Communicated on 21 December 2020
Published on 25 January 2021
FIFTH SECTION
Application no. 54546/16
Zlate JOVANOVSKI against North Macedonia
and 12 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. 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
54546/16
Jovanovski v. North Macedonia
07/09/2016
Zlate JOVANOVSKI
1959
Skopje
2
55480/16
Mitrovska v. North Macedonia
25/08/2016
Irena MITROVSKA
1978
Skopje
3
16072/17
Bogoevski v. North Macedonia
21/02/2017
Slobodan BOGOEVSKI
1947
Skopje
4
30169/17
Krstovski v. North Macedonia
13/04/2017
Slave KRSTOVSKI
1947
Skopje
5
30215/17
Bogoevski v. North Macedonia
13/04/2017
Slobodan BOGOEVSKI
1947
Skopje
6
33294/17
Mitrovska v. North Macedonia
28/04/2017
Irena MITROVSKA
1978
Skopje
7
33775/17
Mitrovska v. North Macedonia
28/04/2017
Irena MITROVSKA
1978
Skopje
8
33776/17
Mitrovska v. North Macedonia
28/04/2017
Irena MITROVSKA
1978
Skopje
9
53090/17
Dameska v. North Macedonia
21/07/2017
Jadranka DAMESKA
1958
Skopje
10
53155/17
Bogoevski v. North Macedonia
21/07/2017
Slobodan BOGOEVSKI
1947
Skopje
11
53229/17
Milevski v. North Macedonia
21/07/2017
Ljube MILEVSKI
1953
Skopje
12
77780/17
Mitrovska v. North Macedonia
02/11/2017
Irena MITROVSKA
1978
Skopje
13
81326/17
Lazarevski v. North Macedonia
25/11/2017
Sasho LAZAREVSKI
1973
Skopje
Zharko HADJI-ZAFIROV
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