Communicated on 6 November 2020
Published on 23 November 2020
FIFTH SECTION
Application no. 27883/16
Zlatko BAKALOV against North Macedonia
and 15 other applications
(see list appended)
SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CASE
All applications concern civil proceedings in which the applicants (all Macedonians/ citizens of the Republic of North Macedonia) were ordered to pay a standing charge to a private heating company for the apartments (that they own and/or live in), which were disconnected (or have never been connected) from the district heating system before 2012. The present applications are part of a larger group of similar cases registered with the Court, following the leading case Strezovski and Others v. North Macedonia, nos. 14460/16 and 7 others, 27 February 2020.
QUESTIONS TO THE PARTIES
Was the system in which the heating standing charge operated in the applicants’ cases compatible with Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 of the Convention? Did the way in which the domestic courts interpreted and applied the applicable rules impose an excessive individual burden on the applicants (see Strezovski and Others v. North Macedonia, nos. 14460/16 and 7 others, 27 February 2020)?
APPENDIX
No.
Application no.
Case name
Lodged on
Applicant
Year of Birth
Place of Residence
Represented by
1
27883/16
Bakalov v. North Macedonia
09/05/2016
Zlatko BAKALOV
1953
Skopje
2
63770/16
Iseni v. North Macedonia
21/10/2016
Enver ISENI
1958
Skopje
3
76212/16
Ingilizovski v. North Macedonia
02/12/2016
Mile INGILIZOVSKI
1959
Skopje
4
77489/16
Ingilizovski v. North Macedonia
02/12/2016
Mile INGILIZOVSKI
1959
Skopje
5
77490/16
Ingilizovski v. North Macedonia
02/12/2016
Mile INGILIZOVSKI
1959
Skopje
6
54520/16
Nakevska v. North Macedonia
07/09/2016
Trajanka NAKEVSKA
1953
Skopje
Danche CHAKAROVSKA-GROZDANOVSKA
7
53739/16
Nakevska v. North Macedonia
07/09/2016
Trajanka NAKEVSKA
1953
Skopje
Danche CHAKAROVSKA-GROZDANOVSKA
8
16067/17
Ingilizovski v. North Macedonia
21/02/2017
Mile INGILIZOVSKI
1959
Skopje
9
16073/17
Radovikj v. North Macedonia
21/02/2017
Liljana RADOVIKJ
1964
Skopje
10
30218/17
Radovikj v. North Macedonia
13/04/2017
Liljana RADOVIKJ
1964
Skopje
11
34451/17
Iseni v. North Macedonia
08/05/2017
Enver ISENI
1958
Skopje
12
53217/17
Anastasovski v. North Macedonia
21/07/2017
Marija ANASTASOVSKA
1941
Skopje
Igor ANASTASOVSKI
1967
Skopje
13
55495/17
Anastasovski v. North Macedonia
21/07/2017
Marija ANASTASOVSKA
1941
Skopje
Igor ANASTASOVSKI
1967
Skopje
14
34500/19
Iseni v. North Macedonia
24/06/2019
Enver ISENI
1958
Skopje
Aleksandar VARELA
15
16065/17
Nakevska v. North Macedonia
21/02/2017
Trajanka NAKEVSKA
1953
Skopje
Danche CHAKAROVSKA-GROZDANOVSKA
16
16066/17
Nakevska v. North Macedonia
21/02/2017
Trajanka NAKEVSKA
1953
Skopje
Danche CHAKAROVSKA-GROZDANOVSKA
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