FOURTH SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 40684/16
Ioan SAS against Romania
and 9 other applications
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting on 5 May 2022 as a Committee composed of:
Armen Harutyunyan, President,
Jolien Schukking,
Ana Maria Guerra Martins, judges,
and Viktoriya Maradudina, 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 the applicants is set out in the appendix.
The applicants’ complaints under Article 3 of the Convention concerning the inadequate conditions of detention were communicated to the Romanian Government, who submitted observations on the admissibility and merits. The observations were forwarded to the applicants, who were invited to submit their own observations. No reply was received by the Court.
By letters sent by registered post, the applicants were notified that the time allowed for the submission of their observations had expired (see the appended table for the relevant dates). The applicants’ attention was further 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) and there are no previous letters from the applicants informing the Court about the change of address. All the applicants have been released from prison.
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.
In the light of the foregoing, the Court concludes that 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.
In view of the above, it is appropriate to strike the cases 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 25 May 2022.
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Viktoriya Maradudina Armen Harutyunyan
Acting Deputy Registrar President
APPENDIX
List of applications raising complaints under Article 3 of the Convention
(inadequate conditions of detention)
No.
Application no.
Date of introduction
Applicant’s name
Year of birth
Representative’s name and location
Date of the
applicant’s
last letter to the
Court
Date of the
Court’s registered
letter
Date of receipt
of the registered letter
New time‑limit
for submission of observations
by the applicant
Date of the
applicant’s
release
from prison
40684/16
07/10/2016
Ioan SAS
1958
15/01/2018
21/12/2021
Letter returned to sender on 20/01/2022
(according to information on the website of the Romanian Post)
31/01/2022
01/02/2017
40943/16
08/08/2016
Nicolae PRICOPE
1964
03/07/2017
21/12/2021
31/12/2021
Illegible signature
31/01/2022
21/06/2017
41344/16
02/09/2016
Romuald-Teofil MĂCIAN
1965
16/05/2017
21/12/2021
03/01/2022
Illegible signature
31/01/2022
03/05/2017
41866/16
16/08/2016
Aurelian MINŢĂ
1975
22/08/2016
21/12/2021
Letter returned to sender on 22/01/2022
(according to information on the website of the Romanian Post)
31/01/2022
17/04/2017
41992/16
05/10/2016
Florin BICHINEŢ
1982
Anca Mirabela Pintea
Bacău
27/03/2017
21/12/2021
Letter returned to sender on 23/01/2022
(according to information on the website of the Romanian Post)
31/12/2022
07/03/2017
42020/16
19/10/2016
Andrei ARINTON
1990
19/05/2020
21/12/2021
03/01/2022
Illegible signature
31/01/2022
30/05/2017
57972/16
10/01/2017
Ioan-Marian DUBIUC
1983
15/03/2017
21/12/2021
Handed over on 07/01/2022
(according to information on the website of the Romanian Post)
31/01/2022
14/02/2017
60983/16
18/11/2016
Florin FERARU
1989
Gheorghe-Sorin Perju
Iași
31/10/2017
21/12/2021
03/01/2022
Illegible signature
31/01/2022
04/10/2017
63276/16
24/11/2016
Ștefan MUNTEANU
1979
Marcela Rotariu
Bucharest
15/11/2017
05/08/2021
Letter returned to sender
on 26/08/2021
16/09/2021
24/10/2017
49900/17
07/07/2017
Ion ENE
1977
13/08/2019
21/12/2021
03/01/2022
Signed by applicant’s relatives
31/01/2022
16/05/2017