Preda and Others v. Romania

FOURTH SECTION

Application no. 32372/20 Nicuşor PREDA against Romania and 24 other applications

(see appended table)

The European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting on 13 June 2024 as a Committee composed of:

Branko Lubarda , President , Anne Louise Bormann, Sebastian Răduleţu , 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 (see the appended table for the relevant dates). 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. The registered letters either were received by the applicants or were returned to the Court (see details in the appended table). There are no previous letters from the applicants informing the Court about a change of address.

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 applications 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 4 July 2024.

Viktoriya Maradudina Branko Lubarda 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 sending

Government’s

observations to the

applicant

Time-limit for

submission of response

by the applicant

Date of the Court’s

registered letter

Date of receipt/return of the registered letter

32372/20

26/03/2021

Nicuşor PREDA

1976

26/06/2021

02/10/2023

30/10/2023

12/12/2023

Served on the applicant on 27/12/2023

38009/20

04/03/2021

Vasile ŢARĂ-LUNGĂ

1973

Vasile Muşilă

Bucharest

21/12/2022

02/10/2023

30/10/2023

12/12/2023

Served on the applicant on 28/12/2023

48148/20

12/04/2021

Ilie ION

1969

01/09/2021

02/10/2023

30/10/2023

12/12/2023

27/12/2023

50972/20

25/05/2021

Gheorghe DANCI

1979

19/07/2021

02/10/2023

30/10/2023

12/12/2023

29/12/2023

54126/20

25/01/2021

Alin-Adrian KORACSONY

1986

03/02/2021

02/10/2023

30/10/2023

12/12/2023

01/02/2024

3224/21

23/04/2021

Gheorghe-Sergiu VĂDANA

1995

22/09/2021

27/07/2023

24/08/2023

27/11/2023

07/12/2023

5206/21

02/04/2021

Zoltan MAROŞAN

1979

05/01/2023

27/07/2023

24/08/2023

05/10/2023

16/10/2023

7055/21

29/03/2021

Marian-Vlad BRUMAR

1994

17/05/2021

27/07/2023

24/08/2023

05/10/2023

Returned as ‘moved’ on 19/12/2023

7601/21

11/05/2021

Ion ILIE

1974

30/09/2021

27/07/2023

24/08/2023

27/11/2023

14/12/2023

10822/21

05/10/2021

Florian ILIE

1965

09/12/2021

27/07/2023

24/08/2023

05/10/2023

13/10/2023

13541/21

29/03/2021

Florin-Vasile LUCA

1980

31/05/2021

27/07/2023

24/08/2023

05/10/2023

13/10/2023

29617/21

29/06/2021

Liviu-Sebastian COPREAN

1984

24/11/2022

26/09/2023

24/10/2023

11/12/2023

27/12/2023

30063/21

17/08/2021

Alin-Georgian BRATU

1998

07/06/2022

13/09/2023

11/10/2023

31/10/2023

08/11/2023

38882/21

30/08/2021

Marius-Valentin PETRESCU

1987

20/04/2022

13/09/2023

11/10/2023

31/10/2023

Returned as ‘moved’ on 09/01/2024

39308/21

03/09/2021

Georgel-Ionuţ MIROŞEANU

1996

15/11/2021

26/09/2023

24/10/2023

11/12/2023

18/12/2023

41380/21

15/10/2021

Vlad-George DRĂGULIN

1994

06/05/2022

26/09/2023

24/10/2023

11/12/2023

19/12/2023

43645/21

07/10/2021

Costin PĂUN-FILOTTI

1986

12/02/2022

26/09/2023

24/10/2023

12/12/2023

22/01/2024

43700/21

26/11/2021

Simion-Pavel SPANIOL

1983

06/10/2022

26/09/2023

24/10/2023

11/12/2023

27/12/2023

46014/21

12/10/2021

Bogdan-Ionuţ FRĂŢICĂ

1992

12/05/2023

26/09/2023

24/10/2023

11/12/2023

21/12/2023

46891/21

18/10/2021

Mihail-Cristian GUŢU

1975

17/05/2023

26/09/2023

24/10/2023

11/12/2023

28/12/2023

47201/21

22/12/2021

Dumitru-Florin ANTONIE

1995

29/11/2022

26/09/2023

24/10/2023

11/12/2023

22/12/2023

47960/21

02/12/2021

Mihai TUDOSIEA

1978

Mihai Ciobotaru

Văleni

05/01/2022

26/09/2023

24/10/2023

11/12/2023

18/12/2023

55183/21

05/04/2022

Dragoş VIDIN

1975

17/05/2023

13/09/2023

11/10/2023

31/10/2023

08/11/2023

59593/21

19/01/2022

Ioan-Florin MIŢULA

1979

08/08/2022

26/09/2023

24/10/2023

11/12/2023

18/12/2023

60482/21

01/04/2022

Ionel GANEA

1992

02/05/2022

26/09/2023

24/10/2023

11/12/2023

28/12/2023