FIRST SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 6557/24
Janos KOMPANIK and Others against Hungary
and 3 other applications
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (First Section), sitting on 3 October 2024 as a Committee composed of:
Krzysztof Wojtyczek, President,
Lətif Hüseynov,
Erik Wennerström, judges,
and Attila Teplán, 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 representative 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”).
The Court received friendly-settlement declarations, signed by the parties, 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 24 October 2024.
Attila Teplán Krzysztof Wojtyczek
Acting Deputy Registrar President
APPENDIX
List of applications raising complaints under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention
(excessive length of civil proceedings)
No.
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
(in euros)[1]
6557/24
12/02/2024
(47 applicants)
Janos KOMPANIK
1949
Norbert BAKOS
1970
Lászlóné BIHARI
1944
Lászlóné BOGNÁR
1963
András BOHÁK
1967
Józsefné BRAUN
1943
László CSERESZNYE
1956
Mária Anna CSIMCSA
1952
Andor Ferencné DALMADY
1953
István DUBNICZKI
1947
Lajosné DUDÁS
1935
Tibor DUKÁT
1948
Lászlóné ERDÉLYI
1948
György Gábor FELSZEGHY
1954
Péterné GALAMBOS
1949
Erzsébet GEDONNÉ LINTNER
1945
János GREZNER
1957
Zoltánné HALÁSZ
1948
Éva Mária HAVASI
1954
Jánosné HIR
1937
László Béla HORVÁTH
1948
Gábor Béláné JÁMBOR
1950
Mihály JANOVICS
1935
Andrásné JUHÁSZ
1950
József Gábor JUHÁSZ
1939
Attila Csaba KELEMEN
1947
Ernő Péter KELEMEN
1966
Katalin KINCSES
1948
János KISS
1958
József KISS
1940
József János KÓSI
1947
Istvánné KOSZONICS
1957
Julianna Róza KOVÁCS
1941
Mártonné KOVÁCS
1956
Lajos István MAROSI
1944
Judit Ágnes NAGY
1946
Imre PAULOVICS
1943
Irén PINCZÉS
1954
László RÉZMÁN
1952
Hajnalka SEIGERSCHMIDT
1983
József SZELES
1947
Nándor Józsefné SZIGETI
1932
Nándorné SZIJJ
1936
Endréné SZŐCS
1946
Béla TÓTH
1953
Sándor István VÁRSZEGI
1986
Lajosné ZEMANKÓ
1960
Kodela Viktor
Budapest
27/08/2024
12/06/2024
2,000
6943/24
23/02/2024
Gáborné NAGY
1942
Kodela Viktor
Budapest
16/08/2024
12/06/2024
2,000
9205/24
18/03/2024
(36 applicants)
András Péter JUHÁSZ
1947
Lászlóné BALOGH
1947
Éva BARANYAI
1948
Zsolt István BARANYAI
1973
Lászlóné BERTA
1941
András BORSI
1980
Istvánné CZIFFERI
1933
István DANKÓ
1956
László DEÁK
1944
Antal DEICHTER
1960
Tibor József DÖMÖK
1961
István DUNAI
1953
Gabriella FÁBRI
1962
András FAZEKAS
1966
Dezső FODOR
1940
Anna Mária FODORNÉ GÁL
1966
Tibor GÁL
1968
Győző HERCZEG
1970
László János HIRL
1972
Zoltánné HORVÁTH
1945
Lászlóné JUHÁSZ
1953
Gyula KAPUVÁRI
1944
Ferenc János KERESZTI
1949
Hedvig Brigitta KISZELY
1968
Imréné KISZELY
1941
Ernő KOVÁCS
1936
Péter KREISZ
1997
János MÁRTON
1963
Sándor MILICZ
1943
Erzsébet Mária MOLNÁRNÉ SÁRAI
1943
Istvánné PÉTER
1946
Lajos PUSKÁS
1952
József SZOKOLAI
1962
Jánosné TÓSOKY
1964
Jánosné VECSEI
1965
Mónika Tünde ZÖLDI
1972
Kodela Viktor
Budapest
29/08/2024
25/06/2024
2,000
11728/24
16/04/2024
(4 applicants)
Nándorné REMÉNYI
1930
Sándor BRINDZIK
1963
Margit CSÁTI
1950
Erika NAGY
1962
Kodela Viktor
Budapest
29/08/2024
25/06/2024
2,000
[1] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.