FIFTH SECTION
DECISION
Suzana RISTOVA and others
against the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
(Applications nos. 27254/07, 27722/07, 29415/07, 29451/07, 29653/07, 31204/07)
The European Court of Human Rights (Fifth Section), sitting on 16 November 2010 as a Committee composed of:
	Rait Maruste, President,
	Mirjana Lazarova Trajkovska,
	Zdravka Kalaydjieva, judges,
and Stephen Phillips, Deputy Section Registrar,
Having regard to the above applications,
Having regard to the formal declarations accepting a friendly settlement of the case,
Having deliberated, decides as follows:
PROCEDURE
All applicants are Macedonian nationals. Their personal details are listed in the Annex I. They are all represented before the Court by Mr B. Grozdanovski, a lawyer practising in Skopje. The Macedonian Government (“the Government”) were represented by their Agent, Mrs R. Lazareska Gerovska.
On 22 April 2010 the Court decided to communicate the applicants’ complaint concerning the length of civil proceedings in which they claimed work-related allowances. The essential information as to the domestic proceedings in respect of each application is indicated in Annex II. 

On 4 June 2010 and 30 August 2010 respectively, and on 22 July 2010 only in respect of application no. 31204/07, the Court received friendly settlement declarations signed by the parties under which the applicants agreed to waive any further claims against the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia in respect of the facts giving rise to the applications against an undertaking by the Government to pay each of them the amounts specified in the table below to cover any non-pecuniary damage as well as costs and expenses, which would be converted into Macedonian Denars 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 percentage points. The payment would constitute the final resolution of the case.

1. 	27254/07	3,550 euros	
2.	27722/07	3,550 euros	
3.	29415/07	3,600 euros	
4.	29451/07	2,620 euros	
5.	29653/07	4,440 euros	

6.	
31204/07	4,460 euros (to the first, second, third and fourth applicant)	
		3,560 euros (to the fifth and sixth applicant)	
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 applications (Article 37 § 1 in fine of the Convention).
In view of the above, it is appropriate to strike the cases out of the list.
For these reasons, the Court unanimously
Decides to strike the applications out of its list of cases.
	Stephen Phillips	Rait Maruste
	Deputy Registrar	President

ANNEX I

Application number(s)	Applicant(s)	Date of Birth
	Place of Residence	
27254/07	Ms Suzana Ristova
Mr Marijan Abrasev
Ms Trajana Panova
Ms Mirjana Pesankova
Ms Menka Janevska
Ms Nevenka Atanasovska
Ms Vesna Malezanova
Ms Zora Petrovska	1961
1967
1955
1961
1956
1963
1959
1956	

Veles	

27722/07	Ms Cveta Ordeva
Ms Borjanka Ilieva
Ms Suzana Ristova
Ms Milka Markova
Ms Gjulfera Demirova
Ms Bogdanka Cvetkovska
Ms Gjurgja Pesova	1940
1951
1961
1948
1954
1960
1955	Veles	
	Ms Todorka Brankovik	1965	Colosevo village	
29415/07	Ms Stojna Ivanova
Ms Velika Jovanova
Ms Dobrica Stojanovska
Ms Rodna Andovska	1961
1961
1942
1954	
Veles	
29451/07	Ms Snezana Paunova
Ms Marika Dimcevska
Ms Atidze Asanova
Ms Gordana Andreeva
Ms Blaguna Mitevska
Ms Jagoda Stojkovska
Ms Biljana Trimanova
Ms Liljana Dimovska
Ms Angja Gjurcinovska
Ms Magdalena Jovanovska
Ms Slavica Vidoska
Ms Svetla Dimova
Ms Biljana Ivanova
Ms Spasija Cokova
Ms Kaliopa Nakinova
Ms Mirka Vasileva
Ms Vaska Gogova
Ms Vasilka Panova
Ms Suzana Terzieva (Andova)
Ms Marija Mirova
Ms Karolina Pavlovska
Ms Vera Petrova	1952
1958
1956
1954
1952
1959
1952
1959
1967
1969
1955
1956
1963
1945
1953
1958
1956
1957
1966

1961
1968
1967	

Veles	
29653/07	Ms Menka Trajkova
Ms Liljana Soleva
Ms Grozda Stevanovska
Ms Nada Trajkova
Ms Dilbera Dimova
Ms Slavica Stefanovska
Ms Snezana Angelova
Ms Mukades Demirova
Ms Liljana Kocovska
Ms Cveta Dimova	1944
1946
1957
1945
1945
1962
1963
1962
1961
1948

	Veles	
31204/07	Ms Marija Jovanovska (“the first applicant”)
Ms Lence Zdravkin (“the second applicant”)
Ms Ubavka Jovanovska (“the third applicant”)
Ms Nadezda Cabovska (“the fourth applicant”)
Ms Milka Ilkovska (“the fifth applicant”)
Ms Desanka Trikik (“the sixth applicant”) 	1963
1967
1962
1965
1957
1953	Veles	

ANNEX II

No.	Appl. Nos.	Date of lodging the application with the Court	Court proceedings initiated on	
Subject matter	Final decision 	
1.	27254/07 	31 May 2007	18 December 1996 	
Compensation for unpaid salary and pension and disability contributions	14 February 2007	
2. 	27722/07	29 May 2007	27 February 1997	
Compensation for unpaid salary and pension and disability contributions	18 January 2007	
3.	29415/07	22 June 2007	27 February 1997	
Compensation for pension and disability contributions	1 February 2007	
4.	29451/07	22 June 2007	16 January 1997 	
Compensation for pension and disability contributions	15 February 2007	
5.	29653/07	25 June 2007	27 February 1997	
Compensation for pension and disability contributions	28 February 2007	
6.	31204/07	17 July 2007	1997	Compensation for unpaid salary and pension and disability contributions	7 March 2007 (served on 11 April 2007)	
			16 January 1997		14 December 2006