FOURTH SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 33188/22
VITAMIL DOO NIŠ
against Serbia
The European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting on 30 May 2024 as a Committee composed of:
Anne Louise Bormann, President,
Branko Lubarda,
Sebastian Răduleţu, judges,
and Viktoriya Maradudina, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,
Having regard to the above application lodged on 24 June 2022,
Having deliberated, decides as follows:
FACTS AND PROCEDURE
The applicant company, Vitamil doo Niš, was registered in 1998. It was represented by Mr M. Mladenović, a lawyer practising in Niš.
The applicant’s complaints under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention and Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 concerning the non-enforcement or delayed enforcement of domestic decisions given against socially/State-owned companies were communicated to the Serbian Government (“the Government”), who submitted observations on the admissibility and merits. The observations were forwarded to the applicant, who was invited to submit its own observations. No reply was received.
By letter dated 14 February 2024, sent through the Court’s electronic communication service (eComms), the applicant was notified that the period allowed for submission of its observations had expired on 13 July 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 applicant downloaded the Court’s letter on the eComms platform on the same day (14 February 2024). 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 20 June 2024.
Viktoriya Maradudina Anne Louise Bormann
Acting Deputy Registrar President