FOURTH SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 10133/17
Veronika GOMBOCZNÉ VIGYÁZÓ against Hungary
and 9 other applications
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting on 14 February 2019as 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
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
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]
10133/17
25/01/2017
Veronika Gomboczné Vigyázó
03/09/1950
Bors László
Budapest
17/12/2018
25/09/2018
11,000
31565/17
13/04/2017
Gábor Csapó
15/09/1961
Deteky Gábor
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of civil proceedings -
10/12/2018
14/09/2018
8,000
44858/17
09/06/2017
Ferenc Enyedi
08/12/1954
07/12/2018
24/10/2018
2,600
45593/17
09/06/2017
Ferencné Dömötör
15/03/1951
Nagy Rajmund
Budapest
05/12/2018
30/07/2018
2,500
46547/17
23/05/2017
Katalin Jébert
02/09/1965
Szegedi Zsolt
Nyíregyháza
13/12/2018
06/08/2018
5,000
69494/17
12/09/2017
(23 applicants)
András Fekete
28/03/1978
Zoltánné Horváth
29/12/1961
Erzsébet Joczóné Vikor
16/03/1959
Olga Kincses
28/03/1973
Judit Lojné Csanády
09/11/1969
Household
Attila Szatmári
02/06/1966
Mariann Szatmáriné Kódor
24/12/1973
Household
Renáta Bókáné Hürkecz
19/12/1976
Józsefné Hürkecz
03/05/1953
Household
Imre Máté
18/03/1935
Józsefné Máté
12/09/1936
Household
Illés Szabó
13/12/1966
Illésné Szabó
04/10/1972
Household
Gyuláné Szabó
11/09/1954
Szilvia Szabó
15/12/1979
Tünde Szabó
08/07/1974
Zoltán Szabó
16/01/1991
Household
Balázs Szemerédi
08/07/1996
Lili Szemerédi
20/08/2000
Szabolcs Szemerédi
11/07/1991
Ibolya Szemerédiné Borsos
17/10/1967
Household
István Imre Szabó
04/11/1956
Etelka Szabóné Berkes
17/08/1963
Kecskés Ákos Zoltán
Hódmezővásárhely
28/11/2018
24/10/2018
1,100
70462/17
17/09/2017
Eva Snejana Kovatch
10/10/1958
Karsai Dániel András
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of civil proceedings -
27/11/2018
02/11/2018
3,000
70881/17
20/09/2017
Dávid Fodor
15/08/1990
27/11/2018
03/10/2018
2,000
74642/17
09/10/2017
János Gábor Boda
06/05/1974
Bertók Varga Gábor
Budapest
27/11/2018
18/09/2018
2,000
78770/17
08/11/2017
Edit Lukácsi
06/08/1974
Mozsolits Beáta
Budapest
20/12/2018
19/10/2018
1,500
[1]. Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.
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