Information Note on the Court’s case-law 15

February 2000

Petrotos v. Greece - 43597/98

Judgment 29.2.2000 [Section II]

Article 6

Civil proceedings

Article 6-1

Access to court

Non-payment of compensation ordered by a court: friendly settlement

The Platykampos Waterworks Association, a local administrative authority, was ordered under two decisions to pay the applicant compensation for having unlawfully interfered with his riparian rights to a watercourse on his farmland. These decisions had become final in July 1994 and January 1997 respectively, but the compensation in question had not been paid to the applicant.

The parties reached a friendly settlement providin g for the sum of fifteen million drachmas for all damage suffered to be paid the applicant in three equal instalments: the first has already been paid; the second and third are to be paid respectively on 30 May 2000 and 31 October 2000.

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