FOURTH SECTION

DECISION

Application no. 44593/15 Antal-Florin SZASZ against Romania

and 2 other applications (see appended table )

The European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting on 7 March 2019 as a Committee composed of:

Georges Ravarani, President, Marko Bošnjak, Péter Paczolay, judges, and Liv Tigerstedt, 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 applicant s is set out in the appended table.

The applicants ’ complaints under Article 3 of the Convention concerning the inadequate conditions of detention were communicated to the Romanian Government (“the Government”) .

By letters dated 15 October 2018, sent by registered post, the applicants were notified that the period allowed for submission of certain information had expired and an extension of time was granted until 12 November 2018. The applicants ’ attention was also 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.

In applications nos. 44593/15 and 56252/15, the applicants received the above mentioned letters on 25 October 2018 and 1 November 2018 respectively. However, no response has been received.

In application no. 5035/16, the above mentioned letter returned to the Court on 5 November 2018 with the mention “missing recipient”. There is no previous letter from the applicant informing the Court about a change of address and no reply has been received from the applicant to the letter of 15 October 2018.

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 above information, t he 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.

Accordingly, the cases should be struck 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 28 March 2019 .

Liv Tigerstedt Georges Ravarani 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

Date of birth

44593/15

21/01/2016

Antal-Florin Szasz

19/03/1985

56262/15

11/12/2015

Nicolae-Daniel Strîmbeanu

29/10/1987

5035/16

11/12/2015

Adrian-Cornel Mihai

01/08/1983