FOURTH SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 12471/12
László KENDE and others against Hungary
and 4 other applications
(see list appended)
The European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting on 29 September 2016 as a Committee composed of:
Vincent A. De Gaetano, President,
Egidijus Kūris,
Gabriele Kucsko-Stadlmayer, judges,
and Hasan Bakırcı, 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 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 20 October 2016.
Hasan BakırcıVincent A. De Gaetano
Deputy RegistrarPresident
APPENDIX
No.
Application no.
Date of introduction
Applicant name
Date of birth
Representative name and location
Date of receipt of Government 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)[i]
12471/12
24/02/2012
(3 applicants)
László KENDE
20/05/1970
János BOGDÁN
János FÉNYES
Székely Marianna
Budapest
18/04/2016
06/06/2016
1,000
22414/12
03/04/2012
Attila WOHNER
29/01/1962
Pauló Katalin
Budapest
10/05/2016
11/07/2016
13,000
25206/12
18/04/2012
Istvánné MÁRTON
07/10/1951
14/04/2016
29/02/2016
12,000
32091/12
21/05/2012
CSIKÓS ÉS TÁRSA
Csikós Csaba
Budapest
20/05/2016
07/07/2016
2,000
62755/12
26/09/2012
Ildikó Viktória BAKOS
27/05/1974
10/03/2016
24/05/2016
2,000
[i] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.
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