FOURTH SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 57223/18
Csilla TIBORCZNÉ PAP against Hungary
and 9 other applications
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting on 24 October 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 criminal proceedings were communicated to the Hungarian Government (“the Government”).
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 14 November 2019.
Liv TigerstedtStéphanie Mourou-Vikström
Acting Deputy RegistrarPresident
APPENDIX
List of applications raising complaints under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention
(excessive length of criminal proceedings)
No.
Application no.
Date of introduction
Applicant’s name
Date of birth
Representative’s name and location
Date of receipt of Government 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]
57223/18
29/11/2018
Csilla Tiborczné Pap
07/10/1979
10/05/2019
30/07/2019
3,300
9534/19
08/02/2019
Ágnes Salga
11/08/1971
Schill Szabolcs
Budapest
02/08/2019
13/06/2019
5,200
11397/19
20/02/2019
Gyula Péter Tóth
29/08/1974
Schill Szabolcs
Budapest
24/07/2019
13/06/2019
9,100
12865/19
01/03/2019
Csaba Keresztény
28/11/1988
Schlotter Zita Nóra
Budapest
26/07/2019
19/07/2019
3,300
18630/19
26/03/2019
Richárd Hamikus
02/03/1974
Schill Szabolcs
Budapest
26/07/2019
08/07/2019
15,600
19784/19
01/04/2019
Jenő Lavner
29/04/1979
Tamás Ferenc Plutzer
11/08/1968
Borsos Tamás
Budapest
25/09/2019
09/09/2019
7,800
28089/19
01/04/2019
(4 applicants)
László Géza Nelhibel
08/04/1962
Attila Tóth
08/03/1972
Krisztián Málits
21/11/1972
Balázs Ferenc Nelhibel
08/11/1959
Borsos Tamás
Budapest
25/09/2019
09/09/2019
6,500
28091/19
01/04/2019
Tibor Szőke
24/09/1962
Borsos Tamás
Budapest
25/09/2019
09/09/2019
6,500
28092/19
01/04/2019
János Pap
25/10/1958
Borsos Tamás
Budapest
25/09/2019
09/09/2019
7,800
28093/19
01/04/2019
Károly Dusán Villányi-Kollár
13/09/1975
Borsos Tamás
Budapest
25/09/2019
09/09/2019
6,500
[i]. Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.
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