CEDH · CASELAW;DECISIONS;ADMISSIBILITYCOM;ENG — 1 juillet 2014

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They were all represented before the Court by Mr. P. Costa, a lawyer practising in Vila Nova de Gaia (Portugal). A list of the applicants is set out in the appendix. The Portuguese Government (“the Government”) were represented by their Agent, Mrs M. F. da Graça Carvalho, Deputy Attorney-General. The applicants complained under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention about the length of civil proceedings before the Court of Vila Nova de Gaia to which they were a party. On 23 April and 23 May 2014 the Court received friendly settlement declarations signed by the parties under which the applicants agreed to waive any further claims against Portugal in respect of the facts giving rise to this application against an undertaking by the Government to pay them the sums set in the appendix to cover any non-pecuniary damage as well as costs and expenses, which will be free of any taxes that may be applicable. They will be payable within three months from the date of notification of the decision taken by the Court. In the event of failure to pay these sums within the said three-month period, the Government undertook 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 its Protocols 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. André Wampach   Mirjana Lazarova Trajkovska Deputy Registrar                                   President Appendix     Name of the applicants Non-pecuniary damage Costs and expenses 1.       2. Serafim Sousa Oliveira 24/01/1952 Vila Nova de Gaia   Rosa da Silva Ferreira Arnelas 12/03/1958 Vila Nova de Gaia € 8.775,00 jointly € 2.000,00 jointly 3. Adelino Albano Costa Alves 12/05/1965 Maia € 8.775,00 4.       5. Arminda da Conceição da Silva Pinto Pacheco 08/08/1955 Vila Nova de Cerveira   Fernando Alfredo Mendes Pacheco Moreira 24/02/1950 Vila Nova de Cerveira € 8.775,00 jointly 6.       7. Olinda Celeste da Silva Santos Gaio Araújo 13/02/1945 Vila Nova de Gaia   Joaquim Fernando Ferreira Araújo 19/02/1949 Vila Nova de Gaia € 8.775,00 jointly 8.     9. José Damião de Almeida Souto 06/07/1947 Vila Nova de Gaia   Maria da Conceição Sousa Sequeira 21/11/1949 Vila Nova de Gaia € 8.775,00 jointly 10.     11. Maria Virgínia de Castro Cunha 25/01/1951 Vila Nova de Gaia   José da Silva Santos 22/05/1947 Vila Nova de Gaia € 8.775,00 jointly 12. Alexandre Lemos de Oliveira 19/05/1963 Vila Nova de Gaia € 8.775,00 13.       14. Rosa Lemos Oliveira Fraga 23/06/1959 Vila Nova de Gaia   Aparício Lopes Macedo Fraga 15/09/1958 Vila Nova de Gaia € 8.775,00 jointly 15.     16. Conceição Lopes Pinto Teixeira 21/09/1956 Vila Nova de Gaia   José Salomão Teixeira 30/03/1953 Vila Nova de Gaia € 8.775,00 jointly 17.     18. José Serafim Pereira Silva 22/01/1950 Avintes   Guiomar da Conceição Ramos Bandeira Silva 29/07/1955 Vila Nova de Gaia € 8.775,00 jointly 19.     20. Tito Reis Sousa Moreira 28/11/1959 Vila Nova de Gaia   Isaura Carmen Teixeira Silva 23/03/1963 Vila Nova de Gaia € 8.775,00 jointly 21. Fernando Manuel Teixeira Pinto 08/04/1919 Vila Nova de Gaia € 8.775,00 22.     23. Alberto Alexandre Sousa Gonçalves 03/05/1953 Porto   Cândida Maria Pereira da Costa Gonçalves 03/08/1955 Porto € 8.775,00 jointly