4.  The applicant was born in 1957 and resides in the town of Novogrodivka, Donetsk region, Ukraine. 5.  The applicant instituted two sets of proceedings in the Novogrodivskiy Town Court of the Donetsk Region against the Novogrodivska Mining Company No. 1/3 (Шахта 1/3 „Новогродівська”) – a State-owned enterprise – to recover salary arrears and compensation for damage to his health. 6.  On 8 and 23 February 2001 the Novogrodovsky Town Court found in favour of the applicant (Рішення Новогродівського міського суду Донецької області) and awarded him, respectively, 2,615.30[1] Ukrainian hryvnias (“UAH”) and UAH 28,513.58[2]. These judgments were sent for enforcement to the Novogrodovskiy Town Bailiffs' Service (Відділ Державної виконавчої служби Новогродівського міського управління юстиції). 7.  In July 2001 the applicant instituted proceedings in the Novogrodivskyy Town Court of the Donetsk Region against the Novogrodivskyy Town Bailiffs' Service for failure to enforce the judgment of 23 February 2001 in his favour. On 28 August 2001 the Town Court rejected the applicant's claim, finding no fault had been committed by the Bailiffs' Service. The court stated that the Bailiffs' Service had acted properly in enforcing the judgment of 23 February 2001. However, by a number of decisions of the Commercial Court of the Donetsk Region, the Bailiffs' Service had been prohibited from selling the property of the Mining Company, due to the bankruptcy proceedings which had been initiated against the company. On 1 November 2001 the Court of Appeal of the Donetsk Region dismissed the applicant's appeal. On 7 March 2002 the Supreme Court of Ukraine rejected the applicant's appeal in cassation. 8.  The judgments in the applicant's favour were enforced by instalments, the last amount being paid on 3 September 2004.