CEDH · CASELAW;DECISIONS;DECCOMMISSION;ENG — 13 septembre 1995

.sDD6737AE { font-size:11pt } .s211D6B00 { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; line-height:normal; widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:8.5pt } .sBB9EE52A { font-family:Arial }                          Application No. 25411/94                       by Bashkim ZOGJANI                       against Finland         The European Commission of Human Rights (First Chamber) sitting in private on 13 September 1995, the following members being present:              Mr.    C.L. ROZAKIS, President            Mrs.   J. LIDDY            MM.    E. BUSUTTIL                  A.S. GÖZÜBÜYÜK                  A. WEITZEL                  M.P. PELLONPÄÄ                  B. MARXER                  B. CONFORTI                  N. BRATZA                  I. BÉKÉS                  E. KONSTANTINOV                  G. RESS                  A. PERENIC                  C. BÎRSAN              Mrs.   M.F. BUQUICCHIO, Secretary to the Chamber         Having regard to Article 25 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms;         Having regard to the application introduced on 2 September 1994 by Bashkim Zogjani against Finland and registered on 12 October 1994 under file No. 25411/94;         Having regard to the report provided for in Rule 47 of the Rules of Procedure of the Commission;         Having regard to the observations submitted by the respondent Government on 16 June 1995;         Having deliberated;         Decides as follows:   THE FACTS         The applicant is a Kosovo-Albanian allegedly of Albanian nationality born in 1959. He is a lawyer and resides in Kerava, Finland. He is represented by Ms. Arijeta Dani, a nurse from Kerava.         On 12 March 1993 the applicant was granted a residence permit apparently for weighty humanitarian reasons. It appears that presently the applicant holds a permanent residence permit. According to a record of an interview with the applicant carried out by the Finnish police on 12 March 1993, he stated in two contexts that he had been engaged to S since March 1989 and that they had been "cohabiting partners". In one context S was referred to as the applicant's "spouse". According to the applicant he had already on his arrival in Finland stated to the authorities that S was his wife.          In July 1993 the applicant requested that S be granted a residence permit on humanitarian grounds in order to join him in Finland. The applicant submitted a copy of a marriage certificate issued by the Islamic parish in Kosovo, former Yugoslavia, according to which the applicant and S had contracted marriage on 18 March 1989.         In its opinion to the competent Finnish Consulate of 22 July 1994 the Aliens Centre of the Ministry of the Interior opposed the granting of a residence permit to S. Subsequently the competent Finnish Consulate refused to grant S a residence permit.         The applicant complains of lack of respect for his family life as S has not been permitted to enter Finland in order to join him.   PROCEEDINGS BEFORE THE COMMISSION         The application was introduced on 2 September 1994 and registered on 12 October 1994.         On 17 May 1995 the Commission decided, pursuant to Rule 48 para. 2 (b) of the Rules of Procedure, to bring the application to the notice of the respondent Government and to invite them to submit written observations on the admissibility and merits.         The Government's written observations were submitted on 16 June 1995. The Government informed the Commission that the applicant married S on 30 December 1994 in Kosovo, former Yugoslavia. He has presented a valid certificate of their marriage, dated 6 February 1995. For this reason the Aliens Centre supported in its fresh opinion of 11 April 1995 the granting of a residence permit to S. For the above-mentioned reasons the Finnish Embassy in Sofia decided on 25 May 1995 to grant S a residence permit for Finland for six months. On the basis of section 72 a of the Aliens Act any future requests from S for a residence permit will be decided by the Aliens Centre.         By letter of 22 June 1995 the Commission's Secretariat forwarded these observations to the applicant's representative. In accordance with the Commission's instructions, a time-limit expiring on 1 August 1995 was fixed for any observations in reply. There was no reaction on the applicant's part.   REASONS FOR THE DECISION         Noting that the applicant's wife S has been granted a temporary residence permit the Commission finds, in accordance with Article 30 para. 1 (c) of the Convention, that it is no longer justified to continue the examination of the application. Furthermore, it finds no special circumstances regarding respect for Human Rights, as defined in the Convention, which require the continuation of the examination of the application. It follows that the application should be struck out of the Commissions's list of cases.         For these reasons, the Commission, unanimously,         DECIDES TO STRIKE THE APPLICATION OUT OF ITS LIST OF CASES.   Secretary to the First Chamber        President of the First Chamber         (M.F. BUQUICCHIO)                       (C.L. ROZAKIS)