FOURTH SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 32638/19
Tünde KOSZORÚ against Hungary
and 9 other applications
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting on 25 June 2020 as a Committee composed of:
Stéphanie Mourou-Vikström, President,
Georges Ravarani,
Jolien Schukking, 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 civil proceedings were communicated to the Hungarian Government (“the Government”). In application no. 62347/19, a complaint based on the same facts was 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 16 July 2020.
Liv TigerstedtStéphanie Mourou-Vikström
Acting Deputy RegistrarPresident
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
Date of birth /
Date of registration
Representative’s 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)[1]
32638/19
14/06/2019
Tünde KOSZORÚ
19/10/1969
Pivarnyikné Juhász Emőke
Budapest
19/12/2019
19/05/2020
5,200
36060/19
03/07/2019
Mária Magdolna POSZPISEK
19/10/1969
Pivarnyikné Juhász Emőke
Budapest
13/12/2019
19/05/2020
6,500
39603/19
18/07/2019
Orsolya Ildikó FERENCZ
30/09/1970
Pivarnyikné Juhász Emőke
Budapest
16/12/2019
19/05/2020
2,600
47618/19
28/08/2019
Andrea ECKERMANN SZABÓ
12/06/1984
Pivarnyikné Juhász Emőke
Budapest
28/01/2020
19/05/2020
5,200
61466/19
19/11/2019
Gábor KIRÁLY
30/12/1972
Gaál Róbert
Szombathely
06/05/2020
04/05/2020
2,000
62347/19
28/11/2019
(4 applicants)
Adrien SZABÓ
19/06/1963
Attila Károly DEMUS
22/06/1946
Norbert DEMUS
16/05/1976
Roland DEMUS
02/10/1973
Karsai Dániel András
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of civil proceedings.
05/06/2020
14/05/2020
11,700
62765/19
02/12/2019
Gyöngyi SCHRITT
09/01/1970
Gerencsér Éva
Budapest
30/04/2020
07/06/2020
3,300
64279/19
04/12/2019
Antal Péter HORVÁTH
15/09/1952
Ernszt János
Budapest
27/05/2020
02/03/2020
2,600
2610/20
13/12/2019
BUDAPEST XX. KERÜLET TÉGLAÉGETŐ UTCA 2. SZ. TÁRSASHÁZ
30/06/2004
Karsai Dániel András
Budapest
05/06/2020
16/03/2020
10,400
3688/20
10/01/2020
Imre JUHÁSZ
02/09/1980
Gerencsér Éva
Budapest
21/05/2020
07/06/2020
3,300
[1] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.
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