FOURTH SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 51063/14
Ferenc HORVÁTH against Hungary
and 12 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 criminal proceedings were communicated to the Hungarian Government (“the Government”).
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 criminal proceedings)
No.
Application no.
Date of introduction
Applicant’s name
Date of birth
Representative’s name and location
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]
51063/14
04/07/2014
Ferenc Horváth
16/10/1972
Borsos Tamás
Budapest
11/02/2019
10/12/2018
2,500
13131/15
09/03/2015
Iván Makó
11/08/1975
Piroska MOLNÁR
11/08/1975
Borsos Tamás
Budapest
15/02/2019
04/12/2018
2,500
21271/16
11/04/2016
József Bogdán
09/03/1975
Borsos Tamás
Budapest
03/01/2019
02/10/2018
4,000
4809/17
07/12/2016
Attila Földes-Szabó
18/11/1969
15/01/2019
17/04/2018
5,000
25991/17
28/03/2017
Levente Tanács
18/07/1974
Bene Zoltán
Szeged
15/01/2019
03/07/2018
3,000
35519/17
05/05/2017
Levente Tanács
18/07/1974
Bene Zoltán
Szeged
15/01/2019
03/07/2018
5,000
11156/18
27/02/2018
György Lőkös
16/09/1934
17/12/2018
10/01/2019
12,000
13479/18
08/03/2018
Attila Iván Gajzágó
12/04/1943
Kalló Péter
Budapest
09/01/2019
18/09/2018
3,500
19931/18
17/04/2018
György Rékasi
26/02/1966
Földvári Csaba
Hódmezővásárhely
15/01/2019
11/10/2018
5,000
26834/18
30/05/2018
István Gál
17/07/1969
Szegedi Zsolt
Nyíregyháza
16/01/2019
20/11/2018
9,000
30697/18
19/06/2018
Attila Ambrus
13/12/1959
Bene Zoltán
Szeged
25/01/2019
13/12/2018
3,000
34525/18
11/07/2018
János József Magda
05/11/1996
Bene Zoltán
Szeged
11/02/2019
09/01/2019
2,500
49993/18
18/10/2018
Zoltán Antalné Fehér
27/08/1974
Bene Zoltán
Szeged
05/02/2019
10/01/2019
1,800
[1]. Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.
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