FOURTH SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 40159/16
Lajos MÓROCZ against Hungary
and 9 other applications
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting on 31 January 2019 as a Committee composed of:
Georges Ravarani, President,
Marko Bošnjak,
Péter Paczolay, 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 some of the applications, complaints based on the same facts were also communicated under other provisions 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 21 February 2019.
Liv TigerstedtGeorges Ravarani
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
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)
40159/16
04/07/2016
Lajos Mórocz
23/10/1976
Farkas Sándor
Hévíz
06/12/2018
22/06/2018
3,900
40622/16
06/07/2016
Sat-Rol Kft
20/06/2001
Kodela Viktor
Budapest
10/12/2018
25/09/2018
2,000
42901/16
18/07/2016
Tamas Gyorgy Partos
20/09/1954
Váczi Péter
Győr
10/12/2018
13/08/2018
3,000
43775/16
30/06/2016
Csaba Károly Tichy-Rács
09/03/1944
10/12/2018
26/06/2018
3,000
45300/16
28/07/2016
Piroska Schreinné Kovács
17/03/1956
László SCHREIN
03/05/1941
Gaudi-Nagy Tamás
Budapest
10/12/2018
22/06/2018
2,000
47756/16
05/08/2016
(27 applicants)
Household
Géza Kálózi
04/11/1958
Gezane Kalozi
03/02/1958
Mihalyne Boldizsar
08/08/1960
Imre Kalozi
10/06/1957
Mihaly Marussi
18/09/1958
Jozsef Nemeth
13/07/1943
Jozsef Nemeth
13/05/1968
Palne Supka
27/03/1943
Household
Istvan Szabo
20/06/1971
Anita Szabone Gortva
02/01/1976
Household
Jozsef Romfa
24/10/1940
Jozsefne Romfa
26/09/1944
Household
Pal Tompai
10/05/1957
Palne Tompai
10/11/1963
Household
Laszlo Kocsis
04/05/1962
Laszlone Kocsis
11/09/1963
Household
Attila Nemeth
25/02/1970
Attilane Nemeth
25/07/1975
Household
Gyorgy Zseller
19/04/1953
Gyorgyne Zseller
04/09/1955
Household
Helga Csenki
06/01/1989
Palne Csenki
22/12/1966
Szabina Csenki
20/01/1999
Tamas Csenki
16/07/1985
Household
Laszlo Benyei
25/08/1956
Laszlone Benyei
30/03/1933
Jozsefne Parej
22/02/1953
Kecskés Ákos Zoltán
Hódmezővásárhely
05/12/2018
25/09/2018
1,100
48391/16
01/08/2016
Ferenc József Likvacsán
25/01/1954
Sebők Dóra
Budapest
06/12/2018
09/08/2018
8,000
67938/16
16/11/2016
Zoltán Pallagi
20/08/1972
Kővári Béla
Budapest
18/12/2018
27/09/2018
5,000
68037/16
07/11/2016
Gábor Jéga Szabó
27/11/1952
Kincses István András
Orosháza
10/12/2018
28/08/2018
4,000
77139/16
05/12/2016
András Bence Jávor
04/08/1979
17/12/2018
17/09/2018
2,000
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