FIRST SECTION

DECISION

Application no . 58414/16 Konstantinos CHASAPIS against Greece

The European Court of Human Rights (First Section), sitting on 25 April 2017 as a Committee composed of:

Ledi Bianku, President, Aleš Pejchal, Armen Harutyunyan, judges, and Renata Degener, Deputy Section Registrar ,

Having regard to the above application lodged on 3 October 2016,

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

Having deliberated, decides as follows:

FACTS AND PROCEDURE

The applicant, Mr Konstantinos Chasapis, is a Greek national, who was born in 1961 and lives in Thessaloniki. He was represented before the Court by Mr K. Tsitselikis and Mr A. Spathis, lawyers practising in Thessaloniki.

The Greek Government (“the Government”) were represented by their Agent, Mr M. Apessos, President of the State Legal Council.

The applicant complained under Article 3 of the Convention about the conditions of his detention in Diavata Prison and under Article 13 of the lack of an effective domestic remedy in that regard.

On 28 February 2017 and 8 March 2017 the Court received friendly settlement declarations signed by the parties under which the applicant agreed to waive any further claims against Greece in respect of the facts giving rise to this application against an undertaking by the Government to pay him 6,500 (six thousand five hundred) euros to cover any non-pecuniary damage as well as costs and expenses, which will be free of any taxes that may be applicable, and it 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 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 18 May 2017 .

             Renata Degener Ledi Bianku              Deputy Registrar President