THIRD SECTION

DECISION

Application no. 63946/09 by Cec í lia KURUCOV Á and Others against Slovakia

The European Court of Human Rights ( Third Section ), sitting on 20 September 2011 as a Committee composed of:

Ineta Ziemele , President, Ján Šikuta , Kristina Pardalos , judges,

and Marialena Tsirli , Deputy Section Registra r ,

Having regard to the above application lodged on 23 November 2009,

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

Having deliberated, decides as follows:

PROC E DURE

The applicants, Ms Cecília Kurucová, Mr Stanislav Kalina, Ms Mária Ševčíková, Mr Marian Kalina and Ms Jana Nitšová are Slovak nationals who were born in 1949, 1951, 1956, 19 58 and 1965 respectively. Ms C. Kurucová lives in Sokoľ, Mr S. Kalina l ives in Žilina, Ms M. Ševčíková and Mr M. Kalina live in Košice and Ms J. Nitšová lives in Prague , the Czech Republic . They were represented before the Court by Mr M. Slebodník , a lawyer practising in Košice . The Government of the Slovak Republic (“the Government ” ) were represented by their Agent, Mrs M. Pirošíková .

The applicant s complained under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention of the length of civil proceedings. They also complained under Article 13 of the Convention of a violation of their right to an effective remedy.

On 14 April and 16 May 2011 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 each of the applicants 5,100 euros . This sum will be free of a ny taxes that may be applicable. It will be payable within three months from the date of notification of the decision taken by the C ourt pursuant to Article 37 § 1 of the European Convention on Human Rights. In the event of failure to pay this sum within the said three-month period, the Government undert ook to pay simple interest on it, from 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 (Article 37 § 1 in fine of the Convention).

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.

Marialena Tsirli Ineta Ziemele Deputy Registrar President