THIRD SECTION

DECISION

Application no . 50166/06 Vasile COROTCHI against the Republic of Moldova

The European Court of Human Rights (Third Section), sitting on 17 September 2013 as a Committee composed of:

Luis López Guerra, President, Nona Tsotsoria, Valeriu Griţco, judges, and Marialena Tsirli , Deputy Section Registrar ,

Having regard to the above application lodged on 17 November 2006,

Having deliberated, decides as follows:

FACTS AND PROCEDURE

The applicant, Mr Vasile Corotchi, is a Moldovan national, who was born in 1960 and lives in Dondu È™ eni.

The Moldovan Government (“the Government”) were represented by their Agent, Mr L. Apostol.

The applicant ’ s complaints under Article 3 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 his own observations. No reply was received to the Registry ’ s letter.

By letter dated 8 March 2013, sent by registered post, the applicant was notified that the period allowed for submission of his observations had expired on 21 January 2013 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 18 March 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 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 application out of its list of cases.

Marialena Tsirli Luis López Guerra Deputy Registrar President