FOURTH SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 69002/13
Imre MUNKÁCSI and others against Hungary
and 10 other applications
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting on 15 November 2018 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 6 December 2018.
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
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/household
(in euros)[1]
69002/13
26/10/2013
(10 applicants)
Imre Munkácsi
04/03/1938
Ferenc Toth
03/08/1982
Agnes Zsuzsanna Varga
07/04/1955
Household
Gyorgyne Meszoly
15/09/1934
Ferencne Toth
18/09/1948
Gabor Toth
24/09/1969
Household
Istvanne Radnai
01/06/1940
Ildiko Szegvarine Radnai
17/02/1967
Household
Jozsefne Lukacs
08/04/1971
Jozsefne Molnarne Major
12/06/1948
Czirmes György
Budapest
18/07/2018
06/02/2018
4,900
73706/13
05/11/2013
László Varga
26/03/1955
Kiss Dániel Bálint
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of civil proceedings -
08/10/2018
03/04/2018
13,000
51058/14
20/06/2014
Péter Gyárfás
02/01/1956
13/09/2018
06/06/2018
10,000
60471/14
29/08/2014
Zsuzsanna Szász
20/02/1951
Váczi Péter
Győr
27/09/2018
27/02/2018
3,000
39575/15
31/07/2015
Enikő Nagy
14/03/1968
Váczi Péter
Győr
27/09/2018
12/06/2018
6,000
40018/15
04/08/2015
László Korponai
30/04/1959
24/09/2018
15/06/2018
5,000
47938/15
24/09/2015
András Lendvay
24/07/1960
Kiss Dániel Bálint
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of civil proceedings -
24/09/2018
17/04/2018
4,000
50439/15
07/10/2015
Dávid Erzsébet Nádasiné
23/08/1962
Kiss József
Budapest
21/09/2018
26/06/2018
5,000
52796/15
15/10/2015
Imre Zsolt Salzmann
29/09/1965
Cech András
Budapest
01/10/2018
27/04/2018
2,000
53793/15
22/10/2015
Ábel János Somogyi
01/09/1987
02/10/2018
28/06/2018
2,000
58265/15
17/11/2015
Household
Katalin Surnyák
25/11/1983
Sándor Réthi
19/08/1959
Szegedi Zsolt
Nyíregyháza
02/10/2018
03/07/2018
7,000
[1]. Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.
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