FOURTH SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 9063/17
Zsuzsanna TÓTH against Hungary
and 8 other applications
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting on 24 May 2018 as a Committee composed of:
Vincent A. De Gaetano, President,
Georges Ravarani,
Marko Bošnjak, 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 one of the applications, a complaint based on the same facts was 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 14 June 2018.
Liv TigerstedtVincent A. De Gaetano
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 name
Date of birth
Representative 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]
9063/17
20/01/2017
Zsuzsanna Tóth
31/08/1971
Pető Zsolt
Szeged
03/04/2018
18/12/2017
8,000
10740/17
30/01/2017
Barna Ádám Teleki
04/10/1976
Pető Zsolt
Szeged
03/04/2018
18/12/2017
8,000
11429/17
03/02/2017
Gábor Sáli
10/08/1964
Szabo Attila Budapest
22/03/2018
31/01/2018
2,000
11439/17
01/02/2017
Attiláné Pethő
10/08/1940
Szabó Katalin
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of civil proceedings -
03/04/2018
09/02/2018
8,000
11746/17
03/02/2017
Gabriella Aranka Rauck
15/02/1976
Pető Zsolt
Szeged
03/04/2018
18/12/2017
8,000
14465/17
31/01/2017
Katalin Pető
30/06/1960
22/03/2018
09/03/2018
3,500
14888/17
14/02/2017
Julianna Szabóné Földes
02/12/1956
Pető Zsolt
Szeged
03/04/2018
18/12/2017
8,000
16221/17
21/02/2017
Jánosné Vidács
17/05/1960
03/04/2018
18/12/2017
8,000
16278/17
20/02/2017
Imola Rudolf
16/09/1977
Pető Zsolt
Szeged
03/04/2018
18/12/2017
8,000
[i]. Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.
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