THIRD SECTION

DECISION

Application no. 66095/01 by Romas JUÅ KA against Lithuania

The European Court of Human Rights (Third Section), sitting on 20 March 2003 as a Chamber composed of

Mr G. Ress , President , Mr I. Cabral Barreto ,

Mr L. Caflisch , Mr P. KÅ«ris , Mr J. Hedigan , Mrs M. Tsatsa-Nikolovska , Mrs H.S. Greve , judges , and Mr V. Berger , Section Registrar ,

Having regard to the above application lodged on 10 December 2000,

Having deliberated, decides as follows:

THE FACTS AND COMPLAINTS

The applicant, Mr Romas Juška , is a Lithuanian national, who was born in 1963 and lives in Vilnius.

The applicant introduced his application on 10 December 2000 whereby he complained about criminal proceedings for fraud. He complained in particular that the length of the proceedings had been excessive, and that a final decision had not been taken in his case in breach of Article 6 § 1 of the Convention.

In a letter of 17 June 2002 the applicant stated that he wished to withdraw the above application. In his letter of 24 July 2002 he reiterated the claim.

In his further letter of 26 November 2002 the applicant specified that he had no further claims against the Lithuanian authorities in connection with the criminal proceedings against him in view of the adoption of the new Criminal Code and the Code of Criminal Procedure. He also stated that he decided to withdraw the case by his own will, without any outside pressure.

THE LAW

The Court notes that the applicant wishes to withdraw the application on the ground that he has no further claims against the Lithuanian authorities in regard to the criminal proceedings against him, in view of the adoption of the new substantive and procedural criminal laws in Lithuania.

Against this background, the Court considers that the applicant does not intend to pursue his application. The Court detects no interest warranting it to continue the examination of the application. By reference to Article 37 § 1 of the Convention, the Court considers that the case should be struck out of its list of cases.

For these reasons, the Court unanimously

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

Vincent Berger Georg R ess Registrar President