SECOND SECTION

DECISION

Application no . 57725/13 Manuel VULIĆ against Croatia

The European Court of Human Rights (Second Section), sitting on 13 October 2015 as a Committee composed of:

Robert Spano, President, Ksenija Turković, Jon Fridrik Kjølbro, judges, and Abel Campos, Deputy Section Registrar ,

Having regard to the above application lodged on 19 August 2013,

Having deliberated, decides as follows:

FACTS AND PROCEDURE

The applicant, Mr Manuel Vulić, is a Croatian national, who was born in 1986 and lives in Prague . He was represented before the Court by Mr Z. Gulišija, a lawyer practising in Split.

The Croatian Government (“the Government”) were represented by their Agent, Ms Š. Stažnik.

The applicant complained under Article 5 §§ 1 (c) and 3 of the Convention about the alleged unlawfulness and excessive length of his pre ‑ trial detention.

The applicant ’ s complaints were communicated to the Government, who submitted their observations on the admissibility and merits. The observations were forwarded to the applicant, who was invited to submit his own observations.

As no reply was received by the applicant, by a letter dated 1 April 2015, sent by registered post, the applicant ’ s representative was notified that the period allowed for submission of his observations had expired on 3 March 2015 and that no extension of time had been requested. The applicant ’ s representative ’ s attention was drawn to Article 37 § 1 (a) of the Convention, which provides that the Court may strike a case 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 ’ s representative received this letter on 20 April 2015.

By a letter dated 4 May 2015 the applicant ’ s representative informed the Court that he intended to pursue the application.

Accordingly, by a letter dated 29 May 2015, sent by registered post, the applicant ’ s representative was invited to submit his observations by 23 June 2015. His attention was again drawn to Article 37 § 1 (a) of the Convention, which provides that the Court may strike a case 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 ’ s representative received this letter on 12 June 2015.

No reply was received to the Registry ’ s letter.

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 appli cation out of its list of cases.

Done in English and notified in writing on 5 November 2015 .

Abel Campos Robert Spano Deputy Registrar President