FOURTH SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 26711/15
István CZÉH against Hungary
and 9 other applications
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting on 13 December 2018 as a Committee composed of:
Georges Ravarani, President,
Marko Bošnjak,
Péter Paczolay, 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”).
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 17 January 2019.
Liv TigerstedtGeorges Ravarani
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
Date of receipt of Government 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]
26711/15
19/05/2015
István Czéh
01/01/1943
09/11/2018
03/07/2018
11,700
29230/15
01/06/2015
László Végh
03/10/1969
Pesta János
Budapest
09/11/2018
10/07/2018
2,000
32597/15
26/06/2015
Károly Budea
07/02/1946
Pivarnyikné Juhász Emőke
Budapest
30/10/2018
13/06/2018
3,000
33267/15
30/06/2015
Tamás Dévényi
07/03/1971
Pivarnyikné Juhász Emőke
Budapest
09/11/2018
13/06/2018
1,300
34273/15
07/07/2015
Zoltán Várkonyi
05/01/1969
Ujvári Tamás
Budapest
29/10/2018
08/06/2018
3,500
35832/15
13/07/2015
Ági Bezzeg
19/06/1954
Váczi Péter
Győr
26/10/2018
14/06/2018
2,000
36501/15
20/07/2015
Általános Gép és Műanyagfeldolgozó Kft.
01/01/1997
Cech András
Budapest
09/11/2018
05/09/2018
12,000
52659/15
15/10/2015
József Berki
29/11/1969
Molnár László Sándor
Budapest
10/11/2018
12/04/2018
2,000
52792/15
15/10/2015
Csáki Products Biztosítási Alkusz Kft.
15/12/2000
Cech András
Budapest
05/11/2018
05/09/2018
4,000
5645/16
18/01/2016
Olga Gombocz
08/09/1974
Kiss Dániel Bálint
Budapest
26/10/2018
15/06/2018
10,000
[1]. Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.
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