FOURTH SECTION DECISION Application no. 11688/20 Constantin SMARANDACHE against Romania and 8 other applications (see appended table) The European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting on 6 February 2025 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. The registered letters either were received by the applicants or were returned to the Court (see details in the appended table). 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 6 March 2025. 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/return of the registered letter 11688/20 18/03/2020 Constantin SMARANDACHE 1986 09/07/2024 23/10/2023 04/12/2023 16/08/2024 23/08/2024 Illegible signature 30806/20 10/07/2020 Dan ANDREI 1990 03/01/2024 12/04/2024 24/05/2024 23/07/2024 31/07/2024 Signed for receipt by the applicant’s wife 33186/20 20/07/2020 Ionuț-Georgian DOBRE 1992 05/04/2024 12/04/2024 24/05/2024 23/07/2024 01/08/2024 Signed for receipt by the Gherla prison’s authorities 39549/20 08/02/2021 Fernando GHEREBEN 1997 27/04/2021 12/04/2024 24/05/2024 23/07/2024 12/08/2024 Signed for receipt by the applicant’s mother 45620/20 16/11/2020 Nicolae PUIŞOR 1972 08/02/2021 12/04/2024 24/05/2024 23/07/2024 01/08/2024 Signed for receipt by a relative of the applicant 46836/20 20/11/2020 Sándor CSIBI 1992 02/08/2024 12/04/2024 24/05/2024 16/08/2024 26/08/2024 Illegible signature 7462/21 15/01/2021 Costel CRISTEA 1968 15/01/2021 28/03/2024 10/05/2024 05/06/2024 Returned to sender on 02/08/2024 as “unclaimed” 7718/21 04/03/2021 Gheorghe BROŞTENEANŢU 1984 04/03/2021 14/03/2024 25/04/2024 15/05/2024 05/08/2024 Returned to sender from prison on 14/06/2024 as “unclaimed” Returned to sender as “recipient released” 17936/21 02/07/2021 Aurel-Gheorghe BETEAN 1976 25/04/2022 02/10/2023 13/11/2023 18/12/2023 05/06/2024 Returned to sender from prison on 01/02/2024 as “unknown” 14/06/2024 Signed for receipt by the applicant’s brother