FIRST SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 30958/23
Zsuzsanna KOVÁCS and Others
against Hungary
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (First Section), sitting on 7 March 2024 as a Committee composed of:
Gilberto Felici, President,
Péter Paczolay,
Raffaele Sabato, judges,
and Attila Teplán, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,
Having regard to the above application lodged on 2 August 2023,
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 Mr V. Kodela, 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 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 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 28 March 2024.
Attila Teplán Gilberto Felici
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]
30958/23
02/08/2023
(205 applicants)
Zsuzsanna KOVÁCS
1985
Viktória HÁGEN
1954
Ferenc PAPP
1974
Károly POGÁNY
1950
Lajos Gábor LENGYEL
1965
Sándor Istvánné JÁSZI
1954
András Tibor BERENDI
1945
Tiborné SZIJÁRTÓ
1941
Géza WOLF
1967
József István VARGA
1942
Tiborné GAZSOVICS
1936
Csilla Mária HAJNALNÉ HOMOKI
1971
János BECSÓ
1942
Lívia SZALAYNÉ LEHOCZKY
1971
Sándor SIRÁN
1960
Zsolt Attila BENGERY
1961
Ervinné KNABEL
1948
Péterné KOZMA
1941
Endre György SZŐCS
1945
Emese STÖRK
1972
Tibor SZOMBATH
1960
György Gáborné FELSZEGHY
1957
Emil József TASNÁDI
1931
György Mihályné BALCZER
1947
Tamás ZEMPLÉNI
1952
János Géza KORFANTY
1943
Lenke SZABÓ
1954
Ádámné HOFFMANN
1944
Nóra GALBAVY
1970
Ferencné SZONDI
1948
Tibor KAMARÁS
1964
Gáborné SZÉLES
1947
Gergely NAGY
1957
Tamás Pál MARTON
1941
Piroska VÁNYOLOSNÉ KOZMA
1964
Tamás JANOVICS
1971
Zsuzsanna RAFFAI
1967
Gábor DOHOVICS
1939
István KUN
1958
József JOÓ
1943
János JASZICZKY
1936
Gyula KULCSÁR
1968
Péter KECSKÉS
1939
Imréné SZOJKA
1946
János VARGA
1964
Zoltán CSÁK
1974
Istvánné PAPP-SIMON
1937
Emil József KISS
1948
István BÁNLAKI
1982
Tibor HORVÁTH
1953
Imre OLÁH
1968
Gábor Sándor KECSKEMÉTI
1966
Gyula BOTOS
1980
Ernő MAJOR
1935
Lászlóné KASSAI
1940
Judit HALMSCHLAGERNÉ KLIMCZAK
1972
Ernő István DOROGI
1948
Mátyásné PRINCZ
1941
Zsolt Béláné KIRÁLY
1954
Károlyné HEGEDŰS
1939
Ernő MÜLLER
1967
Józsefné DEMETER
1958
János LATTMANN
1950
Bálintné NÉMETH
1940
László TELEK
1942
András Endre FÜREDI
1948
Gyuláné GÁL
1931
Lászlóné SZERERBA
1951
Viktória BORBÉLY
1961
Jánosné NÉMETH
1942
Józsefné VAJDA
1944
Judit Gabriella MOLNÁR
1969
Eszter Alexandra TIBORCZNÉ TÓTH
1975
Judit SZABÓNÉ MÜLLER
1975
György Balázs SZELÉNYI
1954
Zsuzsanna BAKOSNÉ BARANYI
1970
Andrásné FÁBIÁN
1945
Dénes SZEGŐ
1936
Józsefné KAIZER
1938
Imre URGYÁN
1955
Zoltánné JANKÓ
1939
Erzsébet LUKÁCSNÉ BARTUCZ
1963
Róbert TAMÁS
1964
János HADNAGY
1943
Kornélia ARDELEÁN
1940
Mária Ágnes BLASKOVICS
1965
Tibor MERÉNYI
1962
László SCHLANGER
1941
Csaba FARKAS
1964
László GERŐHÁZI
1939
István Géza IMOLAI
1943
István TÓTH
1974
Jánosné FEHÉR
1946
Andrea KUN
1976
Piroska BALLA
1964
György Józsefné TIBORCZ
1940
János SZTRUHÁR
1945
Béláné OSZLÁR
1937
László Csabáné NYITRAI
1948
Judit KORDA
1962
Zoltán FRANK
1968
Péter Gyula ANTÓNI
1946
Anikó KOVÁCS
1941
Lajos Boldizsár HARZA
1941
Györgyné KURUCZ
1936
Lajos Imre HEGEDŰS
1944
László Antal ÉRSEK
1955
Gáborné BULA
1944
András HOLECSKÓ
1960
Ferenc PÁMER
1973
Pálné GATTYÁN
1957
József FOGD
1945
Györgyné JÁKY
1947
Gáborné MÁTRAI
1944
László KOVÁCS
1955
Judit Erzsébet SALLAI
1944
Mihályné MILUS
1942
Imréné GAJZÁGÓ
1941
Krisztina TÓTH
1978
Gábor LÉBER
1965
Zoltán NÉMETH
1952
László István MAROSFALVI
1955
Vince ERDÉLYI
1941
László MOLNÁR
1969
István SURMANN
1959
Zsuzsanna PASÁNÉ BÁRÁNY
1950
Istvánné GÁL
1943
Judit Ilona TÓTHNÉ ÓVÁRI
1953
Mária NAGYNÉ VERS
1941
Éva HERCZEGFALVINÉ ÁDÁM
1937
Imre Lajos FRICZ
1955
József PLAVECZ
1955
Ferenc SCHIESZL
1939
Dezső József HEGYI
1947
Margit Katalin SÜVEGESNÉ TÓTH
1945
Balázs Zsolt PETŐ
1969
Edit KÁLMÁN
1952
Béla Endre DROZDA
1943
Dezsőné ARADI
1943
Antal TÓTH
1965
Istvánné LEBANOV
1963
Aranka GÁL
1967
János KREISZ
1963
Ernő JUHÁSZ
1950
József BICSKI
1944
Lívia Terézia SZENTIRMAI
1968
Jánosné SÁGHY
1952
István VINCZELLÉR
1949
Péter STRASSER
1978
Zoltán PÉTER
1961
Rezső NAGYKÉRI
1933
Ferenc LAUKÓ
1947
Attila PÁSZTOR
1943
Judit Mariann MOHAROS-ALSZÁSZY
1971
András GALKÓ
1960
Gyula Pál KULCSÁR
1940
Ferenc SZAMOSVÁRI
1953
Ferenc KECSKÉS
1942
Istvánné KOVÁCS
1932
Teréz SZILÁGYINÉ SCHOTTNER
1952
Lászlóné GYÖREI
1956
Imre László BARANYAI
1942
Tibor MESTRA
1943
Vilmos MOLNÁR
1953
Mária CZVIKLI
1937
János Mihályné BAGÓ
1935
Sándor KUN
1949
Mária Anna KOVÁCSNÉ HAJDU
1957
Zoltánné BODNÁR
1962
Sándor SZABÓ
1955
Katalin KÖVESNÉ ACZÉL
1950
János FEHÉR
1940
József Gáborné JUHÁSZ
1940
Lajosné VINCZE
1941
Károly NAGY
1946
Árpád István BAGI
1968
Ottó TASI
1941
Csaba MILUS
1965
Sándor Ferencné GUTAI
1948
Istvánné DAROK
1931
Péter Béla LUKÁCS
1946
Pálné SUSÁN
1944
László DEÁK
1935
János BROGYÁNYI
1940
Tiborné SZŐKE
1966
József BRAUN
1941
Ferenc Pál VERS
1947
László Gábor PUPPÁN
1947
Józsefné JUHÁSZ
1940
Imréné TURCZER
1954
László Dénesné MÉSZÁROS
1945
János ANTAL
1944
Péter GALAMBOS
1984
Zsolt TELEK
1968
Zoltán Attila SZUHAI
1965
Ferencné SZÉKELY
1949
Szilvia URDÁNÉ MOLNÁR
1970
Zsuzsanna Margit LACZKÓNÉ HUSZKA
1966
Béla Jánosné VASVÁRI
1932
Edina HORVÁTH
1958
Károly SASVÁRI
1945
Tibor MALINA
1966
János MÓZES
1945
Household
Anikó Mária GONDOS
1971
László GONDOS
1948
Kodela Viktor
Budapest
06/02/2024
11/01/2024
2,000
[1] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.