SECOND SECTION

DECISION

Application no. 35397/11 Titus SÄ‚RÄ‚TEANU against the Republic of Moldova

The European Court of Human Rights (Second Section), sitting on 15 October 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 17 May 2011 ,

Having deliberated, decides as follows:

FACTS AND PROCEDURE

The applicant, Mr Titus Sărăteanu , was born in 1968.

The applicant ’ s complaints under Article 8 of the Convention concerning the interception of his phone calls and under Article 6 § 1 were communicated to the Moldovan Government (“the Government”) .

On 6 December 2019 the Registry sent a letter to the applicant requesting comments on the Government ’ s request to suspend the proceedings. No reply was received to this letter.

By letter dated 15 June 2020, sent by registered post, the applicant was notified that the period allowed for submission of the requested comments had expired on 13 January 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 received this letter on 28 July 2020. However, no response 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 5 November 2020 .

Liv Tigerstedt Branko Lubarda              Acting Deputy Registrar President