FIRST SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 46732/20
Árpád CSABA against Hungary
and 9 other applications
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (First Section), sitting on 9 September 2021 as a Committee composed of:
Erik Wennerström, President,
Lorraine Schembri Orland,
Ioannis Ktistakis, 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 30 September 2021.
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Attila Teplán Erik Wennerström
Acting Deputy Registrar President
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
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
(in euros)[1]
46732/20
15/09/2020
Árpád CSABA
1974
Bohli Krisztina
Pécs
04/08/2021
09/03/2021
2,600
47871/20
21/10/2020
Márton Károly HIE
1977
29/07/2021
01/03/2021
2,600
55702/20
27/11/2020
János FERENCZI
1961
Karsai Dániel András
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of civil proceedings
09/08/2021
01/06/2021
4,600
1521/21
14/12/2020
János KIS
1989
Szegedi Zsolt
Nyíregyháza
16/07/2021
18/08/2021
2,600
1524/21
14/12/2020
Ernő LAKATOS
1994
Szegedi Zsolt
Nyíregyháza
09/06/2021
18/08/2021
2,600
1620/21
03/12/2020
Csaba SCHULL
1976
Szegedi Zsolt
Nyíregyháza
06/07/2021
23/07/2021
2,600
1623/21
03/12/2020
Mihály GAJDOS
1975
Szegedi Zsolt
Nyíregyháza
02/08/2021
18/08/2021
2,600
1626/21
28/12/2020
Dezső VÁRADI
1984
Szegedi Zsolt
Nyíregyháza
16/07/2021
18/08/2021
2,600
14527/21
09/03/2021
Renátó PROPSZT
1974
Zsobrák Norbert Lajos
Budapest
05/07/2021
03/05/2021
4,600
22334/21
20/04/2021
(3 applicants)
Zoltán Tibor VAJDA
1953
Katalin Andrea PŐSZNÉ VAJDA
1987
Pál MAGYAR
1953
Fodor András
Békéscsaba
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of civil proceedings
19/08/2021
23/07/2021
1,800
[1] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.
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