PREDA AND OTHERS v. ROMANIA

  FOURTH SECTION DECISION Application no. 8552/22 George PREDA against Romania and 13 other applications (see appended table) The European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting on 19 June 2025 as a Committee composed of:  Anne Louise Bormann, President,  Sebastian Răduleţu,  András Jakab, 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). 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 10 July 2025.    Viktoriya Maradudina Anne Louise Bormann  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 for submission of response by the applicant Date of the Court’s registered letter Date of receipt/return of the registered letter    8552/22 08/03/2022 George PREDA 1994     09/06/2022     16/10/2024   27/11/2024     13/12/2024 Returned as “unknown” on 31/12/2024    9247/22 08/03/2022 Adrian VRABIE 1994     08/03/2022     16/10/2024   27/11/2024     13/12/2024 Returned as “unclaimed” on 14/01/2025    9392/22 20/04/2022 Gheorghe-Viorel FERAR 1992     20/04/2022   16/10/2024   27/11/2024     13/12/2024   Receipt on 08/01/2025    9913/22 21/03/2022 Robert VARGA 1977     24/01/2024   16/10/2024   27/11/2024     13/12/2024 Returned as “unclaimed” on 20/01/2025    10142/22 16/03/2022 Marius VASILE 1977     09/05/2022   16/10/2024   27/11/2024     13/12/2024   Receipt on 30/12/2024    10198/22 09/03/2022 Vasilică BĂDAN 1968     22/04/2024   16/10/2024   27/11/2024     13/12/2024   Receipt on  08/01/2025    11004/22 18/03/2022 Stelian-Mihai CĂLĂFĂTEANU 1987     14/03/2023   16/10/2024   27/11/2024     13/12/2024   Receipt on 30/12/2024    11016/22 24/03/2022 Ionuț-Costin STATE 1994     17/05/2023   16/10/2024   27/11/2024     13/12/2024   Receipt on 08/01/2025    12713/22 26/04/2022 Costică MARIN 1974     15/04/2024   26/09/2024   07/11/2024     27/11/2024   Receipt on 06/12/2024  12715/22 31/03/2022 Ştefan BALOG 1970     30/08/2022   26/09/2024   07/11/2024     27/11/2024   Receipt on 09/12/2024  12729/22 15/04/2022 Marius-Alexandru COZAC 1990     09/08/2022     26/09/2024   07/11/2024     27/11/2024   Receipt on 09/12/2024  13293/22 12/04/2022 Viorel-Florinel TĂLÎNGĂ 1991     12/04/2022   26/09/2024   07/11/2024     27/11/2024   Receipt on 18/12/2024  13298/22 20/04/2022 Iulian-Cosmin JIGA 1994     20/04/2022   26/09/2024   07/11/2024     27/11/2024   Receipt on 12/12/2024  16517/22 05/05/2022 Iosif ILIEŞ 1986     07/12/2022   16/10/2024   27/11/2024     13/12/2024   Receipt on 30/12/2024