4.  The applicant was born in 1971 and lives in the town of Dniprodzerzhynsk. 5.  In 2002 the applicant instituted proceedings in the Labour Disputes Commission against the Agrofos State Enterprise (the “ASE”), seeking recovery of salary arrears and compensation. By decision of 26 February 2002, the Labour Disputes Commission allowed the applicant's claims and ordered the ASE to pay him UAH 3,429.09[1] in salary arrears and other payments. 6.  On 18 July 2002 the applicant instituted proceedings in the Bagaliyskyy District Court of Dniprodzerzhynsk against the ASE, seeking recovery of salary arrears and compensation. On 23 August 2002 the court left the applicant's claim without consideration for failure to attend the hearings, of which the applicant had been informed in advance. The applicant did not appeal against this decision. 7.  On 5 September 2002 the applicant lodged similar claims with the same court against the ASE. By decision of 26 September 2002, the court awarded the applicant UAH 3,842.86[2] in salary arrears and other payments. 8.  On 10 April and 1 October 2002 the Bagaliyskyy District Bailiffs' Service of Dniprodzerzhynsk instituted enforcement proceedings concerning the decisions of 26 February and 26 September 2002, respectively. 9.  On 5 August 2002 the Ministry of Fuel and Energy of Ukraine liquidated the ASE and established the Joint Stock Company “Dniprovskyy Zavod Mineralnyh Dobryv” (the “DZMD”) – in which the State held 40% of the share capital – as the ASE's successor. 10.  On 24 March 2003 the applicant lodged with the Bagaliyskyy District Court a criminal law complaint against the Bailiffs' Service. By letter of 2 April 2003, the President of the court denied jurisdiction to consider the applicant's complaint. 11.  On 2 February 2004 the Bailiffs' Service informed the applicant that the decisions in his favour had not been executed due to the substantial number of enforcement proceedings against the DZMD and that the procedure for the forced sale of assets belonging to the debtor company had been blocked by the Law on the Introduction of a Moratorium on the Forced Sale of Property of 29 November 2001. The Bailiffs' Service further informed the applicant that the DZMD's property has been in a tax lien since 1 March 2004. 12.  On 7 April 2004 the Commercial Court of the Dnipropetrovsk Region commenced bankruptcy proceedings against the DZMD. According to the Government, these proceedings are still pending. 13.  On 29 April 2004 the applicant instituted civil proceedings in the Bagaliyskyy District Court against the Bailiffs' Service, seeking compensation for failure to enforce the decisions in his favour. On 29 November 2004 the court rejected the applicant's claim. The applicant did not appeal against this decision. 14.  On 2 September 2004 the decision of 26 February 2002 was enforced in full. The decision of 26 September 2002 remains to a large extent (UAH 1,059[3]) unenforced.