Voloc and Others v. the Republic of Moldova

SECOND SECTION

Application no. 38292/08 Mihai VOLOC and Others against the Republic of Moldova

The European Court of Human Rights (Second Section), sitting on 30 January 2020 as a Committee composed of:

Ivana Jelić, President, Arnfinn Bårdsen, Darian Pavli, judges,

and Liv Tigerstedt, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,

Having regard to the above application lodged on 1 August 2008,

Having deliberated, decides as follows:

FACTS AND PROCEDURE

The list of the applicants is set out in the appendix.

The applicants were represented by Mr T. Cârnaţ, a lawyer practising in Chișinău.

The applicants’ complaints under Article 6 § 1 and Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 to the Convention, concerning the failure to enforce in a timely manner the final judgments adopted in the applicants’ favour, were communicated to the Moldovan Government (“the Government”), who submitted observations on the admissibility and merits.

On 11 July 2019 the Registry sent a letter to the applicants’ representative, inviting him to submit, by 22 August 2019, the applicants’ claims for just satisfaction. However, there was no reply to that letter.

By letter dated 27 September 2019, sent by registered post, the applicants’ representative was notified that the period allowed for submission of the requested information had expired on 22 August 2019 and that no extension of time had been requested. His 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. No reply was received. Moreover, the Court has received no communication from the applicants since 2011.

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 20 February 2020.

Liv Tigerstedt Ivana Jelić Acting Deputy Registrar President

APPENDIX

No.

Applicant’s Name

1

Mihai VOLOC

2

Dumitru CAZANGIU

3

Vladimir LUTENCO

4

Alexandru ROBOTOV

5

Petru STALBE