FOURTH SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 4958/14
Tibor Lajos KLEBERCZ against Hungary
and 8 other applications
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting on 15 February 2018 as a Committee composed of:
Vincent A. De Gaetano, President,
Georges Ravarani,
Marko Bošnjak, 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 criminal proceedings were communicated to the Hungarian Government (“the Government”).
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 8 March 2018.
Liv TigerstedtVincent A. De Gaetano
Acting Deputy RegistrarPresident
APPENDIX
No.
Application no.
Date of introduction
Applicant name
Date of birth /
Date of registration
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]
4958/14
08/01/2014
Tibor Lajos Klebercz
27/10/1967
Tóth M. Gábor
Budapest
24/11/2017
20/12/2017
5,000
29268/14
27/03/2014
László Vörös
10/11/1973
Borsos Tamás
Budapest
08/01/2018
08/01/2018
2,000
30677/14
03/04/2014
Zsolt Varga
13/10/1982
Borsos Tamás
Budapest
12/01/2018
08/01/2018
11,000
42597/14
16/05/2014
Istvánné Majoros
05/10/1952
Borsos Tamás
Budapest
02/01/2018
08/01/2018
3,000
55151/16
15/09/2016
József Pesti
04/10/1974
Tóth Zoltán Mátyás
Budapest
20/12/2017
19/09/2017
800
43802/17
13/06/2017
Sándor Szabó
25/08/1964
Horváth Dániel
Budapest
28/11/2017
20/10/2017
2,500
50937/17
30/09/2013
Judit Kövi
12/01/1946
Scheszták Gyuláné
Budapest
24/11/2017
09/01/2018
4,000
50939/17
30/09/2013
József Juhász
22/09/1966
Scheszták Gyuláné
Budapest
24/11/2017
09/01/2018
4,000
50989/17
30/09/2013
Kinga Szabó
09/04/1970
Scheszták Gyuláné
Budapest
24/11/2017
09/01/2018
5,000
[i]. Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.
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