FOURTH SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 48523/13
Zsigmond HUSZÁR and others against Hungary
and 9 other applications
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting on 13 December 2018 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 17 January 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 /
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
(in euros)[1]
48523/13
19/07/2013
(13 applicants)
Zsigmond Huszár
31/10/1976
Andras BALI
07/01/1958
Lajos CSONKA
11/12/1969
Janos KOKICS
28/07/1962
Imre SARHEGYI
08/11/1969
Istvan CZIFRA
23/06/1976
Gabor SUVOLTOS
06/04/1975
Bela HAASZ
26/06/1951
Jozsef TAR
03/08/1969
Bela FARKAS
18/01/1954
Imre CSAJAGHY
18/02/1948
Peter CSABAI
23/04/1953
Laszlo Istvan TOTH
22/09/1956
Barbalics István
Budapest
03/05/2018
11/04/2018
10,700
69562/13
29/10/2013
Sándor Bilik
10/03/1956
Karsai Dániel András
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of civil proceedings -
25/10/2018
24/05/2018
4,000
44711/14
11/06/2014
Ferenc Vincze
24/01/1974
Magyar György
Budapest
08/11/2018
11/10/2018
2,000
48677/14
12/08/2014
Annamária Albert-Bernáth
26/01/1976
26/10/2018
04/04/2018
3,500
51035/14
27/05/2014
Péter Gyárfás
02/01/1956
18/10/2018
12/07/2018
9,000
67502/14
08/10/2014
Kétház Stúdió Kft
03/05/1999
Pivarnyikné Juhász Emőke
Budapest
25/10/2018
13/06/2018
8,000
74002/14
17/11/2014
Árpád Imre Juhász
16/12/1960
Szabady Attila
Budapest
12/06/2018
08/03/2018
2,500
78054/14
10/12/2014
Híradástechnika Zrt
01/02/1992
Gál József
Budapest
29/10/2018
12/04/2018
6,000
35490/15
09/07/2015
Hortobágyi Lúdtenyésztő Zrt
03/01/1994
Kodela Viktor
Budapest
10/11/2018
25/09/2018
3,500
61976/15
11/12/2015
Attila Zsolt Klement
30/06/1968
10/11/2018
14/06/2018
12,000
[1]. Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.
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