FOURTH SECTION

DECISION

Application no. 47434/20 Nicolae-Cosmin GRECU against Romania

The European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting on 10 March 2022 as a Committee composed of:

Armen Harutyunyan, President, Jolien Schukking, Ana Maria Guerra Martins, judges,

and Viktoriya Maradudina, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,

Having regard to the above application lodged on 16 October 2020,

Having deliberated, decides as follows:

FACTS AND PROCEDURE

The applicant, Mr Nicolae-Cosmin Grecu, was born in 1987.

The applicant’s complaints under Article 5 §§ 1 (e) and 4 of the Convention concerning his involuntary admission to a psychiatric hospital were communicated to the Romanian Government (“the Government”), who submitted 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 19 November 2021, sent by registered post, the applicant was notified that the period allowed for submission of his observations had expired on 9 November 2021 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 an application 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 that letter on 29 November 2021. However, no response has followed.

THE LAW

In the light of the foregoing, and in the absence of any special circumstances regarding respect for the rights guaranteed by the Convention and the Protocols thereto, the Court, in accordance with Article 37 § 1 (a) of the Convention, considers that it is no longer justified to continue the examination of the application.

Accordingly, the case should be struck out of the list.

For these reasons, the Court, unanimously,

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

Done in English and notified in writing on 31 March 2022.

Viktoriya Maradudina Armen Harutyunyan Acting Deputy Registrar President