FOURTH SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 27042/15
Mária CSURGAI against Hungary
and 9 other applications
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting on 30 April 2020 as a Committee composed of:
Stéphanie Mourou-Vikström, President,
Georges Ravarani,
Jolien Schukking, 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 Article 13 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 4 June 2020.
Liv TigerstedtStéphanie Mourou-Vikström
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
Date of birth /
Date of 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]
27042/15
28/05/2015
Mária CSURGAI
15/08/1947
Tóth M. Gábor
Budapest
17/02/2020
13/07/2018
4,000
78291/16
12/12/2016
István RAPATYI
13/05/1949
Csuka Zoltán Pál
Kaposvár
04/02/2020
09/03/2020
2,000
946/18
22/12/2017
József KATONA
30/04/1976
Karsai Dániel András
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of civil proceedings
18/02/2020
27/11/2019
3,900
11391/18
02/03/2018
Éva VIZI
25/09/1967
Karsai Dániel András
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of civil proceeding
31/01/2020
13/01/2020
1,300
5454/19
14/01/2019
Household
Mónika LŐRINCZYNÉ ANGYAL
15/11/1974
Mihály LŐRINCZY
18/11/1969
Botka Edit
Cegléd
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of civil proceeding
04/02/2020
22/10/2019
11,700
40833/19
25/07/2019
(4 applicants)
Household
Tamás Zsolt GREINER
22/11/1965
Krisztián GREINER
25/06/1998
Ramóna Eszter GREINER
28/06/2007
Tamás GREINER
04/12/1994
Kollarics Flóra
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of civil proceedings
10/12/2019
05/02/2020
3,900
45020/19
15/08/2019
ROHR-UND STAHL KFT.
17/05/2005
Kincses István András
Orosháza
31/01/2020
17/02/2020
3,900
49004/19
13/09/2019
Éva INCZE
03/01/1949
Urbánné Csató Julianna
Budapest
20/02/2020
06/12/2019
16,900
53132/19
26/09/2019
Zoltán ANTAL
15/03/1973
31/01/2020
13/03/2020
7,800
60574/19
14/11/2019
Gábor LENGYEL
18/08/1974
Szekér Gyula
Budapest
17/02/2020
27/02/2020
5,200
[1] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.
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