FOURTH SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 46606/18
József CSIZMADIA against Hungary
and 9 other applications
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting on 14 November 2019 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 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 5 December 2019.
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
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)[i]
46606/18
13/09/2018
József Csizmadia
31/12/1974
08/05/2019
24/09/2019
1,300
56793/18
28/11/2018
Magdolna Tamásné Fock
03/05/1954
Bakos Róbert Ákos
Budapest
18/09/2019
25/06/2019
3,900
347/19
21/12/2018
Gyuláné Pásztor
16/08/1946
Baráth Lívia
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of civil proceedings.
24/06/2019
17/09/2019
3,900
6974/19
18/01/2019
Katalin Mária Dobó
11/09/1951
05/08/2019
10/10/2019
6,500
7770/19
30/01/2019
(5 applicants)
Márta Tomis
06/06/1966
Tímea Mojzerné Tomis
06/12/1973
Károly György Friedl
17/12/1965
Ilona Molnárné Papp
12/02/1959
Istvánné Vass Tibor
15/07/1966
Czirmes György
Budapest
23/09/2019
21/05/2019
13,000
11462/19
18/02/2019
Enéh Miskovits
01/05/1986
02/08/2019
17/09/2019
14,300
13600/19
07/03/2019
Katalin Paksiné Takács
11/05/1974
24/06/2019
02/09/2019
3,900
13822/19
06/03/2019
Britta Wiegand
26/01/1956
Szabó Katalin
Budapest
09/09/2019
29/07/2019
15,600
20711/19
08/04/2019
Csaba Lajosné Sinka
26/01/1963
05/09/2019
06/09/2019
9,100
21445/19
09/01/2019
Simon Benjamin
04/06/1972
Sady Zsuzsa
Veszprém
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of civil proceedings.
01/10/2019
07/10/2019
2,600
[i]. Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.
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