THIRD SECTION

DECISION

Application no. 26010/03 by Paul MINCULESCU-VLAÅžCA against Romania

The European Court of Human Rights (Third Section), sitting on 12 April 2011 as a Committee composed of:

Egbert Myjer , President, Luis López Guerra , Mihai Poalelungi , judges, and Marialena Tsirli , Deputy Section Registrar ,

Having regard to the above application lodged on 27 June 2003,

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

Having deliberated, decides as follows:

PROCEDURE

The applicant, Mr . Paul Minculescu-Vlaşca , is a Romanian national who was b orn in 1928 and lives in Bucureş ti . The Romanian Government (“the Government”) were represented by their Agent, Mr . Răzvan-Horaţiu Radu from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs .

The applicant complained under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention about the length of the proceedings initiated by him against third parties and under Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 to the Convention about the impossibility to recover the claimed part of the immovable property and/or the damages.

On 6 December 2010 and 21 January 2011 the Court received friendly settlement declarations signed by the parties under which the applicant 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 him EUR 3,500 (three thousand five hundred euros ) 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. This amount will be payable within three months from the date of notification of the decision taken by the Court pursuant to Article 37 § 1 of the Convention. 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 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 Egbert Myjer Deputy Registrar President