THIRD SECTION

DECISION

Application no . 23358/06 L.B. against Romania

The European Court of Human Rights (Third Section), sitting on 16 October 2012 as a Committee composed of:

Egbert Myjer , President, Luis López Guerra , Kristina Pardalos , judges, and Marialena Tsirli , Deputy Section Registrar ,

Having regard to the above application lodged on 9 June 2006,

Having deliberated, decides as follows:

FACTS AND PROCEDURE

The applicant, L.B., is a Romanian national, who was born in 1983 and lives in Roman. The President granted the applicant ’ s request for her identity not to be disclosed to the public (Rule 47 § 3).

The Romanian Government (“the Government”) were represented by their Agent, Mrs Irina Cambrea , of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The applicant complained mainly under Article 8 of the Convention about the discloser of her personal data by a local newspaper.

The applicant ’ s complaint under Article 8 was 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 26 June 2012, sent by registered post, the applicant was notified that the period allowed for submission of her observations had expired on 11 June 2012 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 letter returned to the Court as the applicant failed to c ollect it from the post office.

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 Egbert Myjer Deputy Registrar President