6.  The applicant was born in 1952 and lives in Chişinău. 7.  After having been excluded in 1994 from a State-run apartment building association, the applicant brought an action against it, seeking the restitution of the money she had invested in a three-roomed apartment. 8.  On 29 April 1996 the Râşcani District Court ruled in favour of the applicant and ordered the building association to pay her 23,733.80 Moldovan lei (MDL) (the equivalent of 4,550 euros (EUR) at the time). 9.  The building association appealed unsuccessfully against the judgment on two occasions and, by a final judgment of 4 November 1997, the Court of Appeal upheld the judgment of 29 April 1996. 10.  In December 1997 and May 1998 the applicant received MDL 3,071.10 and MDL 1,970, respectively. 11.  Following several complaints about non-enforcement of the judgment lodged by the applicant with the Ministry of Justice, on 5 September 2000 and on 19 January 2001 the Ministry of Justice requested the Bailiff to take all the necessary steps to enforce the judgment. 12.  The final judgment of 4 November 1997 has not been enforced to date.