4.  The applicant was born in 1956 and lives in San Cesareo (Rome). 5.  P.C. was the owner of a flat in Rome, which she had let to A.C. 6.  In a writ served on the tenant on 3 March 1986, the owner informed her of her intention to terminate the lease and summoned her to appear before the Rome Magistrate. 7.  By a decision of 12 June 1986, which was made enforceable on 6 November 1986, the Rome Magistrate upheld the validity of the notice to quit and ordered that the premises be vacated by 31 December 1988. 8.  On 30 April 1990, a notice was served on the tenant requiring her to vacate the premises. 9.  On 18 May 1990, a notice was served on the tenant informing her that the order for possession would be enforced by a bailiff on 11 July 1990. 10.  Between 11 July 1990 and 5 October 1999, the bailiff made thirty attempts to recover possession, but they proved unsuccessful as the owner and then the applicant were not entitled to police assistance in enforcing the order for possession. 11.  On 21 June 1991, the applicant became the owner of the flat and pursued the enforcement proceedings 12.  On 13 October 1997, he made a statutory declaration that he urgently required the premises as accommodation for himself. 13.  On 2 May 2000, the applicant recovered possession of the flat.