FOURTH SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 59103/13
Róbert KARSAI and others against Hungary
and 11 other applications
(see appended table)
This version was rectified on 13/12/2018 under Rule 81 of the Rules of Court
The European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting on 25 October 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 15 November 2018.
Liv TigerstedtGeorges Ravarani
Acting Deputy RegistrarPresident
APPENDIX
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 the Government’s declaration
Date of receipt of Applicant’s declaration
Amount awarded for pecuniary and non-pecuniary damage and costs and expenses
per applicant/household
(in euros)[1]
59103/13
11/09/2013
(28 applicants)
Róbert Karsai
27/11/1972
János Ádám
23/03/1973
Emil Bánhalmi
07/11/1944
András Bodnár
11/01/1953
Zoltán Csikós
25/11/1970
György Czeilinger
21/09/1965
Gábor Devecsai
05/10/1974
Szilárd Hamar
25/11/1976
Ferenc Hassza
28/11/1966
Barna Katona
17/01/1955
Zoltán Kőszegi
29/06/1967
János Kovács
01/07/1943
István Krémer
13/06/1961
Ottó Páni
22/05/1948
István Paulik
11/08/1947
Miklos Pocsi
12/06/1959
Ferenc Portik
28/08/1955
Gabor Radvanyi
16/01/1957
Ferenc Rafai
11/12/1974
Gyula Schmidt
03/04/1977
Gabor Sefcsik
26/01/1970
Jozsef Szeidl
16/03/1949
Janos Szigli
07/05/1976
Tibor Varga
02/05/1957
Jozsef Vegh
04/05/1972
Otto Zaj
15/10/1953
Household
Ilona Gyurcsek
27/08/1972
Andrea Szilvasine Gyurcsek
22/09/1975
Barbalics István
Budapest
13/09/2018
11/04/2018
10,700
42573/14
26/05/2014
Rezső Sesztakov
16/07/1959
Ábrahám István
Ajka
13/09/2018
03/04/2018
2,000
52990/14
22/07/2014
László Sebestyén
24/07/1963
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of civil proceedings -
16/08/2018
05/09/2018
2,500
72201/14
31/10/2014
Csaba Károly Tichy-Rács
09/03/1944
07/09/2018
09/03/2018
2,500
11927/15
02/03/2015
András Lendvay
24/07/1960
Magyar György
Budapest
04/09/2018
14/09/2018
7,000
15756/15
24/03/2015
Zsuzsanna Pelyhe
22/04/1966
05/09/2018
16/05/2018
10,000
16466/15
24/03/2015
Erzsébet Benczúr
24/03/1959
Tamás Ildikó
Nyíregyháza
07/09/2018
17/08/2018
2,600
47943/15
21/09/2015
Királyváros Bt.
02/02/2001
Csonka Balázs
Csopak
13/09/2018
12/04/2018
3,000
53271/15
20/10/2015
Anikó Kellerné Galgócz-Deák
09/12/1964
14/09/2018
24/08/2018
3,500
53438/15
21/10/2015
Sándor Lakatos
28/04/1960
Váczi Péter
Győr
13/09/2018
06/08/2018
2,000
53448/15
21/10/2015
Erzsébet Kerekes
09/08/1942
Bayerné Siklós Éva
Budapest
13/09/2018
07/05/2018
13,000
53803/15
27/10/2015
Márta Szabadosné Náfrádi
20/09/1965
13/09/2018
06/06/2018
2,000
[1]. Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.
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