FIRST SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 50381/22
Csaba Roland MAKULA against Hungary
and 2 other applications
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (First Section), sitting on 28 September 2023 as a Committee composed of:
Krzysztof Wojtyczek, President,
Lətif Hüseynov,
Ivana Jelić, 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 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”).
The Court received the 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 19 October 2023.
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/household
(in euros)[1]
50381/22
21/10/2022
Csaba Roland MAKULA
1982
21/07/2023
26/05/2023
2,600
3902/23
08/01/2023
(7 applicants)
István VÁGVÖLGYI
1948
Ervin László REMÉNYI
1938
Károlyné JUHÁSZ
1942
Kornél CSEH
1963
Gábor NAGY
1955
Household
Zoltánné GUTI
1952
Zoltán GUTI
1950
Kodela Viktor
Budapest
03/08/2023
13/05/2023
2,000
11018/23
03/03/2023
(17 applicants)
Erzsébet MÉSZÁROS
1975
Balázs Gyula BAKÓ
1974
Sándor Lászlóné BAKÓ
1942
Ferenc CSEJTEI
1951
Zita FALUCSKAI
1981
Lajos László GASPARIK
1945
Péter HORVÁTH
1953
Ferencné MÉSZÁROS
1935
Attila NÉMETH
1973
Lászlóné NÉMETH
1946
Zsuzsanna NÉMETH
1968
Judit SOMLAI
1957
Ferenc József TALABÉR
1949
Adél TÁRNYIK
1986
Magdolna Mária TÁRNYIKNÉ SZÁSZ
1961
Erzsébet TEGZESNÉ ERŐS
1954
Tibor Lászlóné VADÁSZ
1951
Kodela Viktor
Budapest
03/08/2023
13/05/2023
2,000
[1] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.