FIFTH SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 54551/16
Petar TRAJKOV against North Macedonia
and 7 other applications
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (Fifth Section), sitting on 17 June 2021 as a Committee composed of:
Stéphanie Mourou-Vikström, President,
Jovan Ilievski,
Mattias Guyomar, 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 regard to the formal declarations accepting a friendly settlement of the cases,
Having deliberated, decides as follows:
FACTS AND PROCEDURE
The list of applicants is set out in the appended table.
The applicants’ complaint under Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 to the Convention concerning the payment of a standing heating charge for the apartments that they own and/or live in, which were disconnected from or have never been connected to the district heating system, was communicated to the Government of North Macedonia (“the Government”).
The Court received the friendly-settlement declarations, signed by the parties, under which the applicants agreed to waive any further claims against North Macedonia in respect of the facts giving rise to these applications, subject to an undertaking by the Government to pay them the amounts detailed in the appended table. These amounts will be converted into the currency of the respondent State at the rate applicable on the date of payment, and will be payable within three months from the date of notification of the Court’s decision. In the event of failure to pay these amounts within the above-mentioned three-month period, the Government undertake to pay simple interest on them, from the expiry of that period until settlement, at a rate equal to the marginal lending rate of the European Central Bank during the default period plus three percentage points.
The payment will constitute the final resolution of the cases.
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 takes note of the friendly settlement reached between the parties. It is satisfied that the settlement is based on respect for human rights as defined in the Convention and the Protocols thereto and finds no reasons to justify a 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 in accordance with Article 39 of the Convention.
Done in English and notified in writing on 8 July 2021.
Viktoriya MaradudinaStéphanie Mourou-Vikström
Acting Deputy RegistrarPresident
APPENDIX
List of applications raising complaints under Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 to the Convention
(Interference with the right to property)
No.
Application no.
Date of introduction
Applicant’s name
Year of birth
Representative’s name and location
Date of receipt of Government’s declaration
Date of receipt of Applicant’s declaration
Amount awarded for non-pecuniary damage and costs and expenses
per applicant/household
(in euros)[1]
54551/16
07/09/2016
Petar
TRAJKOV
1938
Danche Chakarovska-Grozdanovska
Skopje
07/04/2021
07/04/2021
1,100
76331/16
02/12/2016
Kosta STOJANOVSKI
1955
Danche Chakarovska-Grozdanovska
Skopje
07/04/2021
07/04/2021
900
8618/17
23/01/2017
Ilija
PSALTIROV
1973
Misho Zhivkovski
Skopje
07/04/2021
27/01/2021
1,000
14994/17
16/02/2017
Ilija
PSALTIROV
1973
Misho Zhivkovski
Skopje
07/04/2021
27/01/2021
1,000
16073/17
21/02/2017
Liljana RADOVIKJ
1964
Danche Chakarovska-Grozdanovska
Skopje
08/02/2021
04/05/2021
900
30183/17
13/04/2017
Household
Zoran VASILEVSKI
1969
Maja VASILEVSKA
1974
07/04/2021
03/03/2021
1,100
30218/17
13/04/2017
Liljana RADOVIKJ
1964
Danche Chakarovska-Grozdanovska
Skopje
08/02/2021
04/05/2021
900
12476/18
08/03/2018
Ilija
PSALTIROV
1973
Misho Zhivkovski
Skopje
07/04/2021
27/01/2021
1,000
[1] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.
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