Communicated on 7 September 2020
Published on 28 September 2020
FIRST SECTION
Application no. 34016/17
Jovan TRAJKOVSKI against North Macedonia
and 26 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
34016/17
Trajkovski v. North Macedonia
03/05/2017
Jovan TRAJKOVSKI
1937
Skopje
Dime GJORCHEVSKI
2
47089/17
Trajkovski v. North Macedonia
29/06/2017
Jovan TRAJKOVSKI
1937
Skopje
3
70176/17
Mishkovski v. North Macedonia
19/09/2017
Vase MISHKOVSKI
1947
Skopje
4
71657/17
Kitanovska v. North Macedonia
27/09/2017
Nadezhda KITANOVSKA
1944
Skopje
5
75093/17
Mishkovski v. North Macedonia
17/10/2017
Vase MISHKOVSKI
1947
Skopje
6
76183/17
Trajkovski v. North Macedonia
25/10/2017
Jovan TRAJKOVSKI
1937
Skopje
7
76188/17
Vladichevska v. North Macedonia
25/10/2017
Miroslava VLADICHEVSKA
1945
Skopje
8
78391/17
Trajkovski v. North Macedonia
07/11/2017
Radojko TRAJKOVSKI
1945
Skopje
9
81268/17
Spasovska v. North Macedonia
24/11/2017
Nadica SPASOVSKA
1954
Skopje
10
81358/17
Spasovska v. North Macedonia
27/11/2017
Nadica SPASOVSKA
1954
Skopje
11
82519/17
Trajkovski v. North Macedonia
23/11/2017
Radojko TRAJKOVSKI
1945
Skopje
12
82523/17
Trajkovski v. North Macedonia
22/11/2017
Jovan TRAJKOVSKI
1937
Skopje
13
84547/17
Kitanovska v. North Macedonia
11/12/2017
Nadezhda KITANOVSKA
1944
Skopje
14
9580/18
Sotirova v. North Macedonia
02/02/2018
Verica SOTIROVA
1948
Skopje
15
12477/18
Trajkovski v. North Macedonia
06/03/2018
Radojko TRAJKOVSKI
1945
Skopje
16
15680/18
Trajkovski v. North Macedonia
27/03/2018
Radojko TRAJKOVSKI
1945
Skopje
17
15682/18
Trajkovski v. North Macedonia
27/03/2018
Radojko TRAJKOVSKI
1945
Skopje
18
15683/18
Trajkovski v. North Macedonia
27/03/2018
Radojko TRAJKOVSKI
1945
Skopje
19
15858/18
Vladichevska v. North Macedonia
30/03/2018
Miroslava VLADICHEVSKA
1945
Skopje
20
26219/18
Spasovska v. North Macedonia
31/05/2018
Nadica SPASOVSKA
1954
Skopje
21
33114/18
Mishkovski v. North Macedonia
06/07/2018
Vase MISHKOVSKI
1947
Skopje
22
38108/18
Trajkovski v. North Macedonia
06/08/2018
Radojko TRAJKOVSKI
1945
Skopje
23
38627/18
Trajkovski v. North Macedonia
06/08/2018
Jovan TRAJKOVSKI
1937
Skopje
24
41061/18
Kitanovska v. North Macedonia
09/08/2018
Nadezhda KITANOVSKA
1944
Skopje
25
3956/19
Kitanovska v. North Macedonia
11/01/2019
Nadezhda KITANOVSKA
1944
Skopje
26
15098/19
Kitanovska v. North Macedonia
13/03/2019
Nadezhda KITANOVSKA
1944
Skopje
27
25883/19
Trajkovski v. North Macedonia
09/05/2019
Radojko TRAJKOVSKI
1945
Skopje
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