FOURTH SECTION

DECISION

Application no. 43795/07 by Jaroslav BARTL against Slovakia

The European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting on 7 September 2010 as a Committee composed of:

Giovanni Bonello , President, Lech Garlicki , Ján Šikuta , judges, and Fatoş Aracı , Deputy Section Registrar ,

Having regard to the above application lodged on 26 September 2007,

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 Jaroslav Bartl, a Slovak national who was born in 1941 and lives in Dunajská Lužná. The Slovak Government (“the Government”) were represented by their Agent, Mrs M. Pirošíková .

The applicant complained under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention about the length of the proceedings which started on 3 August 2004 and are still pending. He had unsuccessfully sought redress before the Constitutional Court on 8 June 2006, 11 December 2007 and 6 May 2008.

The C ourt received friendly settlement declarations signed by the parties on 15 and 28 June 2010 under which the applicant 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 him 2,000 euros (two thousand euros) to cover any pecuniary and non-pecuniary damage as well as costs and expenses . This sum would be free of any taxes that m ight be applicable . It w il l 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 Giovanni Bonello Deputy Registrar President