CEDH · CASELAW;REPORTS;ENG — 5 juillet 1993

.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 }                        EUROPEAN COMMISSION OF HUMAN RIGHTS                                FIRST CHAMBER                          Application No. 16569/90                                     T.                                   against                                   Austria                          REPORT OF THE COMMISSION                          (adopted on 5 July 1993)                              TABLE OF CONTENTS                                                                    Page   INTRODUCTION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1   PART I:   STATEMENT OF THE FACTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2   PART II: SOLUTION REACHED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3                                INTRODUCTION   1.     This Report relates to the application introduced under Article 25 of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms by Mrs. T. against Austria on 10 March 1990.   It was registered on 8 May 1990 under file No. 16569/90.         The Government of Austria were represented by their Agent, Ambassador H. Türk, then Head of the International Law Department at the Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs.   2.     On 8 January 1993 the Commission (First Chamber) declared the application admissible.   It then proceeded to carry out its task under Article 28 para. 1 of the Convention which provides as follows:         "In the event of the Commission accepting a petition referred to       it:         a.    it shall, with a view to ascertaining the facts, undertake            together with the representatives of the parties an            examination of the petition and, if need be, an            investigation, for the effective conduct of which the            States concerned shall furnish all necessary facilities,            after an exchange of views with the Commission;         b.    it shall at the same time place itself at the disposal of            the parties concerned with a view to securing a friendly            settlement of the matter on the basis of respect for Human            Rights as defined in this Convention."   3.     The Commission (First Chamber) found that the parties had reached a friendly settlement of the case and on 5 July 1993 it adopted this Report, which, in accordance with Article 28 para. 2 of the Convention, is confined to a brief statement of the facts and of the solution reached.         The following members were present when the Report was adopted:                Sir   Basil HALL, Acting President of the First Chamber              MM.   F. ERMACORA                   A.S. GÖZÜBÜYÜK                   C.L. ROZAKIS              Mrs. J. LIDDY              MM.   M. PELLONPÄÄ                   B. MARXER                   G.B. REFFI                   B. CONFORTI                                   PART I                           STATEMENT OF THE FACTS         The applicant, born in 1919, is an Austrian national and resident at Krumbach.   4.     The applicant complained under Article 6 para. 1 of the Convention about the length of proceedings which concerned her request for a building permit in respect of a house to be built on a farm estate.   The applicant filed her request with the Mayor of the Krumbach Municipality (Marktgemeinde) in May 1983.   In September 1984 the request was dismissed.   The applicant's appeal of October 1984 was dismissed by the Office of the Lower Austria Provincial Government in May 1985.   The applicant's further appeal was dismissed by the Austrian Administrative Court in October 1989 (judgment served in November 1989).                                   PART II                              SOLUTION REACHED   5.     Following the decision on the admissibility of the application, the Commission (First Chamber) placed itself at the disposal of the parties with a view to securing a friendly settlement in accordance with Article 28 para. 1 (b) of the Convention and invited the parties to submit any proposals they wished to make.   6.     In accordance with the usual practice, the Chamber Secretary, acting on the Commission's instructions, contacted the parties to explore the possibilities of reaching a friendly settlement.   7.     By letters of 16 and 17 June 1993, respectively, the applicant and the respondent Government submitted the following agreement reached between them:   <Translation>       "Statements of the parties with a view of a friendly settlement         With reference to Article 28 para. 1 (b) of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, the parties in the proceedings concerning Application No. 16569/90, lodged by Mrs. <T.>, declare with a view to a friendly settlement, reached with assistance of the European Commission of Human Rights, as follows:         1.    The Government of the Republic of Austria will pay to the       applicant a sum amounting to altogether AS 130,000 as       compensation in respect of any possible claims relating to the       present application.         2.    The applicant declares her application settled.         3.    The applicant waives any further claims against the       Republic of Austria relating to the present application."   <German>              "Erklärungen der Parteien zur gütlichen Regelung         In der Individualbeschwerde Nr. 16569/90 der Frau <T.> verständigen sich die Parteien unter Bezugnahme auf Artikel 28 Abs. 1 b der Europäischen Konvention zum Schutze der Menschenrechte und Grundfreiheiten und unter Mitwirkung der Europäischen Kommission für Menschenrechte auf die nachstehende gütliche Regelung:         1.    Die österreichische Regierung zahlt der Beschwerdeführerin       als Ausgleich für sämtliche etwaige Ansprüche im Zusammenhang mit       der vorliegenden Individualbeschwerde einen Gesamtbetrag von       AS 130,000.         2.    Die Beschwerdeführerin erklärt ihre oben genannte       Beschwerde als erledigt.         3.    Die Beschwerdeführerin verzichtet auf die Geltendmachung       allfälliger weiterer Forderungen gegen die Republik Österreich       im Zusammenhang mit dem der Beschwerde zugrundeliegenden       Sachverhalt."   8.     At its session on 5 July 1993, the Commission (First Chamber) noted that the parties had reached an agreement regarding the terms of a settlement. It further considered, having regard to Article 28 para. 1 (b) of the Convention, that the friendly settlement of the case had been secured on the basis of respect for Human Rights as defined in the Convention.   9.     For these reasons, the Commission (First Chamber) adopted this Report.              Secretary to the                 Acting President of the             First Chamber                         First Chamber             (M. F. BUQUICCHIO)                     (SIR BASIL HALL)