FOURTH SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 33328/18
János Ernő HIDEG against Hungary
and 10 other applications
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting on 25 April 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 some of the applications, complaints based on the same facts were also communicated under other provisions 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 16 May 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
(in euros)[1]
33328/18
10/07/2018
János Ernő Hideg
21/06/1967
Szalay Tamás
Budapest
08/03/2019
03/01/2019
2,500
35007/18
19/07/2018
József Bernvallner
01/09/1962
Karsai Dániel András
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of civil proceedings -
26/02/2019
18/12/2018
5,000
35008/18
19/07/2018
Richárd Tibor Gémesi
02/08/1976
Karsai Dániel András
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of civil proceedings -
26/02/2019
04/02/2019
5,000
35009/18
19/07/2018
Géza László György
16/06/1956
Karsai Dániel András
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of civil proceedings -
26/02/2019
18/12/2018
5,000
37894/18
03/08/2018
Judit Barabásné Papp
06/09/1953
Nagy Gergely Tamás
Budapest
14/02/2019
10/01/2019
1,000
39312/18
09/08/2018
Attila Bugyi
30/04/1979
Nagy Gergely Tamás
Budapest
11/02/2019
10/01/2019
2,000
39411/18
06/08/2018
György József Hegedűs
28/11/1945
07/03/2019
03/01/2019
9,100
40053/18
16/08/2018
János Kiss
02/02/1964
Anda Péter
Budapest
11/03/2019
18/01/2019
2,600
49088/18
10/10/2018
Ildikó Katalin Hanniker
20/05/1968
Karsai Dániel András
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of civil proceedings -
14/02/2019
25/02/2019
2,500
49365/18
12/10/2018
Edit Hedvig Kovács
24/12/1962
Helga TIMAROCZKI
27/10/1994
Cech András
Budapest
14/03/2019
12/03/2019
3,000
52379/18
25/10/2018
László Birta
28/01/1965
Váczi Péter
Győr
04/03/2019
14/01/2019
9,000
[1]. Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.
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