FIFTH SECTION

DECISION

Application no. 44562/06 by Lazo VRETOVSKI and Others against the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

The European Court of Human Rights (Fifth Section), sitting on 31 January 2011 as a Committee composed of:

Zdravka Kalaydjieva, President , Mirjana Lazarova Trajkovska, Julia Laffranque, judges , and Stephen Phillips , Deputy Section Registrar ,

Having regard to the above application lodged on 24 October 2006,

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

Having deliberated, decides as follows:

PROCEDURE

The application was lodged by Mr Lazo Vretovski, Mr Krste Tanevski, Ms Milica Nikolovska and Ms Jovanka Daniloska , Macedonian nationals who were born in 1958 , 1960, 1950 and 1958 respectively and live in Resen. They were represented before the Court by Mr N. Bundevski, a lawyer practising in Resen. The Macedonian Government (“the Government”) were represented by their Agent, Mrs R. Lazareska Gerovska.

On 9 July 2009 the Court decide d to communicate the applicants ’ complaint concerning the length of civil proceedings in which they claimed annulment of their respective dismissals. The proceedings began on 7 September 1996 and ended on 26 April 2006 when the Supreme Court gave its judgment.

On 14 September 2009 and 13 October 2009 the Court received friendly settlement declarations signed by the parties under which the applicant s agreed to waive any further claims against the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia in respect of the facts giving rise to this application against an undertak ing by the Government to pay each of them 3,600 euros to cover any non-pecuniary damage as well as costs and expenses, which would be converted into Macedonian D enars at the rate applicable on the date of payment, and would be free of any taxes that may be applicable . This sum would be payable to the personal accounts of the applicants within three months from the date of notification of the decision taken by the Court 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 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 per centage points. The payment would 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 public policy 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.

             Stephen Phillips Zdravka Kalaydjieva Deputy Registrar President