FIRST SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 31782/21
Erzsébet SZATHMÁRI and Others
against Hungary
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (First Section), sitting on 2 February 2023 as a Committee composed of:
Alena Poláčková, President,
Gilberto Felici,
Raffaele Sabato, judges,
and Attila Teplán, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,
Having regard to the above application lodged on 4 June 2021,
Having regard to the formal declarations accepting a friendly settlement of the case,
Having deliberated, decides as follows:
FACTS AND PROCEDURE
The list of applicants is set out in the appended table.
The applicants were represented by Mr V. Kodela, a lawyer practising in Budapest.
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”).
The Court received the friendly-settlement declaration, signed by the parties, under which the applicants agreed to waive any further claims against Hungary in respect of the facts giving rise to this application, subject to an undertaking by the Government to pay them the amount detailed in the appended table. This amount 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 this amount within the above‑mentioned three-month period, the Government undertake to pay simple interest on it, 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 case.
THE LAW
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 application.
In view of the above, it is appropriate to strike the case out of the list.
For these reasons, the Court, unanimously,
Decides to strike the application out of its list of cases in accordance with Article 39 of the Convention.
Done in English and notified in writing on 2 March 2023.
Attila Teplán Alena Poláčková
Acting Deputy Registrar President
APPENDIX
Application raising complaints under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention
(excessive length of civil proceedings)
Application no.
Date of introduction
Applicant’s name
Year 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/household
(in euros)[1]
31782/21
04/06/2021
(168 applicants)
Erzsébet SZATHMÁRI
1958
Béla Márk ADAMEK
1955
Lászlóné ADORJÁN
1943
Csaba BAKOS
1966
Péter BALASSA
1939
István BALOGH
1964
Nóra BARÓCSINÉ PÁSZTI
1956
Ivánné BÁTI
1935
Krisztina Erika BÁTI
1959
Erzsébet BEDI
1951
Pál Ferenc BENNÁRIK
1947
György BERKES
1948
Valéria BÖRCSÖKNÉ BALÁZS
1969
György BÖRÖNDY
1933
Iván Ödönné BORONKAI
1950
Marianna BÖRZSÖNYI
1952
Györgyné BOTH
1939
Imre BREZINA
1939
Árpád János CSÁNYI
1970
János József CSÁNYI
1942
Ildikó CSÁNYINÉ NAGY
1969
András Ferencné CSENDES
1953
János CSENDES
1939
Lászlóné CZEGLÉDI
1944
Anna Magdaléna CZUCZOR
1981
Istvánné DALMADI
1941
Imre DOMBÓVÁRI
1950
István Ferenc DUNAI
1940
Irén EGYEDNÉ SZAKÁLY
1939
Zsolt FÁBIÁN
1967
Lajosné FÁBOS
1942
Zoltán András FARKASINSZKI
1943
Nándorné FEKETE
1948
József FERENCZI
1972
Sándor FIAR
1966
József FONTOS
1973
Mária FRIEDEL
1957
Edit FRÜHWIRTH
1981
György GÁL
1958
László GECSE
1935
