THIRD SECTION

DECISION

Application no . 62626/11 Helena VARGOVÁ and O thers against Slovakia

The European Court of Human Rights (Third Section), sitting on 14 May 2013 as a Committee composed of:

Luis López Guerra , President, Ján Šikuta , Nona Tsotsoria , judges, and Marialena Tsirli , Deputy Section Registrar ,

Having regard to the above application lodged on 28 September 2011,

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

Having deliberated, decides as follows:

FACTS AND PROCEDURE

The applicants are twenty-eight Slovak nationals whose particulars are set out in the appendix. They were represented before the Court by Mr J. Špirko, a lawyer practising in Košice.

The Government of the Slovak Republic (“the Government”) were represented by their Agent, Ms M. Pirošíková.

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

On 15 October 2012 and 12 November 2012 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: 2,050 euros to each of the applicants listed in the appendix under points 1 to 13 and 16, 3,050 euros to each of those listed under points 14 and 15, 750 euros to each of those listed under points 17 to 19, 550 euros to each of the applicants listed under points 20 to 22 and 400 euros to each of those listed under points 23 to 28. These sums are to cover any pecuniary and non-pecuniary damage as well as costs and expenses, they will be free of any taxes that may be applicable and they 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 sum s within the said three-month period, the Government undertook to pay simple interest on them, 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 Luis López Guerra Deputy Registrar President

Appendix

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