FIRST SECTION

DECISION

Application no. 804/03 by Geor giy Dmitriyevich SOLOVYEV against Russia

The European Court of Human Rights ( First Section), sitting on 10 April 2007 as a Chamber composed of:

Mr C.L. Rozakis , President , Mr L. Loucaides , Mrs N. Vajić , Mr A. Kovler , Mrs E. Steiner , Mr K. Hajiyev , Mr S.E. Jebens, judges , and Mr S. Nielsen , Section Registrar ,

Having regard to the above application lodged on 29 November 2002,

Having regard to the decision to apply Article 29 § 3 of the Convention and examine the admissibility and merits of the case together,

Having deliberated, decides as follows:

THE FACTS

The applicant, Mr Geor giy Dmitriyevich Solovyev , is a Russian national who was born in 1936 and lives in the town of Kovrov of the Vladimir Region . H e was represented before the Court by Mr S. Shenkman, a lawyer practising in Kovrov . The Russian Government (“the Government”) were represented by Mr P. Laptev, Representative of the Russian Federation at the European Court of Human Rights.

The applicant complained, in particular, about the non-enforcement of court awards in his favour under various Convention provisions.

On 30 August 2005 the Court communicated the case to the Government under Rule 54 § 2 (b) of the Rules of Court. The Government submitted their observations on the admissibility and merits of the case on 11 January 2006.

By letter of 30 January 2006 the Court requested the applicant to submit, by 13 March 2006, his comments on the Government ’ s observations.

In view of the absence of the applicant ’ s reply, by letter of 12 September 2006, sent by registered mail, the Court informed the applicant that the period allowed for submission of his observations had expired on 13 March 2006, and that no extension of the time-limit had been requested. The applicant ’ s attention was drawn to Article 37 § 1 (a) of the Convention which provided that the Court could strike the case out of its list of cases where the circumstances led to the conclusion that an applicant did not intend to pursue the application.

From the case-file it follows that this letter remained without reply.

THE LAW

The Court notes that despite the Court ’ s letters of 30 January and 12 September 2006, the applicant has not submitted his comments to the Government ’ s observations, nor has he made any other submissions to the Court since the communication of the case.

Against this background, the Court considers that the applicant has lost interest in pursuing the application. The Court finds no reasons concerning the respect for h uman r ights warranting the further examination of the case. Accordingly, Article 29 § 3 of the Convention should no longer apply and , with reference to Article 37 § 1 (a) of the Convention, the Court considers that the application should be struck out of its list of cases.

For these reasons, the Cou rt unanimously

Decides to strike the application out of its list of cases.

Søren Nielsen Christos Rozakis Registrar President