THIRD SECTION

DECISION

Application no. 16570/18 Rastislav Å ITTA against Slovakia

The European Court of Human Rights (Third Section), sitting on 29 November 2018 as a Committee composed of:

Dmitry Dedov , President, Alena Poláčková , Jolien Schukking , judges,

and Liv Tigerstedt, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,

Having regard to the above application lodged on 3 April 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 Jozef Sabó , a lawyer practicing in Sečovce .

The applicant ’ s complaints under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention concerning the excessive length of criminal proceedings were communicated to the Government of the Slovak Republic (“the Government”) .

The Court received friendly-settlement declarations under which the applicant agreed to waive any further claims against Slovakia 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 December 2018 .

Liv Tigerstedt Dmitry Dedov Acting Deputy Registrar President

APPENDIX

Application raising complaints under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention

( excessive length of criminal proceedings)

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 of the settlement

(pecuniary and non-pecuniary damage and costs and expenses) per applicant

(in euros) [1]

16570/18

03/04/2018

Rastislav Å itta

03/04/1972

Jozef Sabó

Sečovce

17/08/2018

29/08/2018

3,600

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