Elemér László GERŐ
1927
Klára Margit GYUGYI
1950
Lajos HAJZER
1951
András HÉDER
1941
Illés HEGEDŰS
1940
Attila HERCEGFALVI
1937
Marianna HERCEGFALVI
1945
Rudolf Sándorné HLAVAC
1940
Józsefné HULINAI
1943
Iván Györgyné IFKÓ
1948
Sándor JÁGER
1965
Károlyné JAKAB
1941
Karola JEHODEK
1976
Csilla Judit JUHÁSZ
1964
Jánosné JUHÁSZ
1946
Péter Lászlóné JUHÁSZ
1957
Klára Irén KAJÁRI
1958
Balázs Jánosné KAKUK
1951
Henriett KÁLDOSNÉ BERKES
1971
Mihály KARÁCSONY
1946
Györgyné KECZÁN
1956
Zsigmond KERESZTES
1947
Zsolt KERESZTES
1975
Ferencné KESZTHELYI
1942
Györgyné KIS
1972
Péter KISS
1963
Sándor KISS
1954
Péter KOLETÁR
1959
Béláné KOLOSAI
1942
Józsefné KOMÁROMI
1952
Klára Sarolta KOMJÁTINÉ FARKAS
1948
Gabriella KOPP
1960
István KOROKNAI
1943
József KOVÁCS
1965
Nóra Judit KOVÁCSNÉ KERESZTESI
1967
Ferenc Károlyné KRUCZLI
1951
Katinka Csilla KRUCZLI
1977
Károly LAKI
1950
Jolán LAPISNÉ BALOG
1958
Andrea Rita LASKÓY
1961
Béla LASS
1951
Márton LIPCSIK
1945
Márton Levente LIPCSIK
1979
Miklósné LOSÓ
1947
Béla Istvánné LUKACSICS
1947
Kamilla Viola MÁRKUS
1951
Tibor MAROSI
1976
Edit MARSCHALEK
1975
Pálné MARSCHALEK
1945
János István MÁTÉ
1944
Józsefné MÉSZÁROS
1945
Béláné MEZEI
1944
Józsefné MÉZES
1946
Antalné MOLNÁR
1932
Irma Mária MOLNÁRNÉ CSERMÁK
1942
Mária MÓNUS
1953
Mihályné NAGY
1952
Károlyné NÉMETH
1953
László NÉMETH
1943
Mária Magdolna NYAKÓNÉ BERGER
1945
István NYITRAI
1978
Zoltán NYITRAI
1976
Ilona Emese OLAJOS
1963
Ferenc PADOS
1947
János PALLÓ
1955
Lajos János PAPP
1941
László PARTI
1939
Anikó PÉTER
1957
László PÉTER
1951
Sándorné POLOZNIK
1956
Károly PUSZTAI
1948
Tamás PUSZTAI
1973
Edit Terézia RÁCZ
1947
Istvánné RÓKA
1949
Miklósné RÓKA
1936
János SAJTOS
1945
Géza Ferenc SAMODAI
1941
Lászlóné SASHEGYI
1944
Gyula SCHUSZTER
1946
Alajos Károly SEBŐK
1943
Melinda SIMONNÉ BREZINA
1967
Antal Józsefné SPÉDER
1949
Norbert Károly SPÉDER
1970
Antal SZABÓ
1933
Éva Anna SZABÓ
1948
Imre Zoltán SZABÓ
1949
Imre Zoltánné SZABÓ
1953
József SZABÓ
1962
József SZABÓ
1954
József Péter SZABÓ
1938
Lajosné SZABÓ
1954
Lászlóné SZABÓ
1954
Miklós SZABÓ
1935
Mihályné SZAJCZ
1952
Jánosné SZAKADÁTI
1948
Lívia SZALAYNÉ LEHOCZKY
1971
Istvánné SZÁNTAI
1939
Pál SZELÉNYI
1951
Andrásné SZENTGÁLI
1947
Andrásné SZKLENÁR
1955
Lajos Jánosné SZLOVIK
1948
Miklós József SZÜCS
1958
Miklós Józsefné SZÜCS
1961
Sándorné SZŰCS
1965
Lászlóné TARKÓ
1955
Béláné TÓTH
1941
Józsefné TÓTH
1941
Miklós János TÓTH
1956
Krisztina TÓTHNÉ KOVÁCS
1975
Katalin TÓTHNÉ PETRÓ
1953
Zsófia Dorottya TREINER
1981
András TURAI
1963
Imréné TURCZER
1954
Istvánné TUZA
1957
Ilona URBÁN
1942
Miklós István VARGA
1948
András VIGH
1946
Károly József VIOLKA
1958
József Gábor VLASITS
1943
Miklósné VOZIL
1945
Sándorné WOLETZ
1950
Károly László ZELLER
1955
Mária Márta ZEMEN
1953
András ZSIGMOND
1949
Household
Attila István ANGYAL
1956
Istvánné ANGYAL
1936
Household
Károly JUHÁSZ
1933
Károlyné JUHÁSZ
1936
Kodela Viktor
Budapest
20/12/2022
04/11/2022
2,000
[1] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.