Communicated on 29 June 2017

SECOND SECTION

Application no. 52040/16 Maxim MARȚÎNIUC against the Republic of Moldova lodged on 26 August 2016

SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CASE

The application concerns the applicant ’ s remand in custody and under house arrest for a period of over two years during criminal proceedings in which he was accused of drug trafficking. It raises problems concerning the length of pre-trial detention similar to those in Rimschi v. the Republic of Moldova ( no. 1649/12 , §§ 14-22, 13 January 2015). The applicant also complains about the poor conditions of detention in Prison No. 13.

QUESTIONS tO THE PARTIES

1. Was the length of the applicant ’ s pre-trial detention in breach of the “reasonable time” requirement of Article 5 § 3 of the Convention ( see Rimschi v. the Republic of Moldova , no. 1649/12 , §§ 14-22, 13 January 2015) ?

2. Did the material conditions of the appl icant’s detention in Prison No. 13 amount to inhuman or degrading treatment under Article 3 of the Convention ( see Shishanov v. the Republic of Moldova , no. 11353/06 , 15 September 2015) ?