FIFTH SECTION

DECISION

Application no. 78162/14 Anna Mykolayivna KOVALENKO against Ukraine

The European Court of Human Rights (Fifth Section), sitting on 20 January 2022 as a Committee composed of:

Lətif Hüseynov, President, Lado Chanturia, Arnfinn Bårdsen, judges,

and Viktoriya Maradudina, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,

Having regard to the above application lodged on 6 April 2015,

Having deliberated, decides as follows:

FACTS AND PROCEDURE

The applicant, Ms Anna Mykolayivna Kovalenko, was born in 1983.

The applicant’s complaint under Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 of the Convention concerning an interference with her property rights was communicated to the Ukrainian Government (“the Government”), who submitted observations on the admissibility and merits.

By letter dated 12 February 2020, the applicant was invited to designate a representative before the Court. In reply, the applicant informed the Court that she would appoint the representative in the nearest future, but she never did.

By letter dated 28 September 2020, sent by registered post, the applicant was notified that the time allowed for the appointment of the representative had expired on 22 July 2020 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. However, on 5 March 2021 the letter returned to the Court due to the impossibility to deliver it following the expiration of the storage period.

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 10 February 2022.

Viktoriya Maradudina Lətif Hüseynov Acting Deputy Registrar President