FOURTH SECTION

DECISION

Application no. 13270/18 Antonio DINU against Romania

The European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting on 9 December 2021 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 6 March 2018,

Having deliberated, decides as follows:

FACTS AND PROCEDURE

The applicant, Mr Antonio Dinu, was born in 1984. He was represented by Mr D. Caraman, a lawyer practising in Bucharest.

The applicant’s complaint under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention concerning the fairness of the criminal proceedings against him was communicated to the Romanian Government (“the Government”), who submitted observations on the admissibility and merits. The observations were forwarded to the applicant’s lawyer, who was invited to submit observations on the applicant’s behalf. No reply was received to the Registry’s letter.

By letter dated 4 November 2020, sent to the applicant’s lawyer via the Court’s Electronic Communication Service (“e-comms”), he was notified that the period allowed for submission of his observations had expired on 29 October 2020 and that no extension of time had been requested. The applicant party’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’s lawyer received that letter on 4 November 2020. 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 13 January 2022.

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Viktoriya Maradudina Armen Harutyunyan Acting Deputy Registrar President