/02/1965

Å nur Vesna

Vinkovci

14/04/2020

28/02/2020

4,000

[1] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicant .