CEDH · CASELAW;COMMUNICATEDCASES;ENG — 21 décembre 2020

.s800EAC49 { font-size:12pt } .s379BC09C { margin-top:36pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:right } .sBB9EE52A { font-family:Arial } .s10950C61 { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:14.2pt; text-align:justify } .s5E1364CA { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:12pt; text-align:center; page-break-inside:avoid; page-break-after:avoid; font-size:14pt } .s339D85E6 { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:14pt; text-align:center; page-break-inside:avoid; page-break-after:avoid } .s665E407E { margin-top:66pt; margin-bottom:14pt; text-align:center; page-break-inside:avoid; page-break-after:avoid } .s29100277 { font-family:Arial; font-weight:bold } .sA36B60A1 { font-family:Arial; font-style:italic } .s4ACA9207 { page-break-before:always; clear:both; mso-break-type:section-break } .s23860FF7 { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:14.2pt; text-align:center } .s7BE5FA7D { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:14.2pt; text-align:center; font-size:14pt } .s75A32C27 { border-collapse:collapse } .s3695F815 { border:0.75pt solid #949494; padding:1.02pt 5.03pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#dfdfdf } .s2EB42ED2 { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt } .sEECE831 { font-family:Arial; font-weight:bold; color:#474747 } .sE8934522 { border:0.75pt solid #949494; padding:1.02pt 5.03pt; vertical-align:top } .s32563E28 { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt } Communicated on 21 December 2020 Published on 25 January 2021   FIFTH SECTION Application no. 41437/16 Aco SPASOVSKI against North Macedonia and 14 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. 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 41437/16 Spasovski v. North Macedonia 14/07/2016 Aco SPASOVSKI 1955 Skopje   2 41448/16 Bozhinovska v. North Macedonia 14/07/2016 Violeta BOZHINOVSKA 1967 Skopje   3 54551/16 Trajkov v. North Macedonia 07/09/2016 Petar TRAJKOV 1938 Skopje   4 76331/16 Stojanovski v. North Macedonia 02/12/2016 Kosta STOJANOVSKI 1955 Skopje   5 76341/16 Mihajlovska v. North Macedonia 02/12/2016 Aleksandra MIHAJLOVSKA 1977 Skopje   6 77252/16 Spasovski v. North Macedonia 02/12/2016 Aco SPASOVSKI 1955 Skopje   7 77253/16 Spasovski v. North Macedonia 02/12/2016 Aco SPASOVSKI 1955   8 8618/17 Psaltirov v. North Macedonia 23/01/2017 Ilija PSALTIROV 1973 Skopje Misho ZHIVKOVSKI 9 14994/17 Psaltirov v. North Macedonia 16/02/2017 Ilija PSALTIROV 1973 Skopje Misho ZHIVKOVSKI 10 16288/17 Misovski v. North Macedonia 21/02/2017 Zoran MISOVSKI Skopje   11 16289/17 Misovski v. North Macedonia 21/02/2017 Zoran MISOVSKI Skopje   12 30183/17 Vasilevski v. North Macedonia 13/04/2017 Zoran VASILEVSKI 1969 Skopje   Maja VASILEVSKA 1974 Skopje   13 12476/18 Psaltirov v. North Macedonia 08/03/2018 Ilija PSALTIROV 1973 Skopje Misho ZHIVKOVSKI 14 38892/19 Law Firm Trpenoski v. North Macedonia 16/07/2019 LAW FIRM TRPENOSKI Skopje Natasha TRPENOSKA-TRENCHEVSKA 15 43850/20 Nenov v. North Macedonia 21/09/2020 Marjan NENOV 1976 Skopje Danche CHAKAROVSKA-GROZDANOVSKA