FIRST SECTION

DECISION

Application no. 24740/15 Vladimir ROMAC and O thers against Croatia

The European Court of Human Rights (First Section), sitting on 19 November 2020 as a Committee composed of:

Krzysztof Wojtyczek, President, Linos-Alexandre Sicilianos, Erik Wennerström , judges,

and Liv Tigerstedt, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,

Having regard to the above application lodged on 12 May 2015 ,

Having deliberated, decides as follows:

FACTS AND PROCEDURE

The list of the applicants is set out in the appendix.

The applicants were represented by Ms K. Grba , a lawyer practising in Rijeka.

The applicants ’ complaints under Article 6 of the Convention concerning the breach of the principle of adversarial hearing and the excessive length of civil proceedings were communicated to the Croatian Government (“the Government”), who submitted observations on the admissibility and merits. The observations were forwarded to the applicants, who were invited to submit their own observations. No reply was received to the Registry ’ s letter.

By letter dated 8 March 2018, sent by registered post to the applicants ’ representative, the applicants were notified that the period allowed for submission of their observations had expired on 26 October 2017 and that no extension of time had been requested. The applicants ’ 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 applicants ’ representative received this letter on 15 March 2018. However, no response has followed.

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 10 December 2020.

Liv Tigerstedt Krzysztof Wojtyczek              Acting Deputy Registrar President

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