4.  The applicant was born in 1937 and lives in the town of Dnipryany, the Kherson region. 5.  On 15 January 2002 the Nova-Kakhovka Town Court ordered the Joint Stock Company “Pivdenelektronmash”, in which the State held 75% of the share capital, to pay the applicant UAH 4,831.83[1] in salary arrears. At that time there were bankruptcy proceedings pending against the debtor company. 6.  On 21 February 2002 the Nova-Kakhovka Town Bailiffs’ Service instituted enforcement proceedings. 7.  On the same date the Bailiffs’ Service suspended the enforcement proceedings because of the fact that the procedure for the forced sale of assets belonging to the debtor had been suspended by the moratorium on the forced sale of property belonging to State enterprises introduced by the Law of 29 November 2001. 8.  On 3 June 2002 the Nova-Kakhovka Town Court, following the applicant’s request, quashed that decision. 9.  On 26 June 2002 the Bailiffs’ Service terminated the enforcement proceedings in view of the tax lien placed on the debtor’s property and its lack of funds. 10.  On 15 October 2002 the same court quashed the decision of the Bailiffs’ Service and ordered the latter to resume the enforcement proceedings. 11.  On 20 December 2002 the Bailiffs’ Service suspended the enforcement proceedings due to the bankruptcy proceedings pending against the debtor company. 12.  On 4 February 2003 the same court quashed the decision of 20 December 2002 and ordered the Bailiffs’ Service to renew the enforcement proceedings. On 20 May 2003 the Kherson Regional Court of Appeal upheld decision of the first instance court. 13.  In November 2003 the applicant was paid UAH 1,635[2]. 14.  In April 2004 the applicant instituted proceedings in the Nova-Kakhovka Town Court against the Bailiffs’ Service, seeking compensation for failure to enforce the judgment given in his favour. On 7 October 2004 the court rejected the applicant’s claim as unsubstantiated. The applicant did not appeal against that decision. 15.  The judgment in the applicant’s favour remains to a large extent unenforced, the outstanding debt being UAH 3,196.83[3].