FIFTH SECTION

DECISION

Application no . 1923/07 Jelka KOVAČIČ against Slovenia

The European Court of Human Rights (Fifth Section), sitting on 15 January 2013 as a Committee composed of:

Ann Power-Forde, President, Boštjan M. Zupančič , Helena Jäderblom , judges, and Stephen Phillips , Deputy Section Registrar ,

Having regard to the above application lodged on 18 December 2006,

Having regard to the applicant ’ s withdrawal of the application,

Having deliberated, decides as follows:

FACTS AND PROCEDURE

The applicant, Ms Jelka Kovačič , is a Slovenian national, who was born in 1950 and lives in Kranj . She was represented before the Court by Odvetniška Družba Čeferin , a law firm from Grosuplje .

The Slovenian Government (“the Government”) were represented by their Agent.

The applicant was a party to proceedings which were terminated before 1 January 2007, that is, before the 2006 Act on the Protection of the Right to a Trial without Undue Delay (“the 2006 Act”) became operational. The applicant complained under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention about the excessive length of proceedings and under Article 13 of the Convention about the lack of an effective domestic remedy in that regard.

A fter the Government had been given notice of the application, they informed the Court that the applicant had received compensation in domestic proceedings. The applicant subsequently informed the Court that she wished to withdraw her application introduced before the Court.

THE LAW

The Court takes note that the matter has been resolved at the domestic level and that the applicant wishes to withdraw her application. It is satisfied that respect for human rights as defined in the Convention or its Protocols does not require the examination of the application to be continued (Article 37 § 1 in fine of the Convention).

In view of the above, it is appropriate to strike the case out of the list in accordance with Article 37 § 1 (a) of the Convention .

For these reasons, the Court unanimously

Decides to strike the application out of its list of cases.

Stephen Phillips Ann Power-Forde Deputy Registrar President