FOURTH SECTION

DECISION

Application no . 43785/10 Arsenij MEDVEDEV against Lithuania

The European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting on 16 January 2017 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 14 June 2010,

Having deliberated, decides as follows:

FACTS AND PROCEDURE

1. The applicant, Mr Arsenij Medvedev, is a Lithuanian national, who was born in 1944 and lives in Vilnius. He was represented before the Court by Ms E. Jankovska, a lawyer practising in Vilnius.

2. The Lithuanian Government (“the Government”) were represented by their Agent Ms E. Baltutytė, and later by their Agent Ms K. Bubnytė.

3. The applicant complained under Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 to the Convention about the annulment of his title to a plot of land on the grounds that that plot included a forest of national importance.

4. On 6 December 2011 the application was communicated to the Government. The parties submitted observations.

5. On 20 October 2015 and 31 October 2017 the Court received letters from the applicant ’ s representative, stating that the applicant ’ s property rights had been restored and that he waived any further related claims against the Lithuanian Government.

THE LAW

6. In the light of the above, the Court considers that the matter has been resolved within the meaning of Article 37 § 1 (b) of the Convention and that respect for human rights as defined in the Convention and its Protocols does not require it to continue the examination of the application under Article 37 § 1 in fine .

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 8 February 2018 .

Andrea Tamietti Paulo Pinto de Albuquerque              Deputy Registrar President