FIRST SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 28573/20
Gabriella CZAGÁNYI against Hungary
and 9 other applications
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (First Section), sitting on 8 April 2021 as a Committee composed of:
Alena Poláčková, President,
Péter Paczolay,
Gilberto Felici, judges,
and Viktoriya Maradudina, 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 29 April 2021.
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Viktoriya MaradudinaAlena 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
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]
28573/20
30/06/2020
Gabriella CZAGÁNYI
1977
Gerencsér Éva
Budapest
15/12/2020
27/01/2021
3,300
30144/20
24/06/2020
Mária KAPUYNÉ NATKÓ
1959
Csilla KAPUY
1992
Györei Péter
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of civil proceedings
03/02/2021
25/11/2020
2,600
31982/20
17/07/2020
Edit GŐCZE
1970
10/03/2021
03/02/2021
5,100
32231/20
21/07/2020
Zoltán BUZÁS
1962
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of civil proceedings
26/02/2021
19/02/2021
1,300
39948/20
31/08/2020
Household
Jánosné POLÁK
1962
Valéria POLÁK
1983
Hantos Ádám
Budapest
08/02/2021
03/12/2020
3,300
41178/20
08/09/2020
Sándor VARGA
1981
Fahidi Gergely
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of civil proceedings
01/03/2021
12/01/2021
2,000
41941/20
01/09/2020
Balázs VARGA
1987
Fahidi Gergely
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of civil proceedings
10/03/2021
12/01/2021
2,000
42867/20
21/09/2020
Frigyes POPOVICS
1956
Frigyes POPOVICS Ifj
1981
Hegedűs Péter
Hódmezővásárhely
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of civil proceedings
10/03/2021
22/02/2021
10,400
42896/20
25/08/2020
Elvira GÁSPÁR
1983
Kollár Pál
Dabas
10/02/2021
02/03/2021
5,200
46613/20
09/10/2020
Norbert SERBÁN
1980
Visontai Csongor
Budapest
08/03/2021
10/02/2021
2,600
[1] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.
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