Communicated on 6 November 2020
Published on 23 November 2020
FIFTH SECTION
Application no. 27840/16
Tihomir KARADJOVSKI 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
27840/16
Karadjovski v. North Macedonia
09/05/2016
Tihomir KARADJOVSKI
1949
Skopje
Nenad JANIKEVIKJ
2
41449/16
Barbulovski v. North Macedonia
14/07/2016
Dimitar BARBULOVSKI
1945
Skopje
3
43406/16
Barbulovski v. North Macedonia
14/07/2016
Dimitar BARBULOVSKI
1945
Skopje
4
54527/16
Karadjovski v. North Macedonia
07/09/2016
Tihomir KARADJOVSKI
1949
Skopje
Nenad JANIKEVIKJ
5
76242/16
Zlateski v. North Macedonia
02/12/2016
Velimir ZLATESKI
1950
Skopje
6
76351/16
Nalbanti-Dimoska v. North Macedonia
02/12/2016
Sonja NALBANTI-DIMOSKA
1969
Skopje
Igor SPIROVSKI
7
30208/17
Zlateski v. North Macedonia
13/04/2017
Velimir ZLATESKI
1950
Skopje
8
53061/17
Karadjovski v. North Macedonia
21/07/2017
Tihomir KARADJOVSKI
1949
Skopje
Nenad JANIKEVIKJ
9
53076/17
Karadjovski v. North Macedonia
21/07/2017
Tihomir KARADJOVSKI
1949
Skopje
Nenad JANIKEVIKJ
10
53077/17
Karadjovski v. North Macedonia
21/07/2017
Tihomir KARADJOVSKI
1949
Skopje
Nenad JANIKEVIKJ
11
53078/17
Karadjovski v. North Macedonia
21/07/2017
Tihomir KARADJOVSKI
1949
Skopje
Nenad JANIKEVIKJ
12
53163/17
Nalbanti-Dimoska v. North Macedonia
21/07/2017
Sonja NALBANTI-DIMOSKA
1969
Skopje
13
53211/17
Zlateski v. North Macedonia
21/07/2017
Velimir ZLATESKI
1950
Skopje
14
34317/18
Nalbanti-Dimoska v. North Macedonia
17/07/2018
Sonja NALBANTI-DIMOSKA
1969
Skopje
15
34318/18
Nalbanti-Dimoska v. North Macedonia
17/07/2018
Sonja NALBANTI-DIMOSKA
1969
Skopje
16
34319/18
Nalbanti-Dimoska v. North Macedonia
17/07/2018
Sonja NALBANTI-DIMOSKA
1969
Skopje
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