FIRST SECTION

DECISION

Application no. 58042/17 Jarosław SZULC against Poland

The European Court of Human Rights (First Section), sitting on 11 September 2018 as a Committee composed of:

Aleš Pejchal , President, Krzysztof Wojtyczek , Armen Harutyunyan , judges, and Renata Degener, Deputy Section Registrar ,

Having regard to the above application lodged on 24 July 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 Jarosław Szulc , is a Polish national, who was born in 1987 and is detained in Warsaw. He was represented before the Court by Ms M. Gąsiorowska , a lawyer practising in Warsaw.

The Polish Government (“the Government”) were represented by their Agent, Ms Justyna Chrzanowska of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The applicant, a Muslim prisoner, complained under Article 9 of the Convention about the State ’ s failure to provide him with a diet conforming to the requirements of his religion.

On 30 May and 11 June 2018 the Court received friendly settlement declarations signed by the parties under which the applicant agreed to waive any further claims against Poland in respect of the facts giving rise to this application against an undertaking by the Government to pay him 6,000 Polish zlotys to cover any pecuniary and non-pecuniary damage as well as costs and expenses, which will be free of any taxes that may be applicable and payable within three months from the date of notification of the decision taken by the Court. In the event of failure to pay this sum within the said three-month period, the Government undertook 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 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 4 October 2018 .

Renata Degener Aleš Pejchal Deputy Registrar President