THIRD SECTION

DECISION

Application no. 46469/17 Vladimir PETROVIĆ against Serbia

The European Court of Human Rights (Third Section), sitting on 25 September 2018 as a Committee composed of:

Pere Pastor Vilanova, President, Branko Lubarda, Georgios A. Serghides, judges,

and Fatoş Aracı, Deputy Section Registrar ,

Having regard to the above application lodged on 15 June 2017,

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

Having deliberated, decides as follows:

FACTS AND PROCEDURE

The applicant, Mr Vladimir Petrović, is a Serbian national, who was born in 1980 and lives in Kosjerić. He was represented before the Court by Mr M. Kurmazović, a lawyer practising in Užice.

The Serbian Government (“the Government”) were represented by their Agent, Ms N. Plavšić.

The applicant complained under Article 6 of the Convention about the excessive length of his civil proceedings.

On 14 June 2018 and 10 April 2018 the Court received friendly settlement declarations signed by the parties under which the applicant agreed to waive any further claims against Serbia in respect of the facts giving rise to this application against an undertaking by the Government to pay him EUR 950 (nine hundred fifty euros) to cover any and all non ‑ pecuniary damage, less any amounts which may have already been paid in that regard at the domestic level, as well as the amount of EUR 500 (five hundred euros) to cover any and all costs and expenses. These sums will be converted into local currency at the rate applicable on the date of payment and will be payable within three months from the date of notification of the decision taken by the Court. In the event of failure to pay these sums within the said three-month period, the Government undertook 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 its Protocols 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 18 October 2018 .

Fatoş Aracı Pere Pastor Vilanova Deputy Registrar President