FOURTH SECTION

DECISION

Application no. 34539/09 by Timo NURMINIEMI against Finland

The European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting on 9 November 2010 as a Committee composed of:

Lech Garlicki , President, Ján Šikuta , Vincent Anthony de Gaetano , judges, and Fatoş Aracı , Deputy Section Registrar ,

Having regard to the above application lodged on 22 June 2009,

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 Timo Nurminiemi , a Finnish national who was born in 1966 and lives in Espoo . He was represented before the Court by Ms Eeva Snellman , a lawyer practising in Helsinki . The Finnish Government (“the Government”) were represented by their Agent , Mr Arto Kosonen of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs .

The applicant complained under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention mainly about the length of the civil proceedings instituted by him.

On 30 September and 7 October 2010 the Court received friendly settlement declarations signed by the parties under which the applicant agreed to waive any further claims against Finland in respect of the facts giving rise to this application against an undertaking by the Government to pay him 9,800 euros [1] to cover any pecuniary and non-pecuniary damage as well as costs and expenses, which would be free of any taxes that may be applicable . It 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 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 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 Lech Garlicki Deputy Registrar President

[1] This sum includes 7,000 euros non-pecuniary damage and 2,800 euros costs and expenses (inclusive of VAT).