FIFTH SECTION

DECISION

Application no. 50111/07 by Bekir MUSTAFOVSKI against the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

The European Court of Human Rights (Fifth Section), sitting on 14 December 2010 as a Committee composed of:

Rait Maruste , President , Mirjana Lazarova Trajkovska , Zdravka Kalaydjieva , and Stephen Phillips , D eputy Section Registrar ,

Having regard to the above application lodged on 3 November 2007,

Having deliberated, decides as follows:

THE FACTS

The application was lodged by Mr Bekir Mustafovski , a Macedonian national who was born in 1957 and lives in Resen . The Macedonian Government (“the Government”) were represented by their Agent, Mrs R. Lazareska Gerovska .

The case concerned the length of civil proceedings in which the applicant claimed payment of a debt. The proceedings began on 13 April 1998 and ended on 4 May 2007 (date of service).

On 1 December 2008 the Court decided to communicate the applicant ’ s complaint about the length of the impugned proceedings under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention.

On 12 March 2009 the Court received a friendly settlement declaration signed by the Government. On 15 April 2009 the applicant w as invited to submit his position concerning the friendly settlement of the case before 30 April 2009 . However, the Court notes that the applicant ha s failed to do so. Moreover, he failed to respond to two registered letter s dated 9 September 2009 and 22 April 2010 respectively , the latter including a warning of the possibility that his case might be struck out of the Court ’ s list.

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.

Stephen Phillips Rait Maruste Deputy Registrar President