FOURTH SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 32373/14
Orsolya Tímea JÁNDI-VARGA 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 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 7 March 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]
32373/14
18/04/2014
Orsolya Tímea Jándi-Varga
13/02/1986
Pohánka Béla
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of civil proceedings -
15/01/2019
26/04/2018
4,000
35438/14
05/05/2014
Nóra Szenttamási
13/05/1964
Körmendi Csaba Tamás
Budapest
15/01/2019
13/07/2018
2,000
37525/14
05/05/2014
Tibor Lajos Hubcsák
21/02/1951
Horváthné Nagy Ildikó
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of civil proceedings -
29/05/2018
06/03/2018
12,000
7747/15
02/02/2015
József György Juhász
06/11/1956
Pivarnyikné Juhász Emőke
Budapest
16/01/2019
13/06/2018
2,500
7787/15
03/02/2015
Gyula Pataki
21/05/1961
Kiss Dániel Bálint
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of civil proceedings –
15/01/2019
12/06/2018
7,000
7798/15
02/02/2015
Gábor Ottó Kovács
24/08/1960
Pivarnyikné Juhász Emőke
Budapest
16/01/2019
18/10/2018
2,500
9905/15
02/02/2015
Zoltán Kuchár
19/07/1965
Pivarnyikné Juhász Emőke
Budapest
16/01/2019
12/06/2018
2,500
20390/16
08/04/2016
Ilona Kovácsné Balogh
08/11/1945
Pivarnyikné Juhász Emőke
Budapest
15/01/2019
14/06/2018
5,000
37377/16
20/06/2016
Péter Jánosné Hortai
21/03/1947
10/01/2019
15/06/2018
3,500
54687/16
12/09/2016
Interinvest 2002 Kft
20/12/1993
Vargha Balazs
Budapest
15/01/2019
19/07/2018
3,000
[1]. Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.
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