FOURTH SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 20352/13
Janos BUS and Emoke BUSNE BARCZA against Hungary
and 9 other applications
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting on 7 June 2018 as a Committee composed of:
Vincent A. De Gaetano, President,
Georges Ravarani,
Marko Bošnjak, judges,
and Liv Tigerstedt, 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 friendly-settlement declarations 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 28 June 2018.
Liv TigerstedtVincent A. De Gaetano
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 name
Date of birth
Representative name and location
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)[i]
20352/13
06/03/2013
Household
Janos Bus
19/01/1957
Emőke Busne Barcza
18/09/1958
Zsignár Bernadette
Budapest
19/04/2018
04/04/2018
1,500
71399/13
31/10/2013
Béla Dancs
21/01/1950
Kiss Dániel Bálint
Budapest
17/04/2018
08/01/2018
11,700
73708/13
18/11/2013
Poseidon Kft
Kiss Dániel Bálint
Budapest
18/04/2018
06/12/2017
3,000
73933/13
18/11/2013
Miklós Magony
06/06/1957
16/04/2018
12/01/2018
9,000
77087/13
27/11/2013
Household
József Kovács
25/07/1948
Jozsefne Kovacs
25/02/1955
Kiss Dániel Bálint
Budapest
19/04/2018
03/01/2018
7,000
9294/14
22/01/2014
József Huber
14/09/1948
Kiss Elemér
Budapest
11/04/2018
02/01/2018
1,500
12456/14
30/12/2013
László Endre
19/09/1976
09/04/2018
03/01/2018
3,000
22182/14
10/03/2014
György Tarnóczy
07/03/1952
16/04/2018
03/01/2018
3,300
30927/14
15/04/2014
Éva Jándi
30/12/1940
Pohánka Béla
Budapest
28/02/2018
17/04/2018
4,000
14883/17
15/02/2017
Margit Major
10/07/1971
Pető Zsolt
Szeged
03/04/2018
18/12/2017
8,000
[i]. Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.
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