THIRD SECTION

DECISION

Application no . 32970/13 Jozef KOHÚTEK and Margita KOHÚTEKOVÁ against Slovakia

The European Court of Human Rights (Third Section), sitting on 8 December 2015 as a Committee composed of:

George Nicolaou, President, Branko Lubarda, Pere Pastor Vilanova, judges, and Marialena Tsirli, Deputy Section Registrar ,

Having regard to the above application lodged on 10 May 2013,

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

Having deliberated, decides as follows:

FACTS AND PROCEDURE

The applicants, Mr Jozef Kohútek and Ms Margita Kohúteková, are Slovak nationals, who were born in 1932 and 1931 respectively and live in Nové Mesto Nad Váhom. They were represented before the Court by Ms O. Prachařová, a lawyer practising in Dubnica n ad Váhom.

The Slovak Government (“the Government”) were represented by their Agent, Ms M. Piro šíková .

The applicants complained under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention about the length of their civil proceedings.

On 30 June and 14 September 2015 the Court received friendly settlement declarations signed by the parties under which the applicants agreed to waive any further claims against Slovakia in respect of the facts giving rise to this application against an undertaking by the Government to pay them jointly 7,000 euros to cover any pecuniary and non-pecuniary damage as well as costs and expenses. This sum 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 7 January 2016 .

Marialena Tsirli George Nicolaou              Deputy Registrar President