FIRST SECTION

DECISION

Application no. 54440/12 Tomasz CZARNECKI against Poland

The European Court of Human Rights (First Section), sitting on 18 December 2018 as a Committee composed of:

Ksenija Turković, President, Krzysztof Wojtyczek, Armen Harutyunyan, judges,

and Renata Degener, Deputy Section Registrar ,

Having regard to the above application lodged on 6 August 2012,

Having deliberated, decides as follows:

FACTS AND PROCEDURE

The applicant, Mr Tomasz Czarnecki, is a Polish national, who was born in 1972 and was detained in Reda.

The applicant ’ s complaints under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention about the excessive length of criminal proceedings and under Article 13 of the Convention about the ineffectiveness of a civil law remedy for the excessive length of proceedings were communicated to the Polish Government (“the Government”), who were represented by their Agent, Ms J. Chrzanowska, and subsequently Mr J. Sobczak of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

In the last Registry ’ s letter of 3 October 2018 the applicant was reminded that the period allowed for submission of his comments on the Government ’ s friendly settlement proposal had expired on 7 September 2018 and that no extension of time had been requested. His attention was drawn to Article 37 § 1 (a) of the Convention. The letter, sent by registered post, was returned unclaimed. The applicant did not correspond with the Registry since his last letter from March 2016.

THE LAW

The Court considers that, in these circumstances, the applicant may be regarded as no longer wishing to pursue his application, within the meaning of Article 37 § 1 (a) of the Convention. Furthermore , in accordance with Article 37 § 1 in fine , the Court finds no special circumstances regarding respect for human rights as defined in the Convention and its Protocols which require the continued examination of the case.

In view of the above, it is appropriate to strike the case 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 24 January 2019 .

Renata Degener Ksenija Turković Deputy Registrar President