FOURTH SECTION

DECISION

Application no. 23550/06 Gheorghe LIVINÅ¢ against Romania

The European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting on 10 April 2018 as a Committee composed of:

Paulo Pinto de Albuquerque, President, Egidijus KÅ«ris, Iulia Motoc, judges, and Andrea Tamietti, Deputy Section Registrar ,

Having regard to the above application lodged on 10 April 2006,

Having deliberated, decides as follows:

FACTS AND PROCEDURE

1. The applicant, Mr Gheorghe Livinţ, is a Romanian national, who was born in 1930 and lives in Galați.

2. The applicant ’ s complaints under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention concerning access to court were communicated to the Romanian Government (“the Government”), who were represented by their Agent, Mrs C. Brumar, from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

3. By a letter of 31 January 2017, sent by registered post, the applicant was invited to inform the Court about any developments of the proceedings at domestic level and to confirm that he wished to maintain his application lodged with the Court. His 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.

4. The applicant received this letter on 27 February 2017. However, no response has been received in reply.

5. The most recent correspondence from the applicant is dated 22 September 2011.

THE LAW

6. In absence of any correspondence from the applicant since 2011 and given his failure to reply to the strike-out warning, the Court considers that 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.

7. 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 3 May 2018 .

Andrea Tamietti Paulo Pinto de Albuquerque              Deputy Registrar President