KOBZA AND OTHERS v. HUNGARY

 

FIRST SECTION

DECISION

Application no. 10978/21
Györgyné KOBZA and Others
against Hungary

(see appended table)

The European Court of Human Rights (First Section), sitting on 22 September 2022 as a Committee composed of:

 Krzysztof Wojtyczek, President,

 Erik Wennerström,

 Lorraine Schembri Orland, judges,

and Attila Teplán, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,

Having regard to the above application lodged on 9 February 2021,

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 Ms E. Hangyál, 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 the 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 13 October 2022.

 

 Attila Teplán Krzysztof Wojtyczek
 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 Applicant’s declaration

Amount awarded for pecuniary and non‑pecuniary damage and costs and expenses per applicant/household

(in euros)[1]

10978/21

09/02/2021

(56 applicants)

Household

Györgyné KOBZA

1935

György KOBZA

1960

 

Household

László PÁSZTOR

1987

Ágnes PAULOVICS

1984

 

Household

Lajos KALMÁR

1983

Zsolt KALMÁR

1978

 

Household

Mónika Gabriella HORGÁSZ

1973

László HORGÁSZ

1981

 

 

Erika ANTALNÉ VARGA

1977

 

Attila István BEKÓ

1971

 

József István BEKÓ

1936

 

Istvánné BERTÓK

1941

 

Mónika Andrea CSELŐTEI

1970

 

Julianna CSIZMADIA

1954

 

Györgyné DUDÁS

1954

 

István FÁBIÁN

1948

 

Károlyné GAST

1956

 

Attila JUHÁSZ

1976

 

Ferenc JUHÁSZ

1951

 

Sándorné KALVACH

1949

 

Zsuzsanna Ilona KATONA

1959

 

Sándorné KISS

1947

 

Györgyné KOBZA

1960

 

Ferenc KURUCZ

1950

 

József KURUCZ

1953

 

Tibor Lászlóné LIGETI

1953

 

Ferenc Imréné MÁRTON

1955

 

József MOLNÁR

1962

 

József Györgyné MOLNÁR

1933

 

Krisztina Marianna MOLNÁR

1979

Zoltán MOLNÁR

1972

 

Valéria Erzsébet MURAI

1947

 

Ferenc NASZÁDI

1979

 

József NASZÁDI

1937

 

Sára Teréz NASZÁDI

1980

 

István PÁSZTOR

1972

 

Árpádné RICHTER

1957

 

Mária Terézia RUDOLFNÉ KATONA

1956

 

Lászlóné SAS

1950

 

György SIKTER

1950

 

László SIKTER

1948

Jánosné STEGMAJER

1973

 

György TÓTH

1952

 

Mária Terézia TÓTH

1954

 

Ferenc VARGA

1976

 

Ferencné VARGA

1953

 

Jánosné VARGA

1954

 

Krisztina VARGA

1977

 

Sándorné VARGA

1946

 

Zoltán VARGA

1972

 

Gyula Lászlóné VASKÓ

1955

 

István VEREBES

1966

 

Krisztina WEISZ

1977

 

László WEISZ

1968

 

Erzsébet ZANA

1960

 

Imre ZVONORICS

1955

 

Hangyál Edit

Budapest

28/03/2022

05/07/2022

1,600

 

[1] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.

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