European Court of Human Rights

FIFTH SECTION

DECISION

Applications nos. 18394/08 and 3488/09
ROVENKIVSKE SPETSIALIZOVANE REMONTNO-TRANSPORTNE PIDPRYYEMSTVO against Ukraine
and GLUKHOVA against Ukraine

The European Court of Human Rights (Fifth Section), sitting on 13 September 2011 as a Committee composed of:

Boštjan M. Zupančič, President,
Ganna Yudkivska,
Angelika Nußberger, judges,
and Stephen Phillips, Deputy Section Registrar,

Having regard to the above applications lodged on 5 April and 9 December 2008 respectively,

Having deliberated, decides as follows:

PROCEDURE

The applications were lodged by Rovenkivske Spetsializovane Remontno-Transportne Pidpryyemstvo (“the first applicant”), a company registered in Ukraine, and by Mariya Mykytivna Glukhova (“the second applicant”), a Ukrainian national who was born in 1937 and lives in Feodosiya. The first applicant was represented before the Court by Mr O. Bilokon, lawyer practising in Donetsk. The Ukrainian Government (“the Government”) were represented by their Agent, Ms Valeria Lutkovska, of the Ministry of Justice.

The applicants complained under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention and Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 about the lengthy non-enforcement of the judgments given in their favour. The second applicant also raised similar complaints under Articles 1, 13 and 17 of the Convention.

By letters of 1 July and 20 June 2011, respectively, the applicants informed the Court that the judgments given in their favour had been enforced and that they no longer wished to pursue their applications.

THE LAW

The Court considers that, in accordance with Rule 42 § 1 of the Rules of Court, the applications should be joined, given their common factual and legal background.

It takes note of the applicants’ aforementioned letters and considers it appropriate to strike the applications out of the list of cases in accordance with Article 37 § 1 (a) of the Convention.

For these reasons, the Court unanimously

Decides to join the applications;

Decides to strike the applications out of its list of cases.

Stephen Phillips Boštjan M. Zupančič
Deputy Registrar President