23. The Court notes from the outset the acceptance by the Respondent State to erase from the judicial record of the Applicant all criminal convictions against him; it therefore sees no reason why it should not endorse this agreement. 24. On the request "to set aside the Order on the payment of fines , damages and costs" issued against the Applicant by the Ouagadougou High Court, the Court wishes to emphasise the point that it is not an appellate jurisdiction to which decisions by national courts are referred and that, for that reason , the request cannot be granted. The Court however recalls its Order in its 5 December 2014 Judgment in this case, requiring the Respondent State to amend its legislation on defamation to make penalties compliant with the criteria of necessity and proportionality (see supra, para 8); the Court therefore urges the Respondent State to review downwards the amount charged as fines, damages and costs. B) On compensation for material damage 25. The Applicant alleged having lost all his income as a result of his twelve months' imprisonment and the suspension of his weekly newspaper, L'Ouragan, for six months; that he lost an average of 6,000,000 CFA Francs per month, making a total of 108,000,000 CFA Francs between 29 October 2012 and 30 April 2014, not counting interest and inflation . 26. He then submits that he lost important equipment, staff and access to distribution networks as a result of his imprisonment and closure of L'Ouragan; that several computers and office equipment with an estimated value of 5,000,000 CFA Francs had to be sold ; and that to be able to resume publication of L'Ouragan, he incurred further expenditure to replace some of the lost equipment, including new computers valued at 3,251,000 CFA Francs. 27. He further submits that it took him over six months after his release on 29 October 2013, to resume publication of his Weekly; that he could publish only seven editions between May and September 2014, and that he was compelled 8 to ~ <ts\ ~} ~¥1 ~0·