4.  The applicant was born in 1971 and lives in the town of Pervomaisk, the Kharkiv region, Ukraine. 5.  In 1998 and 2001, respectively, the applicant instituted two sets of proceedings in the Pervomaisk Town Court against the Pervomaisk chemical factory “Khimprom” (the “PCFK”) – a State-owned enterprise – to recover unpaid salary. By decision of 2 November 1998, the court awarded the applicant UAH 2,974.79 (473 euros – “EUR”) in salary arrears and other payments. By another decision of 24 April 2001, the court awarded him UAH 2,307.11 (EUR 358) in salary arrears. 6.  On 9 July 2001 the Bailiffs’ Service informed the applicant that the judgments given in his favour were not executed due to a large number of enforcement proceedings against the debtor and that the procedure for the forced sale of assets belonging to the debtor was suspended due to the moratorium on the forced sale of property belonging to State enterprises introduced by the President. 7.  In July 2001 the applicant instituted proceedings in the Pervomaisk Town Court against the bailiff of the Pervomaisk Town Bailiffs’ Service for failure to enforce the judgments in his favour. On 5 September 2001 the court found against the applicant, finding no fault on the part of the bailiff. 8.  On 21 November 2001 and 8 April 2002, respectively, the Kharkiv Regional Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court of Ukraine upheld the judgment of the first-instance court. 9.  Between 4 September 2003 and 13 January 2004 the enforcement proceedings were suspended due to the initiation of bankruptcy proceedings against the PCFK. 10.  On 13 July 2004 the Bailiffs’ Service informed the applicant that he was number 44 on the creditors’ waiting list in respect of the enforcement of the judgment of 2 November 1998. He was also number 472-474 on the creditors’ waiting list in respect of the enforcement of the judgment of 24 April 2001. 11.  The judgments in the applicant’s favour remain unenforced.