SECOND SECTION

DECISION

Application no . 26884/08 Milinko LAZI Ć against Serbia

The European Court of Human Rights (Second Section), sitting on 13 November 2012 as a Committee composed of:

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

Having regard to the above application lodged on 14 May 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 Milinko Lazić , is a Serbian national, who was born in 1970 and lives in Užice . He was represented before the Court by Mr V. Damljanović , a lawyer practising in Užice .

The Serbian Government (“the Government”) were represented by their Agent, Mr S. Carić .

The applicant complained under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention about the non-enforcement of a final domestic judgment rendered in his favour, as well as about the absence of an effective domestic remedy in that respect.

On 3 May 2012 and 25 May 2012 the Court received friendly settlement declarations signed by the parties under which the applicant agreed to waive any further claims against Serbia in respect of the facts giving rise to this application against an undertaking by the Government to pay him EUR 5,200 (five thousand two hundred euros ) to cover any non-pecuniary damage as well as costs and expenses, which will be converted into national currency at the rate applicable on the date of payment, and will be free of any taxes that may be applicable. This sum 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 Paulo Pinto de Albuquerque Deputy Registrar President