FIRST SECTION

DECISION

Application no . 25157/06 RUSSIAN CONSERVATIVE PARTY OF ENTREPRENEURS against Russia

The European Court of Human Rights ( First Section ), sitting on 21 October 2014 as a Committee composed of:

Khanlar Hajiyev , President, Erik Møse , Dmitry Dedov , judges,

and Søren Prebensen , Acting Deputy Section Registrar ,

Having regard to the above application lodged on 15 June 2006 ,

Having deliberated, decides as follows:

FACTS AND PROCEDURE

The applicant is the Russian Conservative Party of Entrepreneurs based in Moscow . It was represented before the Court by Mr M. Toporkov , its chairman.

The Russian Government (“the Government”) were represented by Mr G. Matyushkin , Representative of the Russian Federation at the European Court of Human Rights.

The applicant party complained under Article s 6 and 11 of the Convention about the invalidation of its official registration in the Unified State Register of Legal Entities and the length of the related judicial review proceedings.

On 19 March 2013 the Court decided to give notice to the Government of the applicant ’ s complaint under Article 11 of the Convention

On 12 July 2013 the Government submitted to the Registry their observations on the admissibility and merits of the application. These were forwarded on 17 July 2013 to the applicant, who was invited to submit observations in reply by 18 September 2013 . No reply was received to the Registry ’ s letter.

By letter s dated 25 October 2013 and 11 February 2014 , sent by registered post, the applicant party was notified that the period allowed for submission of its observations had expired on 18 September 2013 and that no extension of time had been requested. The applicant party ’ 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.

On 23 June 2014 Mr Toporkov informed the Court that the applicant party wanted to withdraw the application.

THE LAW

In the light of the foregoing, and in the absence of any special circumstances regarding respect for the rights guaranteed by the Convention or its Protocols, the Court, in accordance with Article 37 § 1 (a) of the Convention, considers that it is no longer justified to continue the examination of the application.

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.

Søren Prebensen Khanlar Hajiyev Acting Deputy Registrar President