FOURTH SECTION

DECISION

Application no . 48213/11 Georgeta PREPELIŢĂ against Romania

The European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting on 28 January 2016 as a Committee composed of:

Vincent A. D e Gaetano, President, Egidijus KÅ«ris , Gabriele Kucsko-Stadlmayer , judges,

and Karen Reid, Section Registrar,

Having regard to the above application lodged on 27 July 2011,

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

Having deliberated, decides as follows:

FACTS AND PROCEDURE

The applicant, Ms Georgeta Prepeliţă , is a Romanian national, who was born on 2 9 September 1967 and lives in Craiova.

The Romanian Government (“the Government”) were represented by their Agent, Ms C. Brumar , from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The applicant complained under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention about the length of the criminal proceedings in which she was involved. The complaint was communicated to the Government on 23 October 2014.

On 2 July 2015 and 10 November 2015 the Court received friendly settlement declarations signed by the parties under which the applicant agreed to waive any further claims against Romania in respect of the facts giving rise to this application against an undertaking by the Government to pay her EUR 500 (five hundred euros) to cover any pecuniary and non ‑ pecuniary damage as well as costs and expenses, which will be converted into Romanian lei at the rate applicable on the date of payment, and will be free of any taxes that may be applicable. The amount 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 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 18 February 2016 .

Karen Reid Vincent A. D e Gaetano Registrar President