FOURTH SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 18895/04
Adrian DUMITRESCU and Others against Romania
and 3 other applications
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting on 16 May 2019 as a committee composed of:
Georges Ravarani, President,
Marko Bošnjak,
Péter Paczolay, judges,
and Liv Tigerstedt, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,
Having regard to the above applications lodged on the various dates indicated in the appended table,
Having deliberated, decides as follows:
FACTS AND PROCEDURE
The list of applicants is set out in the appended table.
The applicants’ complaints under Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 to the Convention concerning the application of restitution laws in Romania were communicated to the Romanian Government (“the Government”), who submitted observations on the admissibility and merits.
By letters sent by registered post on the dates indicated in the appended table, the applicants were notified that the period allowed for submission of their observations, as indicated in the appended table, had expired and that no extension of time had been requested. The applicants’ 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.
No reply to these letters has been received by the Court (see details in the appended table).
THE LAW
Having regard to the similar subject matter of the applications, the Court finds it appropriate to examine them jointly in a single decision.
The Court considers that, in these circumstances, the applicants may be regarded as no longer wishing to pursue the applications (Article 37 § 1 (a) of the Convention). Furthermore, in accordance with Article 37 § 1 in fine, the Court finds no special circumstances regarding respect for human rights as defined in the Convention and the Protocols thereto which require the continued examination of the applications.
Accordingly, the cases should be struck out of the list.
For these reasons, the Court, unanimously,
Decides to join the applications;
Decides to strike the applications out of its list of cases.
Done in English and notified in writing on 6 June 2019.
Liv TigerstedtGeorges Ravarani
Acting Deputy RegistrarPresident
APPENDIX
No.
Application no.
Date of
introduction
Applicant name
Date of birth
Time-limit for submission of the applicants’ observations
Date of the Court’s registered letter
Return receipt
1.
18895/04
18/03/2004
Adrian DUMITRESCU
28/01/1954
Andrei Dragomir DUMITRESCU
b: 17/04/1918
d: 06/05/2009
Manuela Rodica RADU
31/05/1945
Ștefan DUMITRESCU
b: 05/05/1944
d: 17/08/2005
Vasilica DUMITRESCU
01/01/1922
Maria Ruxandra KOPPENBURG
07/06/1945
21/09/2018
22/10/2018
received by the applicants on 30/10/2018, no reply
2.
14605/06
05/04/2006
Grațiela Cornelia STOICA
23/03/1944
Voichița GALEA
16/02/1947
15/01/2019
21/02/2019
received by the applicants on 26/02/2019, no reply
3.
43575/06
19/10/2006
Antonin Nicolae MOGA
31/01/1921
18/06/2018
18/12/2018
returned as unclaimed by the post on 06/02/2019
4.
15643/07
21/03/2007
Radu Constantin PORTOCALĂ
27/03/1951
Esmeralda Andre PORTOCALĂ
03/02/1924
18/06/2018
09/01/2019
returned as unclaimed by the post on 28/01/2019
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