Questão jurídica principal
Whether the joined appeals had to be removed from the docket after withdrawal.
Decisão extraída
Yes. The Court took note of both withdrawals and struck the joined cases from the docket.
Fundamentação extraída
A withdrawn appeal no longer requires a merits decision; the Court relied on Arts. 32(2) and 71 LTF in conjunction with Art. 73(1) PCF.