FIRST SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 54518/20
Rozália GYÖRGY against Hungary
and 9 other applications
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (First Section), sitting on 25 November 2021 as a Committee composed of:
Erik Wennerström, President,
Lorraine Schembri Orland,
Ioannis Ktistakis, judges,
and Attila Teplán, 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 other provisions of the Convention.
The Court received the friendly-settlement declarations, signed by the parties, 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 16 December 2021.
Attila Teplán Erik Wennerström
Acting Deputy Registrar President
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
Year 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
(in euros)[1]
54518/20
13/10/2020
Rozália GYÖRGY
1934
Szabó Katalin
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of civil proceedings
16/09/2021
12/07/2021
3,900
14404/21
03/03/2021
Zoltán FERENCZI
1969
Gerencsér Éva
Budapest
29/09/2021
18/10/2021
3,300
16727/21
11/03/2021
Károly MÁYER
1971
Karsai Dániel András
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of civil proceedings
14/10/2021
12/07/2021
15,200
16737/21
18/03/2021
Károly HORVÁTH
1968
12/10/2021
26/08/2021
2,000
16836/21
12/03/2021
Tibor SZILÁGYI
1976
26/07/2021
20/09/2021
7,800
17331/21
03/03/2021
Gabriella NAGYNÉ MARGITÁN
1966
Mátyás Brigitta
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of civil proceedings
12/10/2021
04/10/2021
15,600
18907/21
21/03/2021
Szabolcs ÉGI
1972
Mizik Andrea
Budapest
16/09/2021
18/08/2021
3,900
19066/21
30/03/2021
László BABJÁK
1969
Karsai Dániel András
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of civil proceedings
16/09/2021
12/07/2021
4,600
20484/21
06/04/2021
Sándor Endréné PAPP
1953
Szepesházi Péter
Budapest
29/09/2021
30/09/2021
3,900
25154/21
26/04/2021
Viktor GYÖRGYI
1946
Bors László
Budapest
16/09/2021
09/07/2021
6,500
[1] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.