FIRST SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 11365/20
Erzsébet Andrea DETTRE against Hungary
and 9 other applications
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (First Section), sitting on 4 February 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 25 February 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/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]
11365/20
23/02/2020
Erzsébet Andrea DETTRE
1955
27/08/2020
04/12/2020
2,500
15848/20
23/03/2020
(18 applicants)
Krisztina CSAJÁGI
1973
Renáta CSAJÁGI
1973
Éva LAMPERTNÉ HORVÁTH
1958
Piroska MAKRÁNÉ HORVÁTH
1956
Edina RIKKERNÉ JUHÁSZ
1965
József SCHNEIDLER
1972
Péter SCHNEIDLER
1977
Miklós VÖRÖS
1969
Household
Lajos NÉMETH
1940
Lajosné NÉMETH
1946
Household
Zsigmond CSAJÁGI
1975
Zsigmondné CSAJÁGI
1950
Household
Attila MÁTÉ
1940
Attiláné MÁTÉ
1951
Household
Csaba JUHÁSZ
1960
Marianna JUHÁSZNÉ BRUZSA
1962
Household
József VÖRÖS
1966
Éva Katalin VÖRÖSNÉ SCHNEIDLER
1972
Czirmes György
Budapest
20/11/2020
15/07/2020
6,800
23245/20
13/05/2020
Zsolt Dénes ZÁRA
1968
Váczi Péter
Győr
21/12/2020
09/09/2020
3,300
24289/20
03/06/2020
Gabriella PACKNÉ NÁNÁSI
1964
25/11/2020
05/01/2021
11,700
24728/20
26/05/2020
Helga CSAPÓ
1977
Baruch Gábor
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of civil proceedings
29/10/2020
07/12/2020
3,300
25745/20
26/05/2020
(3 applicants)
Adrienn Ivett TURANECZ
1987
Household
Anikó TURANECZ
1967
László BALÁZS
1976
Gál Anna
Budapest
18/11/2020
19/11/2020
2,600
25784/20
19/05/2020
(9 applicants)
Katalin APAGYI
1967
Sándorné BUSI
1949
Viktor GOGOS
1978
István GŐGÖS
1948
Krisztina MOLNÁRNÉ BUSI
1969
László MÜLLER
1987
Tímea MÜLLER
1985
Household
László MÜLLER
1960
Lászlóné MÜLLER
1961
Czirmes György
Budapest
16/11/2020
12/10/2020
10,900
26559/20
20/05/2020
CSEKE KFT.
1993
Farkas Sándor
Hévíz
16/11/2020
24/09/2020
3,300
31104/20
23/07/2020
Julianna Irén SZRAPKÓ
1986
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Cegléd
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of civil proceedings
29/10/2020
04/12/2020
6,500
31517/20
15/07/2020
Sándorné GULYÁS
1958
Bajusz Krisztina Ilona
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of civil proceedings
01/12/2020
03/12/2020
2,000
[1] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.
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