FIRST SECTION

DECISION

Application no . 21453/13 Marijana HODŽIĆ against Croatia

The European Court of Human Rights ( First Section ), sitting on 24 March 2015 as a Committee composed of:

Mirjana Lazarova Trajkovska , President, Linos-Alexandre Sicilianos , Ksenija Turković , judges,

and André Wampach , Deputy Section Registrar ,

Having regard to the above application lodged on 15 December 2012 ,

Having deliberated, decides as follows:

FACTS AND PROCEDURE

The applicant, Ms Marijana Hodžić , is a Croatian national, who was born in 1972 and lives in Zagreb .

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

The applicant complained under Article s 6 § 1 and 8 of the Convention about the non-enforcement of a final judgment ordering her daughter ’ s father to pay child maintenance for their common child .

The application was 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 her own observations. No reply was received to the Registry ’ s letter.

By letter dated 5 December 2014 , sent by registered post, the applicant was notified that the period allowed for submission of her observations had expired on 5 November 2014 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 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 received this letter on 22 December 2014 . 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 her 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 16 April 2015 .

André Wampach Mirjana Lazarova Trajkovska Deputy Registrar President