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PRACTICE DIRECTION1INSTITUTION OF PROCEEDINGS2(individual applications under
Article 34 of the Convention) I. General 1. An application under Article 34 of
the Convention must be submitted in writing. No application may be made by
phone. 2. An application must be sent to the following address: The Registrar
European Court of Human Rights Council of Europe F – 67075 STRASBOURG CEDEX. 3.
An application should normally be made on the form3referred to in Rule 47 §1 of
the Rules of Court and be accompanied by the documents and decisions mentioned
in Rule 47 § 1(h). Where an applicant introduces his application in a letter,
such letter must setout, at least in summary form, the subject matter of the
application in order tointerrupt the running of the six-month rule contained in
Article 35 § 1 of the Convention. 4. If an application has not been submitted on
the official form or an introductoryletter does not contain all the information
referred to in Rule 47, the applicant may berequired to submit a duly completed
form. It must be despatched within eight weeks from the date of the Registry’s
letter requesting the applicant to complete and returnthe form. Failure to
comply with this time-limit will have implications for the date of introduction
of the application and may therefore affect the applicant’s compliance with the
six-month rule contained in Article 35 § 1 of the Convention. 5. Applicants may
file an application by sending it by facsimile (“fax”)4. However, they must
despatch the signed original by post within eight weeks from the date of the
Registry’s letter referred to in paragraph 4 above. 6. Where, within six months
of being asked to do so, an applicant has not returned a duly completed
application form, the file will be destroyed. 1. Issued by the President of the
Court in accordance with Rule 32 of the Rules of Court on1 November 2003 and
amended on 22 September 2008. 2. This practice direction supplements Rules 45
and 47 of the Rules of Court.3. The relevant form can be downloaded from the
Court’s website (www.echr.coe.int). 4. Fax no. +00 33 (0)3 88 41 27 30; other
facsimile numbers can be found on the Court’s website(www.echr.coe.int).

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7. On receipt of the first communication setting out the subject-matter of the
case, the Registry will open a file, whose number must be mentioned in all
subsequentcorrespondence. Applicants will be informed thereof by letter. They
may also beasked for further information or documents. 8. (a) An applicant
should be diligent in conducting correspondence with theCourt’s Registry. (b) A
delay in replying or failure to reply may be regarded as a sign that the
applicant is no longer interested in pursuing his application. 9. Failure to
provide further information at the Registry’s request (see paragraph8) may
result in the application being declared inadmissible or struck out of the
Court’s list of cases. II. Form and contents10. An application should be written
legibly and, preferably, typed. 11. Where, exceptionally, an application exceeds
10 pages (excluding annexes listing documents), an applicant must also file a
short summary. 12. Where applicants produce documents in support of the
application, they should not submit original copies. The documents should be
listed in order by date,numbered consecutively and given a concise description
(e.g. letter, order, judgment, appeal, etc.).13. An applicant who already has an
application pending before the Court mustinform the Registry accordingly,
stating the application number. 14. (a) Where an applicant does not wish to have
his or her identity disclosed, he or she should state the reasons for his or her
request in writing, pursuant to Rule 47 § 3. (b) The applicant should also state
whether, in the event of anonymity being authorised by the President of the
Chamber, he or she wishes to be designated by hisor her initials or by a single
letter (e.g. “X”, “Y”, “Z”, etc.).