CEDH · CASELAW;DECISIONS;ADMISSIBILITYCOM;ENG — 19 février 2026

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They were represented by Mr I. Petkovski, a lawyer practising in Bitola. The applicants’ complaints under Articles 6 and 7 of the Convention and Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 thereof, concerning the alleged lack of a legal basis for the fines imposed on the applicants under the Food Safety Act and the alleged disproportionality of those fines, the lack of an oral hearing in the ensuing proceedings before the administrative courts, as well as the alleged lack of adequate reasoning to the courts’ decisions, were 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 this application, subject to an undertaking by the Government to pay them, jointly, the amount detailed in the appended table. This amount 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 this amount within the above ‑ mentioned three-month period, the Government undertake to pay simple interest on it, 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 case. THE LAW 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 application. In view of the above, it is appropriate to strike the case out of the list. For these reasons, the Court, unanimously, Decides to strike the application out of its list of cases in accordance with Article   39 of the Convention. Done in English and notified in writing on 12 March 2026.     Viktoriya Maradudina   Stéphane Pisani   Acting Deputy Registrar   President   APPENDIX Application raising complaints under Articles 6 and 7 of the Convention and Article 1 of Protocol No. 1   Application no. Date of introduction Applicant’s name Year of birth/ registration Date of receipt of Government’s declaration Date of receipt of applicants’ declaration Amount awarded for pecuniary, non-pecuniary damage and costs and expenses to the applicants jointly (in euros) [1] 6548/22 26/01/2022 Cano NESHEVSKI 1954   SKROMNOST DOOEL BITOLA 1998   20/01/2026 09/12/2025 10,700     [1] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.