CEDH · CASELAW;DECISIONS;ADMISSIBILITYCOM;ENG — 6 avril 2023

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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. 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 11 May 2023.     Viktoriya Maradudina   Tim Eicke   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 Date of the applicant’s last letter to the Court Date of sending Government’s observations to the applicant Time limit of submission of response by the applicant Date of the Court’s registered letter Date of receipt/ return of the registered letter Date of the applicant’s release from prison     16347/16 03/05/2016 Gyula-Lajos VARGA 1964   09/03/2018 09/04/2021 07/05/2021 28/01/2022 Returned to the Court as “unclaimed” on 18/03/2022 (from his home address indicated for correspondence) 15/12/2017     48805/16 01/09/2016 Gelu HRUBARU 1974   18/12/2020 06/07/2022 17/08/2022 31/08/2022 Handed over to the applicant on 08/09/2022 (according to the official website of Romanian Postal Service) 05/09/2018     59154/16 05/10/2016 Costel BOURCEANU 1972   04/02/2021 06/07/2022 17/08/2022 31/08/2022 Handed over to the applicant on 08/09/2022 (according to the official website of Romanian Postal Service) 28/03/2018     60616/16 14/10/2016 Ionuț-Daniel BALAN 1982   01/04/2021 06/07/2022 17/08/2022 31/08/2022 Handed over to the applicant on 07/09/2022 (according to the official website of Romanian Postal Service) 28/11/2017     64854/16 06/12/2016 Ion ANGHELACHI 1970   15/01/2021 06/07/2022 17/08/2022 31/08/2022 Handed over to the applicant on 11/09/2022 (according to the official website of Romanian Postal Service) 04/06/2019     75833/16 06/03/2017 Nicolae DĂNILĂ 1985   13/01/2021 06/07/2022 17/08/2022 31/08/2022 Returned to the Court as “unclaimed” on 26/09/2022 (from his home address indicated for correspondence) 19/12/2017     79301/16 19/12/2016 Gheorghe LUNGU 1955   08/12/2020 29/06/2022 10/08/2022 31/08/2022 Handed over to the applicant on 16/09/2022 (according to the official website of Romanian Postal Service) 21/05/2019     6334/17 02/03/2017 Tarzan ZOMANȚI 1973   19/03/2021 29/06/2022 10/08/2022 31/08/2022 Handed over to the applicant on 08/09/2022 (according to the official website of Romanian Postal Service) 17/01/2020     14972/17 15/02/2017 Marius-Ionuț CIOCOIU 1977   15/02/2017 29/06/2022 10/08/2022 31/08/2022 Handed over to the applicant on 07/09/2022 (according to the official website of Romanian Postal Service) 24/03/2020