FIRST SECTION

DECISION

Application no . 48749/09 Zdravko SRÅ A against Croatia

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

Peer Lorenzen , President, Khanlar Hajiyev , Julia Laffranque , judges, and André Wampach , Deputy Section Registrar ,

Having regard to the above application lodged on 29 July 2009 ,

Having deliberated , decides as follows:

THE FACTS

The applicant , Mr Zdravko Srša , is a Croatian national , who was born in 1973 and lives in Selnica .

The Croatian Government (“the Government”) were represented by their Agent , Ms Š. Stažnik .

The applicant complained under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention about the length of civil proceedings.

The applicant ’ s complaint concerning the length of civil proceedings 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 his own observations. No reply was received to the Registry ’ s letter.

By letter dated 6 July 2012, the applicant was notified that the period allowed for submission of his observations had expired on 14 March 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 applicant received this letter on 20 July 2012. 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 app lication out of its list of cases.

André Wampach Peer Lorenzen Deputy Registrar President