NEGURA AND OTHERS v. THE REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA - 16602/06 (Judgment : Article 6 - Right to a fair trial : Second Section Committee)

Ivana Jelić, President, Valeriu Griţco, Darian Pavli, judges, and Hasan Bakırcı, Deputy Section Registrar,

. On 2 March 2005 the Leova city council adopted its decision no. 2.2, rejecting "the requests of citizens of Leova who work on the territory of [L.] and have business licences". The reasons were that work on Sunday would cause traffic problems and would disturb the nearby population, including a school and a hospital. The decision was printed a stationery with the heading of the mayor's office. The stamp on the decision was applied by the Leova mayor's office and bears the date 29 March 2005.

. Accordingly, on 4 April 2005 the entrepreneurs submitted their request to the "Leova regional council". They asked, inter alia , for the annulment of the decision 2.2 adopted by the city council on 2 March 2005 and explained that they had not been offered proper working conditions on the territory of U.

. On the same date the applicants sent a preliminary request to the Mayoralty of Leova. In it, the applicants made a similar description to that in their complaint made mentioned in paragraph above. They asked for the annulment of decision no. 2.2 adopted by the city council of the Leova Mayoralty.

. On 12 May 2005 the mayor of Leova replied to the complaint of 4 April 2005. The mayor informed the entrepreneurs that an answer to their demands had already been given by the Leova city council in its decision no. 3.1. of 6 April 2005, "namely that [L.] shall work in accordance with the decision of the Leova city council no. 2.2 of 2 March 2005".