THIRD SECTION

DECISION

Application no . 23768/08 Filofteia BICA against Romania

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

Alvina Gyulumyan, President, Kristina Pardalos, Johannes Silvis, judges, and Marialena Tsirli , Deputy Section Registrar ,

Having regard to the above application lodged on 5 May 2008 ,

Having deliberated, decides as follows:

FACTS AND PROCEDURE

The applicant, Ms Filofteia Bica , is a Romanian national, who was born in 1931 and lives in Quebec, Canada. She was represented before the Court by Ms P. Cernescu , who lives in Bucharest .

The Romanian Government (“the Government”) were represented by their Agent, Ms C. Brumar , from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs .

The applicant ’ s complaint s under Article 6 of the Convention 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 her own observations. No reply was received to the Registry ’ s letter.

By letter dated 14 May 2013, sent by registered post, the applicant ’ s representative was notified that the period allowed for submission of her observations had expired on 7 January 2013 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 29 May 2013 . 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. Furtherm ore, 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.

Marialena Tsirli Alvina Gyulumyan Deputy Registrar President