FOURTH SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 25349/14
Jánosné GRÓZINGER and others against Hungary
and 10 other applications
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting on 6 June 2019 as a Committee composed of:
Stéphanie Mourou-Vikström, President,
Georges Ravarani,
Jolien Schukking, 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 the 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 27 June 2019.
Liv TigerstedtStéphanie Mourou-Vikström
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)[i]
25349/14
12/03/2014
(32 applicants)
Jánosné Grózinger
29/10/1930
Zoltan Avas
28/02/1933
Erno Baksa
30/03/1945
Gyula Baksa
19/07/1943
Geza Folnagy
23/12/1954
Laszló Folnagy
05/04/1950
Jozsef Gaal
01/02/1975
Peter Gaal
19/04/1980
Laszlo Horvath
13/12/1952
Tiborne Horvath
13/11/1955
Zoltan Horvath
15/06/1955
Antalne Kovacs
16/03/1928
Ferenc Laczo
07/09/1943
Erika Mikoczine Pors
06/06/1963
Gyulane Nemeth
16/08/1957
Miklosne Orban
22/03/1940
Ferencne Schek
16/05/1935
Sandor Szabo
04/04/1950
Ferencne Toth
11/02/1945
Imrene Toth
12/12/1936
Household
Geza Marton
13/02/1941
Gezane Marton
21/04/1945
Household
Gyula Gaal
13/05/1933
Gyulane Gaal
24/03/1938
Household
Csaba Sebok
10/01/1977
Peter Sebok
03/10/1979
Household
Gyula Keszte
01/01/1946
Gyulane Keszte
30/11/1942
Household
Ferenc Sebok
20/09/1953
Ferencne Sebok
17/11/1961
Household
Erno Sebok
13/08/1943
Ernone Sebok
20/07/1946
Czirmes György
Budapest
10/04/2019
16/01/2019
7,500
52008/14
15/07/2014
(72 applicants)
Peter Ács
15/02/1968
Beáta Andó-Tóth
25/06/1959
Gabriella Arzensek
14/06/1964
Zita Bakos
29/11/1958
Sándor Bankó
30/06/1959
Tamásné Bárány
26/11/1958
Zoltán Bíró
07/10/1967
József Attila Bodó
30/04/1954
László Bóka
21/07/1965
Laszlo Caprez
31/07/1963
Szilvia Eőri
27/10/1969
Andrea Fenyvesi
07/09/1966
Zsuzsanna Földháziné Szakács
19/03/1966
László Gelencsér
08/02/1956
Lászlóné Gelencsér
17/11/1967
Tibor Gottreich-Horváth
11/05/1963
Anna Gottreich-Horváthné Szántó
06/05/1961
Noémi Gotweisz
03/05/1968
Anita Gulyás
26/08/1967
Nóra Gyöngyösiné Mercz
04/01/1942
Péter Holy
28/03/1945
Erika Homok
28/02/1970
Zoltán Juricskay
15/08/1969
Zsolt Kovács
25/01/1971
János Krencz
25/05/1959
Rita Krenczné Csányi
26/08/1950
László Lázár
03/05/1963
Gábor Lipey-Rózsa
28/06/1961
Éva Lipey-Rózsáné Garancsy
10/04/1961
László Madarász
05/12/1969
Vilmos Major
30/03/1953
Vilmosné Major
02/01/1954
Imre Martikán
05/12/1966
Mátyás Mayer
05/10/1945
István Nánási
31/07/1965
János Palásti
27/05/1945
András Póta
25/08/1959
Piroska Radácsi
01/11/1957
Erika Rónainé Galkó
16/04/1970
Éva Schreiterné Kárpáti
30/12/1954
Ilona Sebők
22/05/1956
Julianna Székely
05/10/1951
Andrea Szentesi
22/11/1970
Tibor Tókos
19/05/1950
Tünde Tokos-Marton
02/04/1975
Sándor Tóth
08/06/1946
Endre Varga
23/04/1962
György Varga
12/04/1974
Judit Varga
20/03/1967
Péter Zelenka
25/06/1971
Household
Éva Gutási
23/06/1989
Erzsébet Gutási-Nagy
15/09/1961
Household
Miklós Homok
05/03/1945
Miklósné Homok
17/09/1946
Household
Karl Koritar
20/04/1945
Susanne Koritar
20/08/1950
Household
Alejandro Mayoria Quinteros
11/08/1966
Annamária Mayoria Quinterosné Zsuffa
