THIRD SECTION

DECISION

Application no . 43469/13 Eugenia DEACONU and Gheorghe DEACONU against Romania

The European Court of Human Rights ( Third Section ), sitting on 16 December 2014 as a Committee composed of:

Dragoljub Popović , President, Kristina Pardalos , Valeriu Griţco , judges,

and Marialena Tsirli , Deputy Section Registrar ,

Having regard to the above application lodged on 27 June 2013 ,

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

Having deliberated, decides as follows:

FACTS AND PROCEDURE

The applicants, Ms Eugenia Deaconu and Mr Gheorghe Deaconu , are Romanian nationals, who were born in 1947 and 1937 respectively and live in Ramnicu Valcea .

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

The applicants complained under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention about the length of the civil proceedings in which they were involved. The complaint was communicated to the Government on 14 February 2013.

On 11 September 2014 and 15 September 2014 the Court received friendly settlement declarations signed by the parties under which the applicants 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 them EUR 1,500 (one thousand five hundred euros) jointly 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 a ny 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 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.

Marialena Tsirli Dragoljub Popović              Deputy Registrar President