CEDH · CASELAW;DECISIONS;ADMISSIBILITY;ENG — 2 juillet 1990

.sDD6737AE { font-size:11pt } .s211D6B00 { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; line-height:normal; widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:8.5pt } .sBB9EE52A { font-family:Arial }                        Application No. 13988/88                       by A.L.                       against the Netherlands             The European Commission of Human Rights sitting in private on 2 July 1990, the following members being present:                 MM. C.A. NØRGAARD, President                   S. TRECHSEL                   F. ERMACORA                   E. BUSUTTIL                   A.S. GÖZÜBÜYÜK                   A. WEITZEL                   J.-C. SOYER                   H. DANELIUS              Mrs.   G. H. THUNE              Sir   Basil HALL              MM.   F. MARTINEZ RUIZ                   C.L. ROZAKIS              Mrs.   J. LIDDY              MM.   L. LOUCAIDES                   J.-C. GEUS                Mr.   H.C. KRÜGER, Secretary to the Commission           Having regard to Article 25 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms;           Having regard to the application introduced on 9 May 1988 by A.L. against the Netherlands and registered on 28 June 1988 under file No. 13988/88;           Having regard to the report provided for in Rule 40 of the Rules of Procedure of the Commission;           Having deliberated;           Decides as follows:           The applicant is a Chilean national, born in 1967 and residing in the Netherlands.   Before the Commission he is represented by Mr. Th.   Spijkerboer, a lawyer practising in Zaandam, the Netherlands.           The applicant complained that he had been detained unlawfully at the special refugee detention centre at Schiphol, Amsterdam airport when he entered the Netherlands there, at the end of 1987.   He also complained that he was denied access to a court in order to have the lawfulness of his detention determined.   He invoked Article 5 paras. 1 (f) and 4 of the Convention.           The Commission joined this application to Applications Nos. 13921/88 and 13922/88 and, on 4 December 1989, brought these applications to the attention of the Netherlands Government and invited them to submit written observations on their admissibility and merits.           By letters of 18 April and 18 May 1990, the applicant's representative informed the Commission that the applicant had reached a settlement with the respondent Government, who had agreed to pay the applicant 50 Dutch guilders per day by way of compensation for his period spent in detention.   The applicant stated that he wished to withdraw the application.           Having regard to Article 30 para. 1 (a) of the Convention, the Commission notes that the applicant does not intend to pursue this petition.   It finds no special circumstances regarding respect for Human Rights as defined in the Convention which require the continuation of the examination of the application, in accordance with Article 30 para. 1 in fine of the Convention.           For these reasons, the Commission   1.       DECIDES TO DISJOIN THE PRESENT APPLICATION FROM         APPLICATIONS NOS. 13921/88 AND 13922/88;   2.       DECIDES TO STRIKE THE APPLICATION OFF ITS LIST OF CASES     Secretary to the Commission            President of the Commission           (H.C. KRÜGER)                          (C.A. NØRGAARD)