02/10/1965
Household
György Mészáros
13/08/1958
Márta Mészárosné Dörnyei
14/04/1960
Household
György Palotai
30/08/1974
Györgyné Palotai
19/07/1950
Household
Péter Pattantyús
28/01/1953
Katalin Pattantyúsné Páhán
17/12/1952
Household
László Petz
05/08/1961
Zsuzsanna Petz
02/08/1969
Household
Zoltán Piliszky
05/08/1960
Zsuzsanna Piliszkyné Kovács
11/07/1963
Household
Ferenc Zonkó
05/08/1958
Éva Zonkóné Matus
12/10/1959
Household
Bálint Mayer
06/08/1977
Máté Mayer
06/08/1977
Petz László
Budapest
04/04/2019
15/04/2019
6,000
65530/16
11/11/2016
(28 applicants)
Seherezádé Napsugár Kelemen
12/06/1968
Éva LÁNGNÉ PÉTER
19/03/1952
Mónika SZÉNÁSI
16/04/1967
Erzsébet POSNYÁK
03/07/1971
Edit SZŰCS
16/12/1977
Ildikó Piroska NÁDHÁZI
22/02/1971
Ildikó Lídia MOLNÁRNÉ ZUBOR
13/01/1967
Ilona SZABÓ-BICZKÓNÉ PÁL
08/12/1974
Anikó LACZINÉ VARGA
15/10/1977
Lajos BENYÓ
03/02/1965
Krisztina Beáta HORVÁTHNÉ FRANKÓ
25/01/1971
Ádám HORVÁTH
18/02/1962
Andrea Krisztina BARNÁNÉ TURCSOKI
30/05/1971
Lászlóné CSATLÓS
09/10/1954
Szilvia ISZTINNÉ WENNER
11/10/1969
Lászlóné FŐDI
26/10/1970
Ferencné BARTA
22/09/1969
Cristina Ramona MÁRTONNÉ POP
07/05/1977
Erika BÉKÉSI
27/03/1975
Emese Andrea JANA
16/07/1982
Julianna MAJDANICSNÉ STERN
14/01/1969
Róbert NAGY
29/04/1982
Andras Vilmosne BERETHALMI
25/11/1951
Angéla CSATÓ
13/03/1974
Tibor TÓTH
14/10/1967
Noémi BALOGHNÉ VASS
29/06/1971
Anikó GÁLNÉ EGRI
29/09/1981
Gaborne FARKAS
06/09/1964
Pető Zsolt
Szeged
11/03/2019
13/08/2018
7,800
3269/17
05/01/2017
(15 applicants)
Zoltán Behány
28/06/1966
Mónika KOHAJDA
11/07/1974
Györgyné HORVÁTH
09/10/1971
Orsolya ERDEI
26/07/1980
Péter SZANI
20/01/1973
Krisztina KÓRÁSZNÉ LAUF
22/08/1978
András Lajosné KATONA
20/02/1947
Tünde GÁRDIÁN-PORPÁCZY
26/08/1972
Gyöngyi KOVÁCS
24/06/1969
Koppány TÓTH
10/01/1979
Flóriánné JUHÁSZ NAGY
28/10/1957
Antalné VÁRNAGY
06/09/1946
Ilona KACZUR
08/07/1974
Jánosné VARGA
28/02/1958
Árpád KOVÁCS
28/09/1958
01/04/2019
11/01/2019
5,500
31047/18
28/06/2018
Katalin Princzné Ördögh
08/06/1958
Börcsök Rita
Szeged
09/04/2019
06/02/2019
6,000
39415/18
06/08/2018
Sándor Ducsay
29/10/1945
Nagy Gergely Tamás
Budapest
19/03/2019
10/01/2019
1,300
46495/18
25/09/2018
Zsuzsanna Máté
13/11/1968
Molnár Péter
Pécs
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law against the excessive length of civil proceedings.
18/03/2019
30/04/2019
2,500
48782/18
08/10/2018
Hajnalka Károly
25/04/1988
Borsos Tamás
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law against the protraction of the civil proceedings.
16/04/2019
20/12/2018
3,500
50470/18
18/10/2018
Angéla Sztojka
15/05/1978
Nagy Magdolna Mária
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law against the protraction of the civil proceedings.
25/02/2019
09/04/2019
6,000
50814/18
24/10/2018
Gyöngyi Kovácsné Fonyódi
24/03/1973
15/04/2019
19/02/2019
2,000
52366/18
31/10/2018
Ferenc Angyal
16/10/1967
Karsai Dániel András
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law against the protraction of the civil proceedings.
15/02/2019
13/03/2019
7,000
[i]1. Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.
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