FOURTH SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 21049/15
István HAVRILLA against Hungary
and 9 other applications
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting on 14 February 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. 17099/17 a complaint 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
Application 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 /
Date of registration
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]
21049/15
31/07/2015
István Havrilla
10/03/1950
Németh Pál
Püspökmolnári
07/01/2019
05/09/2018
6,500
29015/16
19/05/2016
István Tamaskó
19/04/1955
Bálint Tünde
Budapest
09/01/2019
13/09/2018
7,000
76315/16
05/12/2016
Plan B Business Solutions Kft
19/03/2007
Karsai Dániel András
Budapest
10/01/2019
25/09/2018
5,000
13/17
14/12/2016
Nyomtatvány és Irodai Eszköz Ellátó Kft
Aradszki Dea
Budapest
27/12/2018
20/11/2018
800
17099/17
23/02/2017
András Lendvay
24/07/1960
Kiss Dániel Bálint
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of civil proceedings -
13/12/2018
05/10/2018
3,000
60791/17
16/08/2017
Judit Hársfai
03/12/1959
Szegedi Zsolt
Nyíregyháza
29/11/2018
06/08/2018
8,000
69490/17
12/09/2017
(29 applicants)
Household
József Oláh
11/11/1944
Józsefné Oláh
29/05/1948
Istvánné Gadár
01/01/1938
Antalné Szűcs
12/09/1943
Ferencné Vincze
17/05/1939
Household
Ferenc Breszkó
28/04/1948
Ferencné Breszkó
31/10/1944
Household
Lajos Surányi
22/10/1949
Lajosné Surányi
08/08/1952
Household
Pál Nagy
14/10/1962
Pálné Nagy
16/03/1942
Household
János Pozsár
17/12/1955
Jánosné Pozsár
07/04/1954
Household
Illés Szabó
19/11/1945
Illésné Szabó
06/02/1948
Household
Jenő György
28/09/1943
Jenőné György
04/02/1949
Household
Eszter Zakar
16/07/1977
Gábor Zakar
24/02/1974
Household
László Szalai
19/09/1966
Sándor Szalai
10/07/1963
Sándorné Szalai
14/04/1942
Household
Zoltán Bodó
08/04/1958
Istvánné Kis
27/05/1968
Household
Gizella Gulyás
13/07/1977
Tibor Kozma
27/02/1979
Household
Anikó Justin
14/01/1976
Istvánné Justin
31/07/1948
Józsefné Varga
16/11/1969
Kecskés Ákos Zoltán
Hódmezővásárhely
28/11/2018
24/10/2018
1,100
69493/17
12/09/2017
(24 applicants)
Household
László Gáspár
29/09/1958
Lászlóné Gáspár
21/01/1967
Attila Patai
04/12/1972
Household
István Sőrés
15/02/1964
Istvánné Sőrés
23/12/1967
Household
Zoltán Szabó
13/12/1972
Zoltánné Szabó
15/12/1976
Household
István Forgó
15/07/1967
Istvánné Forgó
10/12/1968
Household
Sándor Palatinus
02/07/1955
Sándorné Palatinus
06/08/1961
Household
Sándor Sándor
20/12/1961
Sándorné Sándor
10/06/1960
Household
Géza Papp
03/03/1964
Gézáné Papp
25/05/1963
Household
Gábor Zsíros
02/05/1957
Gáborné Zsíros
11/06/1959
Household
Józsefné Bakos
13/05/1954
Anita Palástiné Tóth
30/08/1976
Pál Tóth
12/08/1974
Household
Andrea Baksai
18/11/1982
Ferencné Baksai
30/11/1955
Household
András László Fekete
07/08/1949
András Lászlóné Fekete
05/01/1953
Kecskés Ákos Zoltán
Hódmezővásárhely
28/11/2018
24/10/2018
1,100
77361/17
30/10/2017
Judit Gyarmati
20/03/1973
17/12/2018
21/08/2018
10,000
78476/17
04/11/2013
(15 applicants)
Inez Viktoria Fekete
25/11/1965
Bela Czeiner
26/09/1957
Janosne Demeter
02/01/1939
Julia Ebertne Becsek
08/03/1953
Istvanne Fischer
21/08/1964
Laszlo Kerner
18/03/1974
Zoltan Komlossy
21/08/1970
Ferencne Nemeth
09/06/1946
Gyorgy Pinter
23/04/1969
Belane Szamosi
27/11/1948
Peter Veszpremi
09/01/1967
Household
Peter Kaldor
16/01/1936
Peterne Kaldor
01/11/1935
Household
Lajos Szabo
11/01/1937
Lajosne Szabo
03/08/1945
Czirmes György
Budapest
21/09/2018
06/02/2018
4,500
[1]. Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.
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