FOURTH SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 400/15
Kálmánné FÁBIÁNFY against Hungary
and 10 other applications
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting on 14 February 2019 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”). 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 7 March 2019.
Liv TigerstedtGeorges Ravarani
Acting Deputy RegistrarPresident
APPENDIX
Application 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]
400/15
19/12/2014
Kálmánné Fábiánfy
16/08/1963
Pivarnyikné Juhász Emőke
Budapest
18/12/2018
18/07/2018
4,000
27638/15
28/05/2015
(3 applicants)
Andrásné Fucskó
30/11/1950
Household
Károly Kaszanits
04/02/1947
Károlyná Kaszanits
12/11/1952
Czirmes György
Budapest
30/11/2018
27/06/2018
6,000
12158/16
19/02/2016
Györgyi Fehérváriné Pataki
06/10/1953
Karsai Dániel András
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of civil proceedings.
21/12/2018
13/06/2018
3,900
45311/16
27/07/2016
(4 applicants)
Household
László Imre Felleg
06/11/1939
László Imréné Felleg
06/05/1946
Household
György Dénes Goike
03/03/1948
Marianna Goikéné Szabó
01/04/1954
Szegedi Zsolt
Nyíregyháza
02/01/2019
03/07/2018
12,000
67987/16
07/11/2016
Mariann Aranka Balogh
16/11/1971
02/01/2019
13/09/2018
800
75274/16
05/12/2016
Zsuzsanna Csapóné Mitru
12/04/1958
Hankó Faragó Miklós
Szombathely
18/12/2018
21/08/2018
3,300
8962/17
21/01/2017
István Józsefné Ács
03/07/1953
Béres Norbert
Budapest
19/12/2018
29/10/2018
4,000
29784/17
06/04/2017
László Aros
14/08/1959
Sebők Dóra
Budapest
20/12/2018
19/10/2018
4,000
69491/17
12/09/2017
(24 applicants)
Ferencné Boros
18/03/1941
János Kozma
17/11/1974
János Tóth
15/07/1969
József Udvai
20/09/1949
Household
József Török
19/03/1946
Józsefné Török
07/04/1954
Household
Sándor Dóczi
08/08/1955
Sándorné Dóczi
31/10/1959
Household
Beáta Gál
13/09/1991
Sándorné Gál
21/08/1970
Household
Pál Meló
20/06/1956
Zsolt Pál Meló
16/10/1982
Household
János Kozma
15/02/1954
Jánosné Kozma
11/11/1955
Household
Pál Varga
02/07/1961
Mária Vargáné Orovecz
19/10/1965
Household
Lajos Nagy
03/08/1958
Márta Nagyné Kunos
17/06/1958
Household
Edit Koósné Szabó
19/08/1955
Edit Piternyák
29/02/1988
Household
István Berkes
27/06/1947
Istvánné Berkes
14/07/1953
Household
Ferenc Csányi
30/03/1960
Ferencné Csányi
06/03/1963
Kecskés Ákos Zoltán
Hódmezővásárhely
18/12/2018
24/10/2018
1,100
73667/17
03/10/2017
András Elmont
17/04/1977
Baráth Lívia
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of civil proceedings -
21/11/2018
19/12/2018
4,000
23356/18
10/05/2018
Arcadia K Kft
28/10/2003
Kiss Dániel Bálint
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of civil proceedings -
03/01/2019
06/08/2018
3,300
[1]. Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.
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