FOURTH SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 63091/14
Katalin REITINGER against Hungary
and 9 other applications
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting on 12 September 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 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 Article 13 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 3 October 2019.
Liv TigerstedtStéphanie Mourou-Vikström
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
(in euros)[i]
63091/14
10/09/2014
Katalin Reitinger
18/05/1977
Váczi Péter
Győr
24/07/2019
06/03/2018
8,000
63851/14
18/09/2014
Sándor Gyula Ivanics
10/06/1966
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of civil proceedings.
16/07/2019
12/03/2018
1,000
63881/14
17/09/2014
András Somos
20/06/1973
Karsai Dániel András
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of civil proceedings.
15/07/2019
19/04/2018
2,000
68095/14
13/10/2014
Józsefné Sára
25/01/1951
Karsai Dániel András
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of civil proceedings.
18/07/2019
09/03/2018
12,000
78414/17
30/10/2017
Judit Brigitta Kovács
24/01/1966
Zagyva Norbert István
Miskolc
11/01/2019
11/07/2019
3,000
56808/18
27/11/2018
Ferencné Veréb
25/07/1953
05/07/2019
15/07/2019
2,500
57706/18
19/10/2018
Lászlóné Bokor
21/08/1955
Borsai Nelly
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law - There is no remedy against the protraction of civil proceedings.
05/07/2019
26/04/2019
5,200
57900/18
04/12/2018
Julianna Urbánné Csató
05/05/1955
03/07/2019
30/04/2019
9,100
58548/18
27/11/2018
Viktor Bősze
03/05/1966
Váczi Péter
Győr
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law - There is no remedy against the protraction of civil proceedings.
03/07/2019
30/04/2019
6,500
259/19
17/12/2018
András Szijjártó
15/02/1972
Kiss Dániel Bálint
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of civil proceedings.
04/07/2019
14/05/2019
3,900
[i]. Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.
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