FOURTH SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 78127/13
Gáspár KORONCZAI against Hungary
and 11 other applications
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting on 24 May 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”). In some of the applications, complaints based on the same facts were also communicated under Article 13 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 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 14 June 2018.
Liv TigerstedtVincent A. De Gaetano
Acting Deputy RegistrarPresident
APPENDIX
List of applications raising complaints under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention
(excessive length of criminal proceedings)
No.
Application no.
Date of introduction
Applicant name
Date of birth
Representative name and location
Other complaints under well-established case-law
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)[i]
78127/13
06/12/2013
Gáspár Koronczai
02/05/1976
Körmendi Csaba Tamás
Budapest
01/03/2018
14/03/2018
7,000
63551/14
10/09/2014
Tamás Anka
08/03/1975
Csaba Anka
11/10/1973
Szilvágyi Attila
Győr
27/02/2018
12/03/2018
3,500
65688/14
25/09/2014
(4 applicants)
László Baráth
03/06/1974
László Bene
07/09/1975
László Gyula Bíró
12/01/1966
Attila Miklovicz
02/04/1968
Koós László Zoltán
Debrecen
26/02/2018
14/11/2017
3,500
6905/15
30/01/2015
János Kozák
16/06/1978
Nyári Béla Attila
Budapest
22/01/2018
08/03/2018
8,000
14451/15
17/03/2015
Dániel Rézműves
02/02/1979
Kalló Péter
Budapest
09/02/2018
08/03/2018
2,000
36100/15
18/07/2015
István Leposa
23/02/1966
Ábrahám Dániel
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings -
14/02/2018
12/03/2018
7,000
36103/15
18/07/2015
Zoltán Gubu
28/01/1972
Ábrahám Dániel
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings -
14/02/2018
12/03/2018
7,000
36105/15
18/07/2015
Ferenc Farkas
10/05/1968
Ábrahám Dániel
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings -
14/02/2018
12/03/2018
7,000
41408/15
14/08/2015
András Péter Kucsera
19/02/1968
Pelle Andrea
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings -
08/03/2018
09/01/2018
6,000
59862/15
25/11/2015
János Balogh
29/10/1955
Sándor Bernadette
Dorog
13/03/2018
04/12/2017
4,000
60643/15
02/12/2015
György Imre Szondy
31/12/1960
Gál Zoltán
Székesfehérvár
13/03/2018
12/03/2018
3,000
6100/16
23/12/2015
László Vaktor
09/10/1957
Tóth T Balázs
Budapest
04/04/2018
26/03/2018
12,000
[i]. Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.
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