FIRST SECTION

DECISION

Application no. 62494/14
F.LLI GRILLO S.N.C. DI GRILLO PLACIDO E SEBASTIANO
against Italy

The European Court of Human Rights (First Section), sitting on 19 December 2024 as a Committee composed of:

 Georgios A. Serghides, President,
 Erik Wennerström,
 Alain Chablais, judges,

and Viktoriya Maradudina, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,

Having regard to the above application lodged on 5 September 2014,

Having deliberated, decides as follows:

FACTS AND PROCEDURE

The applicant company, F.lli Grillo S.N.C. di Grillo Placido E Sebastiano, was registered in 1981.

The applicant was represented by Mr F. Marullo di Condojanni, a lawyer practising in Messina.

The applicant’s complaints under Article 7 of the Convention concerning the application of the more favourable criminal law were communicated to the Italian 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 to the Registry’s letter.

By letter dated 19 August 2024, sent via the Court’s Electronic Communication Service (eComms), the applicant was notified that the period allowed for submission of its observations had expired on 12 August 2024 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 received this letter on the same day. 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 23 January 2025.

 Viktoriya Maradudina Georgios A. Serghides
 Acting Deputy Registrar President