FOURTH SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 31753/14
László GRÓF and others against Hungary
and 10 other applications
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting on 21 March 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 application no. 32387/18, the applicant’s complaint based on the same facts was 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 11 April 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]
31753/14
11/04/2014
(11 applicants)
László Gróf
24/02/1957
Ferenc GYÜKÉR
22/12/1964
József KALÓ
10/09/1939
József Sándorné LÉRÁNT
04/07/1945
Edit Zsuzsanna ORMAY
06/01/1948
György ORMAY
b:08/04/1934
d:07/03/2018
Pursued by heir
Imréné György ORMAY
01/06/1933
Béla Sándor PATÓCS
20/05/1952
Antalné PEZENHOFFER
20/05/1936
Zsolt SAMU
09/06/1964
Gábor Józsefné SZABO
20/06/1954
Gábor VARGA
21/02/1964
10/01/2019
03/01/2019
6,000
56895/15
11/11/2015
Ferenc Pajkó
03/04/1965
Attila DUDÁS
24/08/1974
Kovács Arthur
Szeged
25/02/2019
06/08/2018
2,500
61112/15
13/11/2015
Violetta Eszter Fodor
09/10/1972
29/01/2019
25/07/2018
3,500
73590/17
06/10/2017
Zsuzsa Dénes
21/04/1983
Gila Pál
Budapest
29/01/2019
18/09/2018
5,000
84351/17
15/12/2017
Tünde Dömsödi
15/09/1976
Stern Sándor
Szentes
28/01/2019
08/10/2018
8,000
2959/18
29/12/2017
Sándor Balatonfüredi
03/08/1964
József Balatonfüredi
16/10/1961
Tóth Balázs Gergely
Budapest
25/01/2019
08/10/2018
2,500
5260/18
15/01/2018
(4 applicants)
Ilona Krisztina Gombos-Molnár
07/08/1976
Nikoletta SINKÓ
13/04/1976
Klára VÁGI
07/09/1972
Bernadett ZELEI
23/07/1978
Gémes Gábor
Szeged
28/01/2019
17/08/2018
8,000
5884/18
12/01/2018
Eva Snejana Kovatch
10/10/1958
Karsai Dániel András
Budapest
25/02/2019
06/12/2018
7,000
30033/18
15/06/2018
Csilla Daróczi
10/07/1962
25/01/2019
18/12/2018
6,000
32387/18
05/07/2018
László Burján
06/01/1960
Karsai Dániel András
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of civil proceedings –
25/01/2019
19/12/2018
5,000
41906/18
03/05/2018
(28 applicants)
Erzsébet Molnár
28/05/1977
Mária Bekó
03/10/1983
Béla Árpádné Csapó
23/05/1946
Ferenc Csernyik
20/12/1944
Pál József Csernyik
20/03/1942
József Csizmadia
26/07/1935
László Mihály Deák
20/07/1944
Józsefné Farkas
30/08/1966
Ottó Béláné Frey
07/07/1948
Oszkár Jánosné Füzesi
29/09/1945
László Jánosné Gáspár
19/01/1949
Tiborné Németh
18/10/1937
Judit Palkóne Szőcs
22/04/1968
Béláné Sárkány
02/10/1944
Andrásné Sas
12/11/1942
Mária Katalin Sebeházi
28/05/1950
Miklósné Simkó
24/02/1944
Pálné Sinka
12/09/1936
Ferenc Szarvas
14/06/1956
Ferenc Szőcs
24/10/1979
Vince Szőcs
01/02/1942
Ferenc Török
03/08/1935
István Ferenc Varga
03/09/1963
László Varga
02/07/1959
Mária Varga
08/07/196
Vendelné Varga
b:05/12/1924
d:29/08/2017
pursued by heirs:
Béla Árpádné Csapó
23/05/1946
Ottó Béláné Frey
07/07/1948
Household
Gabriella Szarvas
16/05/1977
László Szarvas
17/04/1975
Hangyál Edit
Budapest
25/02/2019
09/01/2019
2,800
[1]. Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.
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