SECOND SECTION

DECISION

Application no . 14803/08 Halil ÃœSTÃœNDAÄž against Turkey

The European Court of Human Rights (Second Section), sitting on 12 March 2013 as a Committee composed of:

Dragoljub Popović , President, Paulo Pinto de Albuquerque , Helen Keller , judges, and Françoise Elens-Passos , Deputy Section Registrar ,

Having regard to the above application lodged on 17 March 2008,

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

Having deliberated, decides as follows:

FACTS AND PROCEDURE

The applicant, Mr Halil Üstündağ , is a Turkish national, who was born in 1955 and lives in Oberkirch ( Germany ).

The Turkish Government (“the Government”) were represented by their Agent.

The applicant complained under Articles 6 § 1 and 13 of the Convention about the length of his civil proceedings.

On 21 June 2010 and 28 June 2011 the Court received friendly settlement declarations signed by the parties under which the applicant agreed to waive any further claims against Turkey in respect of the facts giving rise to this application against an undertaking by the Government to pay him EUR 7 200 (seven thousand and two hundred euros ) to cover any pecuniary and non-pecuniary damage as well as costs and expenses, which will be converted into Turkish liras at the rate applicable on the date of payment, and will be free of any taxes that may be applicable. 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.

Françoise Elens-Passos Dragoljub Popović Deputy Registrar President