FOURTH SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 29613/16
János Karen SCHRONK against Hungary
and 9 other applications
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting on 14 February 2019 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 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 7 March 2019.
Liv TigerstedtGeorges Ravarani
Acting Deputy RegistrarPresident
APPENDIX
Application 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 /
Date of registration
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]
29613/16
23/05/2016
János Karen Schronk
13/06/1981
Payrich András
Budapest
17/01/2019
28/09/2018
3,900
40835/16
05/07/2016
Hotel Festal Kft
14/12/2007
Érdi Kék Tó 1999 Kft
01/07/1999
18/01/2019
28/08/2018
5,000
50805/16
23/08/2016
Istvánné Takács
05/02/1948
Mester Csaba
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of civil proceedings -
16/01/2019
18/07/2018
3,500
51263/16
23/08/2016
Household
István Takács
11/04/1974
Balázs Takács
26/03/1976
Mester Csaba
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of civil proceedings -
17/01/2019
19/07/2018
2,500
54938/17
24/07/2017
(13 applicants)
Imrene Karolyi
09/11/1931
István DÉNES
02/05/1958
Balintne BALOGH
21/08/1953
Aranka JANOSANE FEKETE
29/12/1959
Janos NAGY
21/01/1945
Zoltan NAGY
15/08/1975
Henrikne FENYVESI
26/09/1948
Lajos PENTEK
14/07/1942
Balazs GOLENT
12/09/1975
Andras GOLENT
11/08/1978
Janos BOGAROMI
25/09/1955
Laszlo UBRIK
19/06/1957
Margit Hajnalka BARTL
24/12/1947
Czirmes György
Budapest
09/01/2019
13/07/2018
3,800
64600/17
26/08/2017
Zsuzsanna Lábodi
28/05/1965
Csonka Balázs
Csopak
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of civil proceedings –
15/01/2019
26/06/2018
6,000
76982/17
30/10/2017
György Hevesi
26/02/1939
Kmetty Ildikó
Vác
17/01/2019
16/07/2018
8,000
5627/18
18/01/2018
Andrea Meretei
29/10/1966
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of civil proceedings -
16/01/2019
04/07/2018
13,000
19710/18
21/04/2018
(26 applicants)
Jánosné Tóka
10/03/1957
Lászlóné MISETA
02/06/1951
Istvánné KOVÁCS
02/06/1965
Gyula Istvánné BÓKA
24/08/1970
Lajosné BADITZ
24/04/1949
Zoltán TORMA
22/07/1947
Lajos TORMA
17/02/1951
Andrásné KOVÁCS
16/11/1958
Endre KENYÉR
12/04/1948
Zoltán KENYÉR
27/01/1953
Lajos NAGY
24/01/1978
Józsefné SZAKÁLY
25/10/1949
Györgyné FEJES
02/02/1949
Jánosné CSIZMADIA
05/11/1942
Lajos CSÁSZÁR
19/08/1959
János CSÁSZÁR
08/04/1954
Zoltán Béláné SÁRVÁRI
23/04/1950
Lajos CSÁSZÁR
30/06/1952
Attila László ROSTA
18/04/1967
Istvánné BÁLINT
07/07/1965
Zoltán ROSTA
12/12/1956
Erika HORVÁTH
06/06/1962
Tamás József KIRÁLY
13/08/1970
Jánosné FIGURA
19/08/1960
Györgyi FÜLÖPNÉ KIRÁLY
06/09/1973
Zoltán NAGY
15/08/1975
Czirmes György
Budapest
09/01/2019
06/08/2018
8,300
20070/18
20/04/2018
Dávid Márton László
27/11/1977
Karsai Dániel András
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of civil proceedings -
07/01/2019
02/08/2018
3,300
[1]. Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.
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