SECOND SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 61731/17
Veaceslav BEȚ
against the Republic of Moldova
The European Court of Human Rights (Second Section), sitting on 15 February 2024 as a Committee composed of:
Frédéric Krenc, President,
Diana Sârcu,
Davor Derenčinović, judges,
and Viktoriya Maradudina, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,
Having regard to the above application lodged on 17 August 2017,
Having deliberated, decides as follows:
FACTS AND PROCEDURE
The applicant, Mr Veaceslav Beț, was born in 1979. He was represented by Ms C. Bancu, a lawyer practising in Chișinău.
The applicant’s complaints under Article 6 of the Convention concerning unfairness of proceedings, as well as the complaints under Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 were communicated to the Moldovan 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 5 June 2023, sent by registered post, the applicant was notified that the period allowed for submission of his observations had expired on 29 March 2023 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 letter returned to the Registry as unclaimed.
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 14 March 2024.
Viktoriya Maradudina Frédéric Krenc
Acting Deputy Registrar President