Published on 26 April 202 1

SECOND SECTION

Application no. 13948/15 COOPERATIVA DE CONSTRUCÈšIE A LOCUINÈšELOR NR. 162 against the Republic of Moldova lodged on 10 March 2015 communicated on 7 April 2021

SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CASE

The application concerns the refusal of the domestic courts to examine the applicant company ’ s court actions owing to its alleged inability of paying the required court fees. The applicant company showed that it had no money and that its account had been seized based on the request of a creditor. The courts did not consider this as sufficient ground for exempting it from the payment of the court fees, although previously they had exempted it in similar circumstances. The applicant company complains of a violation of its right of access to a court (Article 6 § 1 of the Convention).

The case raises an issue under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention (access to court).

QUESTION TO THE PARTIES

Has there been a violation of Article 6 § 1 of the Convention in the present case? In particular, was the applicant company ’ s right of access to a court been unacceptably limited (see Clionov v. Moldova , 13229/04, 9 October 2007)?