BEROŠ v. CROATIA

2025-09-18T00:00:00
  FIRST SECTION DECISION Application no. 31454/24 Ana BEROŠ against Croatia The European Court of Human Rights (First Section), sitting on 18 September 2025 as a Committee composed of:  Frédéric Krenc, President,  Davor Derenčinović,  Alain Chablais, judges, and Viktoriya Maradudina, Acting Deputy Section Registrar, Having regard to the above application lodged on 18 October 2024, Having regard to the formal declarations accepting a friendly settlement of the case, Having deliberated, decides as follows: FACTS AND PROCEDURE The applicant’s details are set out in the appended table. The applicant was represented by Ms J. Volenec Pećina, a lawyer practising in Zagreb. The applicant’s complaints under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention concerning the excessive length of civil proceedings were communicated to the Croatian Government (“the Government”). The Court received the friendly-settlement declarations, signed by the parties, under which the applicant agreed to waive any further claims against Croatia in respect of the facts giving rise to this application, subject to an undertaking by the Government to pay her the amounts detailed in the appended table. These amounts will be payable within three months from the date of notification of the Court’s decision. In the event of failure to pay these amounts within the above-mentioned three-month period, the Government undertake to pay simple interest on them, from the 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 the Protocols thereto and finds no reasons to justify a continued examination of the application. 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 in accordance with Article 39 of the Convention. Done in English and notified in writing on 9 October 2025.    Viktoriya Maradudina Frédéric Krenc  Acting Deputy Registrar President   APPENDIX Application raising complaints under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention (excessive length of civil proceedings) Application no. Date of introduction Applicant’s name Year of birth   Representative’s name and location Date of receipt of Government’s declaration Date of receipt of the applicant’s declaration Amount awarded for non-pecuniary damage (in euros)[1] Amount awarded for costs and expenses (in euros)[2] 31454/24 18/10/2024 Ana BEROŠ 1950   Volenec Pećina Jana Zagreb 30/06/2025 17/03/2025 11,700 500   [1] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicant. [2] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicant.