SECOND SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 35930/24
László Zoltánné JANT and Others
against Hungary
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (Second Section), sitting on 7 May 2025 as a Committee composed of:
Gediminas Sagatys, President,
Stéphane Pisani,
Juha Lavapuro, judges,
and Attila Teplán, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,
Having regard to the above application lodged on 21 November 2024,
Having regard to the formal declarations accepting a friendly settlement of the case,
Having deliberated, decides as follows:
FACTS AND PROCEDURE
The list of applicants is set out in the appended table.
The applicants were represented by Mr V. Kodela, a lawyer practising in Budapest.
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”).
The Court received friendly-settlement declaration, signed by the parties, under which the applicants agreed to waive any further claims against Hungary in respect of the facts giving rise to this application, subject to an undertaking by the Government to pay them the amount detailed in the appended table. This amount 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 this amount within the above‑mentioned three-month period, the Government undertake to pay simple interest on it, 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 case.
THE LAW
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 application.
In view of the above, it is appropriate to strike the case out of the list.
For these reasons, the Court, unanimously,
Decides to strike the application out of its list of cases in accordance with Article 39 of the Convention.
Done in English and notified in writing on 28 May 2025.
Attila Teplán Gediminas Sagatys
Acting Deputy Registrar President
APPENDIX
Application raising complaints under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention
(excessive length of civil proceedings)
Application no.
Date of introduction
Applicant’s name
Year of birth
Representative’s name and location
Date of receipt of Government’s declaration
Date of receipt of Applicants’ declaration
Amount awarded for pecuniary and non‑pecuniary damage and costs and expenses per applicant/household
(in euros)[1]
35930/24
21/11/2024
(29 applicants)
László Zoltánné JANT
1957
Makár SZOKOLOV
1946
Zsuzsánna CZAHESZNÉ BOTH
1955
Viktória KOBZA
1982
Margit KOVÁCS
1928
András Sándorné KISS
1942
Matild FARKAS
1958
Mihály Béla VARGA
1949
Sarolta BECSÓ
1971
Zoltán KIRÁLY
1973
Tibor István MAKÓ
1959
Mátyás NAGY
1997
Józsefné STUMM
1939
Marianna ZENTAI
1959
Katalin OSZLÁR
1964
Erika VIGHNÉ HENTZEL
1964
Oszkárné SZABÓ
1957
Household
Gyula GYURKOVICS
1960
Marianna GYURKOVICS
1968
Household
Anita SÜMEGINÉ HORVÁTH
1972
Istvánné HORVÁTH
1944
Household
Gézáné POÓR
1934
János Gáborné BÍRÓ
1958
Household
Péter GRŐB
1974
Ákos GRŐB
1979
Katalin GRŐB
1968
Household
Jánosné MÓKUS
1955
Bernadett MÓKUS
1974
Zoltán MÓKUS
1981
Kodela Viktor
Budapest
12/02/2025
17/03/2025
2,000
[1] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.