FOURTH SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 39211/13
László PÜSKI against Hungary
and 9 other applications
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting on 20 June 2019 as a Committee composed of:
Stéphanie Mourou-Vikström, President,
Georges Ravarani,
Jolien Schukking, 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”). In application no. 39211/13, the applicant also complained under Article 13 of the Convention about the lack of an effective remedy.
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 11 July 2019.
Liv TigerstedtStéphanie Mourou-Vikström
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
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)[i]
39211/13
07/06/2013
László Püski
13/11/1958
Galló István
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings
03/05/2019
20/11/2018
2,500
12752/18
08/03/2018
István Vörös
29/05/1953
Kalló Péter
Budapest
03/05/2019
03/01/2019
6,000
42914/18
31/08/2018
Household
Norbert Takács
01/04/1989
Tamás Takács
01/12/1957
Hatlaczki Gyula
Nagykáta
16/04/2019
25/03/2019
3,000
42949/18
30/08/2018
Szilvia Veresné Sonkoly
05/01/1977
Petőfi Sándor
Miskolc
09/04/2019
02/04/2019
3,500
47251/18
27/09/2018
Róbertné Bogdán
24/02/1974
Kanyó Péter
Nagykáta
09/04/2019
04/02/2019
15,000
50099/18
18/10/2018
Erika Lukácsi
17/01/1976
Hadnagy József
Budapest
15/04/2019
21/05/2019
3,500
50461/18
15/10/2018
Zsolt Porkoláb
05/04/1969
26/02/2019
25/03/2019
3,500
52395/18
19/10/2018
Tibor Attila Balázs
14/04/1972
Hadnagy József
Budapest
09/04/2019
21/05/2019
3,500
52409/18
16/10/2018
Gyula Gáspár
11/02/1992
Kanyó Péter
Nagykáta
16/05/2019
09/05/2019
6,500
5488/19
17/01/2019
Erika Sajtosné Tóth
07/03/1971
Kecskés Ákos Zoltán
Hódmezővásárhely
10/05/2019
15/05/2019
3,300
[i]. Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.
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