FOURTH SECTION

DECISION

Application no . 15202/11 Ryšard LAVRENOV and others against Lithuania

The European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting on 4 April 2017 as a Committee composed of:

Vincent A. De Gaetano, President, Egidijus KÅ«ris , Gabriele Kucsko-Stadlmayer , judges,

and Andrea Tamietti, Deputy Section Registrar ,

Having regard to the above application lodged on 15 February 2011,

Having deliberated, decides as follows:

FACTS AND PROCEDURE

1. The applicants (Mr Ryšard Lavrenov , Ms Tamara Berkovič , Ms Niura Borisova , Ms Valentina Konovalova , Mr Jonas Lavrenov and Mr Michailas Lavrenovas ) are all Lithuanian nationals born in 1943, 1942, 1942, 1946, 1945 and 1943 respectively and live in Vilnius. They were represented before the Court by Mr Jonas Algirdas Smagurauskas , a lawyer practising in Vilnius.

2. The applicants ’ complaints under Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 to the Convention concerning the failure of the authorities to restore their property rights or to pay compensation, as well as the length of the restitution proceedings were communicated to the Government, who were represented by their Agent, Ms K. Bubnytė .

3. The applicants failed to respond to the Registry ’ s last letter of 20 December 2016 (received by their representative on 4 January 2017), reminding them that the period allowed for submission of their observations in reply had expired on 29 November 2016 and that no extension of time had been requested. Their attention was drawn to Article 37 § 1 (a) of the Convention.

THE LAW

4. The Court considers that, in these circumstances, the applicants may be regarded as no longer wishing to pursue their 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 4 May 2017 .

Andrea Tamietti Vincent A. De Gaetano              Deputy Registrar President