FOURTH SECTION DECISION Application no. 10289/20 Ion RUSE against Romania and 11 other applications (see appended table) The European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting on 21 November 2024 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. There are no previous letters from the applicants informing the Court about a change of address. 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 12 December 2024. 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 of the registered letter 10289/20 09/03/2020 Ion RUSE 1981 04/01/2024 09/04/2024 21/05/2024 19/06/2024 28/06/2024 15051/20 09/09/2020 Dezső ŐTVŐS 1966 18/08/2021 09/04/2024 21/05/2024 19/06/2024 01/07/2024 29562/20 02/12/2020 Eduard-Constantin PUIU 1988 04/02/2021 09/04/2024 21/05/2024 19/06/2024 27/06/2024 31358/20 12/06/2020 Costică BISERICĂ 1981 25/09/2020 09/04/2024 21/05/2024 19/06/2024 Returned as “recipient moved from address” on 19/08/2024 37999/20 30/08/2020 Viorel PITULICE 1977 03/01/2023 09/04/2024 21/05/2024 19/06/2024 Returned as “unclaimed” on 30/08/2024 39548/20 21/10/2020 Calman SZASZ 1986 01/09/2021 09/04/2024 21/05/2024 19/06/2024 Returned as “unclaimed” on 24/07/2024 40563/20 26/10/2020 Ionuț MIHAI 1987 19/01/2021 09/04/2024 21/05/2024 19/06/2024 01/07/2024 45606/20 27/11/2020 Silviu-Vasile IONIȚĂ 1972 22/03/2021 09/04/2024 21/05/2024 19/06/2024 27/06/2024 47825/20 23/11/2020 Ioan-Viorel VASILINIUC 1988 29/04/2021 09/04/2024 21/05/2024 19/06/2024 Handed over to the recipient on 02/07/2024 (according to the official website of the Romanian Postal Services) 48618/20 01/02/2021 Cristian ŞTEFAN 1969 29/02/2024 09/04/2024 21/05/2024 19/06/2024 27/06/2024 52504/20 09/03/2021 Róbert-Sándor RADU 1978 02/05/2022 09/04/2024 21/05/2024 19/06/2024 05/07/2024 53704/20 22/01/2021 Gheorghe DRĂGAN 1985 09/08/2021 09/04/2024 21/05/2024 19/06/2024 01/07/2024