Communicated on 19 December 2017

FIRST SECTION

Application no. 39828/07 Nicola MASELLI against Italy lodged on 31 August 2007

SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CASE

The case concerns the deprivation of the applicant ’ s land through the application of the constructive-expropriation rule (“ accessione invertita ” or “ occupazione acquisitiva ”) by the domestic courts.

QUESTION tO THE PARTIES

Has the applicant been deprived of his possessions in accordance with the conditions provided for by law, within the meaning of Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 (see, amongst many other authorities, Guiso-Gallisay v. Italy , no. 58858/00, 8 December 2005; Rivera and di Bonaventura v. Italy , no. 63869/00, 14 June 2011; and De Caterina and Others v. Italy , no. 65278/01, 28 June 2011)?