FIRST SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 35711/20
Ferenc PUSKÁS against Hungary
and 9 other applications
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (First Section), sitting on 17 June 2021 as a Committee composed of:
Alena Poláčková, President,
Péter Paczolay,
Gilberto Felici, 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”). In some of the applications, complaints based on the same facts were also communicated under other provisions of the Convention.
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 8 July 2021.
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Attila TeplánAlena Poláčková
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
Year 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
(in euros)[1]
35711/20
09/08/2020
Ferenc PUSKÁS
1945
20/05/2021
06/04/2021
2,000
39946/20
31/08/2020
Antal MAJDÁN
1952
13/05/2021
26/01/2021
2,000
40047/20
28/08/2020
Tamás GELLÉRT
1972
Gerencsér Éva
Budapest
26/02/2021
14/05/2021
3,900
42880/20
04/09/2020
Alex GERGELY
1987
23/03/2021
12/05/2021
3,300
43372/20
11/09/2020
Ágnes CSÓLINÉ HELYES
1963
18/05/2021
16/02/2021
6,800
44935/20
24/09/2020
Dániel KELEMEN
1991
Karsai Dániel András
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of civil proceedings
18/05/2021
01/02/2021
6,500
44997/20
22/09/2020
Judit TÓTH
1975
Mátyás Brigitta
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of civil proceedings
01/04/2021
18/05/2021
13,000
45832/20
13/10/2020
Sándor SZEGEDI
1954
Gerencsér Éva
Budapest
04/03/2021
17/05/2021
2,000
48658/20
30/10/2020
Andrea NYIRATY
1970
Gerencsér Éva
Budapest
04/05/2021
19/05/2021
2,600
52356/20
25/11/2020
Andrea PATAKINÉ SZALAI
1970
Gerencsér Éva
Budapest
04/03/2021
19/05/2021
2,000
[1] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.
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