FOURTH SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 41728/15
Sándor PIKÓ against Hungary
and 9 other applications
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting on 13 September 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 criminal proceedings were communicated to the Hungarian Government (“the Government”).
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 4 October 2018.
Liv TigerstedtGeorges Ravarani
Acting Deputy RegistrarPresident
APPENDIX
List of applications raising complaints under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention
(excessive length of criminal proceedings)
No.
Application no.
Date of introduction
Applicant’s name
Date 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
(in euros)[1]
41728/15
13/08/2015
Sándor Pikó
04/12/1952
Dobrossy István
Debrecen
18/07/2018
14/05/2018
6,000
42036/15
17/08/2015
Gábor Körmöczi
23/06/1969
Patócs Ilona
Tapolca
11/07/2018
24/05/2018
8,000
7535/16
28/01/2016
Csaba Miklós
01/01/1973
Szegedi Zsolt
Nyíregyháza
01/08/2018
26/04/2018
6,000
69185/16
11/11/2016
Josef Bergmüller
30/07/1955
Fazekas Attila
Szolnok
04/07/2018
05/03/2018
9,000
71537/16
24/11/2016
Zoltán Ferenc Mirkó
13/11/1959
01/08/2018
13/04/2018
8,000
17153/17
23/02/2017
Kornélia Kurucz
09/02/1975
Bese Julianna
Tatabánya
23/07/2018
02/02/2018
6,000
36514/17
14/05/2017
János Kaluca
08/09/1986
Fahidi Gergely
Budapest
01/08/2018
19/04/2018
1,500
42654/17
05/06/2017
Lajos Darányi
08/02/1962
18/07/2018
15/05/2018
7,000
67408/17
31/08/2017
János Tóth
13/12/1971
Schill Szabolcs
Budapest
20/07/2018
03/04/2018
10,000
67410/17
31/08/2017
Andrea Tóthné Mester
11/12/1973
Schill Szabolcs
Budapest
20/07/2018
03/04/2018
8,000
[1]. Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.
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