FOURTH SECTION

DECISION

Application no . 55839/14 Petru ANDRONACHE against Romania

The European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting on 28 April 2016 as a Committee composed of:

Vincent A. De Gaetano, President, Egidijus Kūris , Gabriele Kucsko-Stadlmayer, judges, and Hasan Bakırcı, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,

Having regard to the above application lodged on 30 July 2014 ,

Having deliberated, decides as follows:

FACTS AND PROCEDURE

The applicant, Mr Petru Andronache , is a Romanian national, who was born in 1945 and lives in Luncani .

He was represented before the Court by Mr R.D. Cosma , a lawyer practising in Bucharest.

The applicant ’ s complaints under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention concerning the excessive length of criminal proceedings were communicated to the Romanian Government (“the Government”) , who submitted observations on the admissibility and merits.

By letter dated 17 November 2015, sent by registered post, the applicant was notified that the period allowed for submission of his observations had expired on 2 October 2015 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 2 December 2015. However, no response has been received.

THE LAW

The Court considers that, in these circumstances, the applicant may be regarded as no longer wishing to pursue the 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 the Protocols thereto which require the continued examination of the application.

In view of the above, it is appropriate to strike the application 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 19 May 2016 .

Hasan Bakırcı Vincent A. De Gaetano Acting Deputy Registrar President