FOURTH SECTION
DECISION
This version was rectified on 19 May
under Rule 81 of the Rules of Court.
Application no. 48/13
Györgyné KOBZA and others against Hungary
and 3 other applications
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting on 16 March 2017 as a Committee composed of:
Vincent A. De Gaetano, President,
Egidijus Kūris,
Gabriele Kucsko-Stadlmayer, judges,
and Karen Reid, 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 6 April 2017.
Karen ReidVincent A. De Gaetano
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]
48/13
12/12/2012
(66 applicants)
Györgyné Kobza
10/10/1935
József Mihályné Balogh
12/06/1940
Attila István Bekó
07/02/1971
György Bekó
02/09/1960
István Bekó
06/10/1972
József Bekó
17/10/1936
Istvánné Bertók
20/01/1941
Mónika Cselőtei
27/01/1970
Julianna Csizmadia
22/09/1954
Györgyné Dudás
01/12/1954
István Fabián
13/09/1948
Károlyné Gast
09/03/1956
Józsefné H. Molnár
27/01/1933
Attila Juhász
26/01/1976
Ferenc Juhász
09/01/1951
Sándorné Kalvach
03/12/1949
Sándorné Kiss
17/12/1947
Ferenc Kurucz
04/10/1950
József Kurucz
17/09/1953
Tiborné Ligeti
17/08/1953
Ferencné Márton
14/11/1955
József Molnár
21/08/1962
Mária Molnár
23/04/1957
Valéria Erzsébet Murai
27/12/1947
József Naszádi
23/02/1937
Ágnes Pásztor
21/04/1984
László Pásztor
17/03/1987
Krisztina Reinerné Weisz
21/04/1977
Árpád Józsefné Richter
10/09/1957
Mária Rudolfné dr. Katona
04/10/1956
Lászlóné Sas
08/09/1950
Ferenc Sikter
24/08/1945
György Sikter
03/05/1950
László Sikter
01/11/1948
Jánosné Stegmajer
04/01/1973
Jánosné Szolga
10/06/1931
György Tóth
03/01/1952
Mária Tóth
27/05/1954
Pálné Tóth
11/08/1928
Jánosné Varga
07/09/1954
Zoltán Varga
16/06/1972
Gyuláné Vaskó
19/05/1955
István Verebes
12/03/1966
László Weisz
27/05/1968
Róbertné Wittmann
27/09/1959
Erzsébet Zana
27/05/1960
Imre Zvonorics
15/07/1955
Household
Ferenc Balogh
11/02/1940
Ferencné Balogh
29/03/1939
Household
László Horgász
31/10/1981
Monika Horgász
04/02/1973
Household
Lajos Kalmár
24/11/1983
Zsolt Kalmár
20/10/1978
Household
György Kobza
25/04/1960
Györgyné Kobza
11/02/1960
Household
Erzsébet Molnár
28/05/1977
Krisztina Molnár
26/02/1979
Household
Ferenc Naszádi
10/08/1979
Sára Naszádi
21/07/1980
Household
István Pásztor
30/04/1945
István Pásztor
27/09/1972
Istvánné Pásztor
17/10/1952
Household
Ferenc Varga
24/11/1949
Ferencné Varga
14/09/1953
Household
Sándor Varga
25/08/1969
Sándor János Varga
11/12/1941
Hangyál Edit
Budapest
24/10/2016
14/12/2016
2,000
21619/13
21/03/2013
Edit Kolman
30/03/1961
10/01/2017
25/07/2016
8,000[1]
30286/13
29/04/2013
Ibolya Jáhn
07/09/1953
Kőfalvi Balázs
Budapest
21/11/2016
02/11/2016
6,000
64262/13
18/09/2013
Edit Kolman
30/03/1961
18/01/2017
09/08/2016
15,000[2]
[1] Rectified on 19 May 2017: the amount was 6,000
[2] Rectified on 19 May 2017: the amount was 6,000
[i]. Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.
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