LAPTYEV v. UKRAINE - 30666/13 (Judgment : Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 - Protection of property : Fifth Section Committee)

The European Court of Human Rights (Fifth Section), sitting as a Committee composed of:

��������� Mārtiņ� Mits , President , ��������� Mar�a El�segui, ��������� Kateřina �im�čkov� , judges , and Martina Keller, Deputy Section Registrar,

the application (no. 30666/13 ) against Ukraine lodged with the Court under Article 34 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (�the Convention�) on 29 April 2013 by a Ukrainian national, Mr Vadym Ivanovych Laptyev, born in 1967 and living in Kyiv (�the applicant�) who was represented by Mr R. A. Shchedrin, a lawyer practising in Kyiv;

the decision to give notice to the Ukrainian Government (�the Government�), represented by their agent, Ms M. Sokorenko, of the complaint under Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 and to declare the remainder of the application inadmissible;

1.  The case concerns an alleged breach of customs regulations during the customs clearance of goods imported by the applicant�s company and the sanction imposed on the applicant, as the company�s managing director, in that connection, namely the confiscation of the goods combined with a fine in an amount equal to the value of the imported goods. The case raises an issue under Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 to the Convention.