FIRST SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 13217/20
Zoltán SZIJJ against Hungary
and 9 other applications
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (First Section), sitting on 22 April 2021 as a Committee composed of:
Alena Poláčková, President,
Péter Paczolay,
Gilberto Felici, judges,
and Viktoriya Maradudina, 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 20 May 2021.
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Viktoriya MaradudinaAlena 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/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
(in euros)[1]
13217/20
02/03/2020
Zoltán SZIJJ
1960
Szabó Tamás
Pécel
23/07/2020
31/03/2021
2,600
28265/20
19/06/2020
László György KALMÁR
1960
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of civil proceedings
18/03/2021
09/12/2020
2,000
32229/20
22/07/2020
Zsuzsanna MARKOTÁNYOS
1965
16/03/2021
05/02/2021
2,500
33740/20
27/07/2020
Mária SOMODI
1957
Karsai Dániel András
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of civil proceedings
17/03/2021
11/01/2021
3,900
37895/20
11/08/2020
Sándor ALMÁSY
1974
Grád András
Budapest
08/02/2021
16/03/2021
3,900
40420/20
27/08/2020
Ádám BALOGH
1978
Cech András
Budapest
25/03/2021
18/12/2020
14,300
45007/20
05/10/2020
István RÉGNER
1955
Czirmes György
Budapest
16/03/2021
15/02/2021
6,500
46510/20
12/10/2020
MRING MAGYARORSZÁGI REGIONÁLIS INGATLANFORGALMAZÓ KFT
2006
Rozgonyi Anna Júlia
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of civil proceedings
23/03/2021
15/03/2021
7,800
54037/20
23/11/2020
Éva VESZELOVSZKI
1968
06/04/2021
03/03/2021
15,600
578/21
21/12/2020
János István STEIER
1958
06/04/2021
17/03/2021
5,200
[1] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.
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