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 } .s598389FB { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:center; font-size:14pt } .sFF075836 { margin-right:7.05pt; margin-left:7.05pt; border-collapse:collapse; } .s3695F815 { border:0.75pt solid #949494; padding:1.02pt 5.03pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#dfdfdf } .s2E932ED2 { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:11pt } .sEECE831 { font-family:Arial; font-weight:bold; color:#474747 } .sE8934522 { border:0.75pt solid #949494; padding:1.02pt 5.03pt; vertical-align:top } Communicated on 21 December 2020 Published on 25 January 2021   FIFTH SECTION Application no. 54546/16 Zlate JOVANOVSKI against North Macedonia and 12 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 54546/16 Jovanovski v. North Macedonia 07/09/2016 Zlate JOVANOVSKI 1959 Skopje   2 55480/16 Mitrovska v. North Macedonia 25/08/2016 Irena MITROVSKA 1978 Skopje   3 16072/17 Bogoevski v. North Macedonia 21/02/2017 Slobodan BOGOEVSKI 1947 Skopje   4 30169/17 Krstovski v. North Macedonia 13/04/2017 Slave KRSTOVSKI 1947 Skopje   5 30215/17 Bogoevski v. North Macedonia 13/04/2017 Slobodan BOGOEVSKI 1947 Skopje   6 33294/17 Mitrovska v. North Macedonia 28/04/2017 Irena MITROVSKA 1978 Skopje   7 33775/17 Mitrovska v. North Macedonia 28/04/2017 Irena MITROVSKA 1978 Skopje   8 33776/17 Mitrovska v. North Macedonia 28/04/2017 Irena MITROVSKA 1978 Skopje   9 53090/17 Dameska v. North Macedonia 21/07/2017 Jadranka DAMESKA 1958 Skopje   10 53155/17 Bogoevski v. North Macedonia 21/07/2017 Slobodan BOGOEVSKI 1947 Skopje   11 53229/17 Milevski v. North Macedonia 21/07/2017 Ljube MILEVSKI 1953 Skopje   12 77780/17 Mitrovska v. North Macedonia 02/11/2017 Irena MITROVSKA 1978 Skopje   13 81326/17 Lazarevski v. North Macedonia 25/11/2017 Sasho LAZAREVSKI 1973 Skopje Zharko HADJI-ZAFIROV