SECOND SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 38983/21
Maja SERAFIMOVSKA
against North Macedonia
The European Court of Human Rights (Second Section), sitting on 18 September 2025 as a Committee composed of:
Gediminas Sagatys, President,
Stéphane Pisani,
Juha Lavapuro, judges,
and Viktoriya Maradudina, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,
Having regard to the above application lodged on 26 July 2021,
Having deliberated, decides as follows:
FACTS AND PROCEDURE
The applicant, Ms Maja Serafimovska, was born in 1978. She was represented by Mr K. Djerkov, a lawyer practising in Skopje.
The applicant’s complaints under Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 to the Convention concerning the payment of a standing charge to a private heating company for apartments which had never been connected to the district heating system before 2012, were communicated to the Government of North Macedonia (“the Government”), who submitted observations on the admissibility and merits. The observations were forwarded to the applicant, who was invited to submit her own observations. No reply was received to the Registry’s letter.
By letter dated 24 March 2025, sent to the applicant’s representative through the Court’s Electronic Communications Service (eComms), the applicant was notified that the period allowed for submission of her observations had expired on 5 March 2025 and that no extension of time had been requested. The applicant’s 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. The letter was not downloaded by the applicant’s representative and no response to it has been received by the Court. The applicant’s representative has not connected to his eComms account since 21 February 2025.
THE LAW
In the light of the foregoing, and in the absence of any special circumstances regarding respect for the rights guaranteed by the Convention and the Protocols thereto, the Court, in accordance with Article 37 § 1 (a) of the Convention, considers that it is no longer justified to continue the examination of the application.
Accordingly, the case should be struck out of the list.
For these reasons, the Court, unanimously,
Decides to strike the application out of its list of cases.
Done in English and notified in writing on 9 October 2025.
Viktoriya Maradudina Gediminas Sagatys
Acting Deputy Registrar President