THIRD SECTION

DECISION

Application no . 71722/10 S.C. RINGIER ROMANIA S.R.L. against Romania

The European Court of Human Rights ( Third Section ), sitting on 3 December 2013 as a Committee composed of:

Ján Šikuta, President, Luis López Guerra, Nona Tsotsoria, judges, and Marialena Tsirli , Deputy Section Registrar ,

Having regard to the above application lodged on 1 October 2010 ,

Having deliberated, decides as follows:

FACTS AND PROCEDURE

The applicant, S.C. Ringier Romania S.R.L. , is a Romanian company , based in Bucharest. It was represented before the Court by Mr D. Costea , a lawyer practising in Bucharest .

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

The applicant company complained about the libel proceedings brought by a third party against it .

The applicant company ’ s complaints under Article 10 of the Convention were communicated to the Government, who submitted their observations on the admissibility and merits. The observations were forwarded to the applicant company , who was invited to submit its own observations. No reply was received to the Registry ’ s letter.

By letter dated 23 November 2012 , sent by registered post, the applicant company ’ s representative was notified that the period allowed for submission of its observations had expired on 5 November 2012 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 company ’ s representative received this letter on 29 November 2012 . However, no response has been received.

THE LAW

The Court considers that, in these circumstances, the applicant company may be regarded as no longer wishing to pursue its 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.

Marialena Tsirli Ján Šikuta Deputy Registrar President