FOURTH SECTION

DECISION

Application no. 69344/14 Mikola BELA against Romania

The European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting on 10 November 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 1 October 2014,

Having deliberated, decides as follows:

FACTS AND PROCEDURE

The applicant, Mr Mikola Bela, was born in 1974.

The applicant was represented by Ms G. E. Menyhárt, a lawyer practising in Oradea.

The applicant’s complaints under Article 8 of the Convention concerning an interference with his right to respect for private life due to a ban imposed on his entry to Romania for a period of five years, as well as under Article 1 of Protocol no. 7 to the Convention concerning the respect of procedural safeguards relating to his expulsion were 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 his own observations. No reply was received to the Registry’s letter.

By letter dated 19 August 2021, sent by registered post, the applicant’s lawyer was notified that the period allowed for submission of his observations had expired on 20 July 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’s lawyer received this letter on 31 August 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 2 December 2021.

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Viktoriya Maradudina Armen Harutyunyan Acting Deputy Registrar President