SECOND SECTION

DECISION

Application no . 63520/12 Igor ŠUKOVIĆ against Montenegro

The European Court of Human Rights (Second Section), sitting on 27 September 2016 as a Committee composed of:

Valeriu Griţco, President, Nebojša Vučinić, Stéphanie Mourou-Vikström, judges,

and Hasan Bakırcı, Deputy Section Registrar ,

Having regard to the above application lodged on 24 September 2012,

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

Having deliberated, decides as follows:

FACTS AND PROCEDURE

The applicant, Mr Igor Šuković, is a Montenegrin national, who was born in 1980 and lives in Podgorica. He was represented before the Court by Mr R. Šuković and Mr B. Minić, lawyers practising in Bijelo Polje and Kolašin, respectively.

The Montenegrin Government (“the Government”) were represented by their Agent, Ms V. Pavličić.

The applicant ’ s complaint under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention, concerning the length of a civil suit, was communicated to the Government.

On 7 March 2015 and 29 June 2016 the Court received friendly settlement declarations signed by the parties under which the applicant agreed to waive any further claims against Montenegro in respect of the facts giving rise to this application against an undertaking by the Government to pay him EUR 3,600 (three thousand six hundred euros) to cover any and all non-pecuniary damage and EUR 500 (five hundred euros) to cover any and all costs and expenses, plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicant. These sums 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 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 payments 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 20 October 2016 .

Hasan Bakırcı Valeriu GriÅ£co              Deputy Registrar President