6.  The applicant is the owner of an apartment in Milan, which she had let to E.P. 7.  In a writ served on the tenant on 9 June 1987, the applicant communicated her intention to terminate the lease and summoned the tenant to appear before the Milan Magistrate. 8.  By a decision of 18 June 1987, which was made enforceable on 29 June 1987, the Milan Magistrate upheld the validity of the notice to quit and ordered that the premises be vacated by 29 June 1989. 9.  On 16 May 1989 and again on 1 October 1990 the applicant served notice on the tenant requiring her to vacate the premises. 10.  On 6 November 1990, she served notice on the tenant informing her that the order for possession would be enforced by a bailiff on 23 November 1990. 11.  Between 23 November 1990 and 15 July 1999, the bailiff made thirty attempts to recover possession. Each attempt proved unsuccessful as, under the statutory provisions providing for the suspension or the staggering of evictions, the applicant was not entitled to police assistance in enforcing the order for possession. 12.  Pursuant to Section 6 of Law no. 431/98, the enforcement proceedings were suspended. 13.  In July 2000, the applicant recovered possession of the apartment.