4.  The applicant was born in 1954 and resides in the town of Novovolynsk, Volyn region, Ukraine. 5.  In November 2000 the applicant instituted proceedings in the Novovolynskyy Town Court against his former employer, State Mining Company No.1 “Novovolynska” (Шахта №1 „Нововолинська”), for salary arrears and other payments due to him. On 11 December 2000 the court awarded the applicant 34,207.10[1] Ukrainian hryvnias (“UAH”) in compensation for industrial disease and in other payments (Рішення Нововолинського міського суду Волинської області). 6.  On 12 January 2001 the Novovolynskyy District Bailiffs' Service (Відділ Державної виконавчої служби Нововолинського міського управління юстиції) initiated the enforcement proceedings. 7.  By the letters of 19 February and 10 April 2002, and 23 December 2003, the Novovolynskyy District Bailiffs' Service informed the applicant that it was not possible to sell the debtor's property as, according to the Law on the Introduction of a Moratorium on the Forced Sale of Property, on 26 December 2001, a ban on the forced sale of assets belonging to undertakings in which the State holds at least 25% of the share capital had been introduced. It also stated that the debtor's property was in a tax lien. 8.  In 2001-2004 the court judgment was enforced by instalments, the final amount being paid on 6 December 2004.