FIRST SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 3689/22
FESTŐ KFT. and Others
against Hungary
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (First Section), sitting on 4 May 2023 as a Committee composed of:
Alena Poláčková, President,
Gilberto Felici,
Raffaele Sabato, judges,
and Attila Teplán, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,
Having regard to the above application lodged on 20 December 2021,
Having regard to the formal declarations accepting a friendly settlement of the case,
Having deliberated, decides as follows:
FACTS AND PROCEDURE
The list of applicants is set out in the appended table.
The applicants were represented by Mr V. Kodela, a lawyer practising in Budapest.
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 the friendly-settlement declaration, signed by the parties, under which the applicants agreed to waive any further claims against Hungary in respect of the facts giving rise to this application, subject to an undertaking by the Government to pay them the amount detailed in the appended table. This amount 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 this amount within the above‑mentioned three-month period, the Government undertake to pay simple interest on it, 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 case.
THE LAW
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 application.
In view of the above, it is appropriate to strike the case out of the list.
For these reasons, the Court, unanimously,
Decides to strike the application out of its list of cases in accordance with Article 39 of the Convention.
Done in English and notified in writing on 25 May 2023.
Attila Teplán Alena Poláčková
Acting Deputy Registrar President
APPENDIX
Application raising complaints under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention
(excessive length of civil proceedings)
Application no.
Date of introduction
Applicant’s name
Year of birth/
registration
Representative’s name and location
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)[1]
3689/22
20/12/2021
(40 applicants)
FESTŐ KFT.
1982
LZ THERMOTRADE KFT
1994
ABO MIX TAKARMÁNYIPARI ZRT
1990
B & K KFT
1991
BORBÉLY ÉS TÁRSAI KFT
2002
BÓLYI MEZŐGAZDASÁGI ZRT
1994
CREDIT-INVEST PÉNZÜGYI ÉS KÖVETELÉSKEZELŐ ZRT
1998
János CSIPAI
1964
János DANCSÓ
1950
DECART PANNONIA KFT
2004
EPAPER KFT
2003
GASTROBÁZIS KFT
1997
GÖCSEJ NYOMDA KFT
1999
HÓDAGRO MEZŐGAZDASÁGI ZRT
1999
HUNGÁRIA MIKROFILTER BT
2014
JESZY-FARM KFT
2013
KAJÁRI ÉS FIA CSOMAGOLÓANYAG GYÁRTÓ KFT
2007
KROLL ÉS KROLL KFT
2000
PANNON LÚD MEZŐGAZDASÁGI ÉS SZOLGÁLTATÓ KFT
1996
István MOLNÁR
1937
MŰBETON ÉPÍTŐIPARI KFT
1998
MÜKER VILLANYSZERELÉSI-ÉS ÁLTALÁNOS KERESKEDELMI KFT
1991
PROJECT FOOD KFT
1996
RECA CSAVAR-, SZERSZÁM- ÉS KÖTŐELEM KERESKEDELMI KFT
1994
ROVÉRT ROVAR- ÉS RÁGCSÁLÓIRTÓ KFT
1990
RRE-SZEGED NYOMDAIPARI KFT
1990
SONKOLY HÁZIORVOSI ÉS FOGLALKOZÁS-EGÉSZSÉGÜGYI BT
1993
SZIKORA SZOBAFESTŐ-MÁZOLÓ BT
1998
TELTISZ TELEPÜLÉSTISZTASÁGI BT
2000
DELOG DEBRECENI LOGISZTIKAI KÖZPONT ÉS IPARI PARK KFT
1990
VARIETAS PLUS EGÉSZSÉGÜGYI SZOLGÁLTATÓ BT
1996
SILKO HYGIENE KFT
2005
András SELMECZI-TÓTH
1972
SZAVÁRI 55 DOMINÓ KFT
1997
ERBO-PLAN MÉRNÖKI SZOLGÁLTATÓ KFT
1994
BARÁT PAPÍR KFT
2000
ETOP-SECURITY BIZTONSÁGTECHNIKAI KFT
2005
KOHOR KOVÁCS ÉS HORVÁTH BT
1990
DS SMITH PACKAGING HUNGARY KFT
1995
VIN-FAKTOR VÁLLALKOZÁSI ÉS PÉNZÜGYI SZOLGÁLTATÓ ZRT
2006
Kodela Viktor
Budapest
21/03/2023
16/03/2023
7,800
[1] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.