FOURTH SECTION

DECISION

Application no. 1817/07 by Peter ZIEGLER against Slovakia

The European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting on 30 November 2010 as a Committee composed of:

David Thór Björgvinsson , President, Päivi Hirvelä , Mihai Poalelungi , judges, and Fatoş Aracı , Deputy Section Registrar ,

Having regard to the above application lodged on 20 December 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 Peter Ziegler, a Slovak national who was born in 1950 and lives in Nueva Andalucía , Spain . He was represented before the Court by Mr S. Jakubčík , a lawyer practising in Bratislava . The Government of the Slovak Republic (“the Government”) were represented by their Agent, Mrs M. Pirošíková .

The applicant complained under Article s 6 § 1 and 13 of the Convention about the length of civil proceedings which started on 27 November 2002 and which are still pending. On 24 May 2006 the Constitutional Court rejected the applicant ’ s length of proceedings complaint.

On 11 and 29 October 2010 the Court received friendly settlement declarations signed by the parties under which the applicant agreed to waiv e any further claims against Slovakia in respect of the facts giving rise to this application against an undertaking by the Government to pay him 6,000 euros to cover any pecuniary and non-pecuniary damage as well as costs and expenses, which will be free of any taxes that may be applicable and payable 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 th at 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.

Fatoş Aracı David Thór Björgvinsson Deputy Registrar President