FIFTH SECTION

DECISION

Application no. 7541/18 Velizar Tsankov POPOV against Bulgaria

( s ee appended table)

The European Court of Human Rights (Fifth Section), sitting on 6 June 2019 as a Committee composed of:

Ganna Yudkivska , President ,

Yonko Grozev ,

André Potocki, judges ,

and Liv Tigerstedt, Acting Deputy Section Registrar ,

Having regard to the above application lodged on 31 January 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 V. Stoyanov, a lawyer practising in Pazardzhik.

The applicant ’ s complaints under Article 3 of the Convention, concerning the conditions of his detention, as well as under Articles 6 § 1 and 13 of the Convention, that a claim for damages in that respect which he had brought in August 2017 had been declared inadmissible, were communicated to the Bulgarian Government (“the Government”) .

The Court received the friendly-settlement declarations under which the applicant agreed to waive any further claims against Bulgaria in respect of the facts giving rise to this application, subject to an undertaking by the Government to pay him the amount s detailed in the appended table. These amounts 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 these amounts within the above-mentioned three-month period, the Government undertake to pay simple interest on them, 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 27 June 2019 .

Liv Tigerstedt Ganna Yudkivska Acting Deputy Registrar President

APPENDIX

Application raising complaints under Article s 3, 6 and 13 of the Convention

Application no. Date of introduction

Applicant ’ s name

Date of

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

per applicant

(in euros) [i]

Amount awarded for costs and expenses per application

(in euros) [ii]

7541/18

31/01/2018

Velizar Tsankov Popov

26/01/1965

Valeri Stoyanov

Pazardzhik

19/04/2019

29/01/2019

9,000

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

[ii] . Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.