4.   The applicant was born in 1944 and lives in the town of Chervonograd, Ukraine. 5.  On 17 September 2003 the Chervonograd Court awarded the applicant 34,041.65 Ukrainian hryvnas (about EUR 5,887) in salary arrears and other sums, to be paid by the State company Chervonogradske girnichomontazhne upravlinnya. 6.  The judgment became final and enforcement proceedings were instituted. 7.  On 25 June 2007 the Bailiffs’ Service returned the writ of enforcement to the applicant since there was a tax lien over the company’s property and it was therefore not possible to attach it. The applicant did not challenge this decision before the domestic courts; nor did he relodge the writ of execution with the Bailiffs’ Service. 8.  The judgment in the applicant’s favour remains unenforced.