FIRST SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 63817/19
István BATKI and Others against Hungary
and 9 other applications
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (First Section), sitting on 17 June 2021 as a Committee composed of:
Alena Poláčková, President,
Péter Paczolay,
Gilberto Felici, judges,
and Attila Teplán, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,
Having regard to the above applications lodged on the various dates indicated in the appended table,
Having regard to the formal declarations accepting a friendly settlement of the cases,
Having deliberated, decides as follows:
FACTS AND PROCEDURE
The list of applicants and their representatives is set out in the appended table.
The applicants’ complaints under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention concerning the excessive length of civil proceedings were communicated to the Hungarian Government (“the Government”). In some of the applications, complaints based on the same facts were also communicated under other provisions of the Convention.
The Court received the friendly-settlement declarations, signed by the parties, under which the applicants agreed to waive any further claims against Hungary in respect of the facts giving rise to these applications, subject to an undertaking by the Government to pay them the amounts detailed in the appended table. These amounts will be converted into the currency of the respondent State at the rate applicable on the date of payment, and will be payable within three months from the date of notification of the Court’s decision. In the event of failure to pay these amounts within the above-mentioned three-month period, the Government undertake to pay simple interest on them, from the expiry of that period until settlement, at a rate equal to the marginal lending rate of the European Central Bank during the default period plus three percentage points.
The payment will constitute the final resolution of the cases.
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.
The Court takes note of the friendly settlement reached between the parties. It is satisfied that the settlement is based on respect for human rights as defined in the Convention and the Protocols thereto and finds no reasons to justify a 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 in accordance with Article 39 of the Convention.
Done in English and notified in writing on 8 July 2021.
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Attila TeplánAlena Poláčková
Acting Deputy RegistrarPresident
APPENDIX
List of applications raising complaints under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention
(excessive length of civil proceedings)
No.
Application no.
Date of introduction
Applicant’s name
Year of birth/registration
Representative’s name and location
Other complaints under well-established case-law
Date of receipt of Government’s declaration
Date of receipt of Applicant’s declaration
Amount awarded for pecuniary and non-pecuniary damage and costs and expenses
per applicant/household
(in euros)[1]
63817/19
02/12/2019
(54 applicants)
István BATKI
1975
Istvánné AGÓCS
1968
B & S ELASTIC GUMI ÉS MŰANYAGIPARI KFT
1994
B+K TRADE KERESKEDELMI ÉS SZOLGÁLTATÓ KFT
1996
Mihály BELLA
1967
Józsefné BIRKÁS
1957
Pál BÍRÓ
1944
Jánosné BÓDI
1956
József BODONOVICS
1949
B-TRIÓ 93 MEZŐGAZDASÁGI, IPARI, KERESKEDELMI ÉS SZOLGÁLTATÓ BT
1993
CLEAN-TRADE 2000 TAKARÍTÓ ÉS KERESKEDELMI KFT
2000
CONTACT-D IRÁNYÍTÁSTECHNIKA KFT
1998
János CSIZMADIA
1951
László DÁVID
1951
ELEKTRO-GENERÁL IPARI, KERESKEDELMI ÉS SZOLGÁLTATÓ KFT
2002
ENVISZAM KÖRNYEZETVÉDELMI KFT
2001
Sándor ERDŐS
1973
Béla GODA
1961
Imre József HAJDÚ
1949
Zsolt Imre HAJDÚ
1971
Andor Attila HEGEDŰS
1974
János Sándor HOMOKI
1944
JUNG 2000 KERESKEDELMI ÉS SZOLGÁLTATÓ KFT
1996
János KÉKI
1938
KELET-BOX KERESKEDELMI ÉS SZOLGÁLTATÓ KFT
1999
KIS SZERELŐ ÉS KERESKEDŐ KFT
1991
KISS-JUHÁSZ KERESKEDELMI ÉS SZOLGÁLTATÓ BT
1999
Antal Tibor KÓKAI
1956
László LÁNG
1982
MANZARD TETŐFEDŐ SZOLGÁLTATÓ KFT
1998
József MOHÁCSI
1971
NYÍR-AKÁC MEZŐGAZDASÁGI TERMELŐ BT
1993
Csaba OROSHÁZI
1946
PALOTÁSI KACSAFARM KFT
1991
PANDAN MŰANYAGFELDOLGOZÓ ÉS KÖRNYEZETTECHNIKAI KFT
1992
PÉTER-BODNÁR EGÉSZSÉGÜGYI KERESKEDELMI ÉS SZOLGÁLTATÓ BT
1992
PÉTERFI & SZABÓ NEMZETKÖZI FUVAROZÁSI KFT
1997
András PORUMB
1963
PROJECT FOOD KFT
1997
Ildikó PUTNOKI
1969
RRE-SZEGED NYOMDAIPARI KFT.
1991
SEBŐK-LÚD LÚDTENYÉSZTŐ ÉS KFT
1995
Lajos STRANSZKI
1959
SZAKI-TOURS SZOLGÁLTATÓ ÉS KERESKEDELMI KFT
2006
SZÉKI-LÚD TERMELŐ ÉS SZOLGÁLTATÓ KFT
2007
Imre TÓTH
1944
TRENDIX KERESKEDELMI ÉS SZOLGÁLTATÓ KFT
1991
TURMIX ÉPÍTŐIPARI, TELEPÜLÉSTISZTASÁGI KERESKEDELMI ÉS SZOLGÁLTATÓ BT
1992
Imre VAS
1955
Árpád VINCZE
1965
VIZ-KONTROLL IPARI, KERESKEDELMI ÉS SZOLGÁLTATÓ KFT
1997
Mihályné WEIGERT
1963
Household
Imre RÁBAI
1957
Imréné RÁBAI
1959
Kodela Viktor
Budapest
17/02/2021
06/07/2020
5,900
18846/20
20/04/2020
László KOMLÓSI
1952
Tamás Ildikó
Nyíregyháza
31/08/2020
06/04/2021
2,600
33029/20
30/07/2020
János Ákos HORVÁTH
1960
Pivarnyikné Juhász Emőke
Budapest
06/05/2021
13/01/2021
7,800
33036/20
21/07/2020
János Simon GULYÁS
1947
Neizer Norbert
Budapest
04/05/2021
04/05/2021
9,100
33722/20
27/07/2020
Diána Annamária NAGYNÉ DÓCS
1978
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of civil proceedings
23/04/2021
10/03/2021
3,300
33934/20
30/07/2020
Vilmos SZENDRÉNYI
1959
29/03/2021
26/04/2021
2,000
41306/20
08/09/2020
Zoltán KOVÁCS
1963
01/04/2021
28/04/2021
1,800
42479/20
11/09/2020
Erika Piroska LÁSZLÓ
1954
08/04/2021
05/01/2021
5,200
45085/20
14/09/2020
Sándor ILOVSZKY
1964
Karsai Dániel András
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of civil proceedings
15/04/2021
26/01/2021
7,800
53617/20
18/11/2020
Natália SZŰCS
1973
Lajos SZŰCS
1969
Kiss Dániel Bálint
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of civil proceedings
13/04/2021
28/01/2021
2,000
[1] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.
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