OTEGI MONDRAGON v. SPAIN JUDGMENT 23 D. Default interest 76. The Court considers it appropriate that the default interest rate should be based on the marginal lending rate of the European Central Bank, to which should be added three percentage points. FOR THESE REASONS, THE COURT UNANIMOUSLY 1. Declares the application admissible; 2. Holds that there has been a violation of Article 10 of the Convention; 3. Holds that there is no need to examine the complaint under Article 14 of the Convention; 4. Holds (a) that the respondent State is to pay the applicant, within three months from the date on which the judgment becomes final in accordance with Article 44 § 2 of the Convention, the following amounts: (i) EUR 20,000 (twenty thousand euros) in respect of non-pecuniary damage; (ii) EUR 3,000 (three thousand euros) in respect of costs and expenses; (iii) any tax that may be chargeable on these amounts; (b) that from the expiry of the above-mentioned three months until settlement simple interest shall be payable on the above amounts at a rate equal to the marginal lending rate of the European Central Bank during the default period plus three percentage points; 5. Dismisses the remainder of the applicant’s claim for just satisfaction. Done in French, and notified in writing on 15 March 2011, pursuant to Rule 77 §§ 2 and 3 of the Rules of Court. Santiago Quesada Registrar Josep Casadevall President