SECOND SECTION

DECISION

Application no. 26076/13 JURNAL DE CHIÅžINÄ‚U PLUS S.R.L. against the Republic of Moldova

The European Court of Human Rights (Second Section), sitting on 17 December 2020 as a Committee composed of:

Branko Lubarda , President, Carlo Ranzoni, Pauliine Koskelo , judges,

and Liv Tigerstedt, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,

Having regard to the above application lodged on 8 February 2013 ,

Having deliberated, decides as follows:

FACTS AND PROCEDURE

The applicant company, Jurnal de Chişinău Plus S.R.L., was registered in 2006.

The applicant company was represented by Mr D. Pavel, a lawyer practising in Chișinău .

The applicant company’s complaints under Article 6 of the Convention concerning the insufficient reasoning for the court judgments as well as under Article 7 § 1 of the Convention were communicated to the Moldovan Government (“the Government”) , who submitted observations on the admissibility and merits. The observations were forwarded to the applicant company, which was invited to submit its own observations. No reply was received to the Registry’s letter .

On 28 September 2020, by letter sent through the Court’s Electronic Communications Service (“ eComms ”), the applicant company was notified that the period allowed for submission of its observations had expired on 17 April 2020 and that no extension of time had been requested. The applicant’s attention was drawn to Article 37 § 1 (a) of the Convention, which provides that the Court may strike an application out of its list of cases where the circumstances lead to the conclusion that the applicant does not intend to pursue the application.

The applicant company’s representative downloaded this letter on the same date. However, no response has been received.

THE LAW

In the light of the foregoing, and in the absence of any special circumstances regarding respect for the rights guaranteed by the Convention and the Protocols thereto, the Court, in accordance with Article 37 § 1 (a) of the Convention, considers that it is no longer justified to continue the examination of the application.

Accordingly, the case should be struck out of the list.

For these reasons, the Court, unanimously,

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

Done in English and notified in writing on 21 January 2021 .

Liv Tigerstedt Branko Lubarda              Acting Deputy Registrar President