FOURTH SECTION DECISION Application no. 43868/21 Joseph ZAMMIT and Anna BUSUTTIL against Malta The European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting on 21 November 2024 as a Committee composed of: Anne Louise Bormann , President , Sebastian Răduleţu, András Jakab , judges , and Viktoriya Maradudina, Acting Deputy Section Registrar, Having regard to the above application lodged on 31 August 2021, Having regard to the formal declarations accepting a friendly settlement of the case, Having deliberated, decides as follows: FACTS AND PROCEDURE The applicants’ details are set out in the appended table. The applicants were represented by Dr N. DeBono, a lawyer practising in Valletta. The applicants’ complaint under Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 to the Convention concerning a unilaterally imposed lease under Act XXIII of 1979 amending Chapter 158 of the Laws of Malta, affecting the applicants’ property in Paola, was communicated to the Maltese Government (“the Government”). The Court received the friendly-settlement declarations, signed by the parties, under which the applicants agreed to waive any further claims against Malta in respect of the facts giving rise to this application, subject to an undertaking by the Government to pay them the amount indicated in the appended table. This amount will be payable within three months from the date of notification of the Court’s decision. In the event of failure to pay this amount within the above-mentioned three-month period, the Government undertake to pay simple interest on it, 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 12 December 2024. Viktoriya Maradudina Anne Louise Bormann Acting Deputy Registrar President APPENDIX Application raising complaints under Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 to the Convention 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 Applicant’s declaration Amount awarded for pecuniary and non-pecuniary damage and costs and expenses, jointly to the two applicants (in euros) [1] 43868/21 31/08/2021 Joseph ZAMMIT 1944 Anna BUSUTTIL 1956 DeBono Nicholas Valletta 05/09/2024 19/06/2024 13,000 [1] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.