SECOND SECTION

DECISION

Application no. 49419/18 Vytautas BABKAITIS against Lithuania

The European Court of Human Rights (Second Section), sitting on 30 January 2020 as a Committee composed of:

Ivana Jelić , President, Arnfinn Bårdsen , Darian Pavli, judges,

and Liv Tigerstedt , Acting Deputy Section Registrar,

Having regard to the above application lodged on 9 October 2018 ,

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 Mr A. Navikas , a lawyer practising in Kaunas.

The applicant ’ s complaint under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention concerning the length of criminal proceedings was communicated to the Lithuanian Government (“the Government”) .

The Court received the friendly-settlement declaration under which the applicant agreed to waive any further claims against Lithuania in respect of the facts giving rise to this application, subject to an undertaking by the Government to pay him the amount detailed in the appended table. This amount 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 20 February 2020 .

Liv Tigerstedt Ivana Jelić Acting Deputy Registrar President

APPENDIX

Application raising complaints under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention

( len gth of criminal proceedings)

Application no. Date of introduction

Applicant ’ s name

Date of birth

Representative ’ s name and location

Date of receipt of the Government ’ s declaration

Date of receipt of the applicant ’ s declaration

Amount awarded for pecuniary and non-pecuniary damage and costs and expenses

per applicant

(in euros) [i]

49419/18

09/10/2018

Vytautas BABKAITIS

21/10/1970

Aurimas Navikas ,

Kaunas

17/12/2019

30/05/2019

6,500

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