FOURTH SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 78492/17
Mária TÓTHNÉ MAJOR and Others
against Hungary
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting on 7 March 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 application lodged on 4 November 2013,
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 G. Czirmes, 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”).
In respect of the applicants Ms Sándorné Klonka, Ms Mária Magdolna Várkonyi, Mr László Durgó and Ms Gyöngyi Szép, the Court observes that they were not parties to the impugned domestic proceedings.
In respect of the other applicants, the Court received friendly‑settlement declarations under which those 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 in this regard.
THE LAW
As regards the applicants Ms Sándorné Klonka, Ms Mária Magdolna Várkonyi, Mr László Durgó and Ms Gyöngyi Szép, who were not party to the relevant domestic proceedings, the application is incompatible ratione personae with the provisions of the Convention within the meaning of Article 35 § 3 (a) and must be rejected, pursuant to Article 35 § 4 of the Convention.
As regards the other applicants, 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 applicants.
For these reasons, the Court, unanimously,
Decides to declare the complaints of the applicants Ms Sándorné Klonka, Ms Mária Magdolna Várkonyi, Mr László Durgó and Ms Gyöngyi Szép inadmissible; and
Decides to strike the application out of its list of cases in accordance with Article 39 of the Convention as concerns the other applicants.
Done in English and notified in writing on 28 March 2019.
Liv TigerstedtGeorges Ravarani
Acting Deputy RegistrarPresident
APPENDIX
Application raising complaints under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention
(excessive length of civil proceedings)
Application no.
Date of introduction
Applicant’s name
Date of birth
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]
78492/17
04/11/2013
(110 applicants)
Household
Mária Tóthné Major
11/04/1953
András Tóth
16/04/1952
Jenőné Altfatter
17/07/1944
Tibor Altfatter
23/01/1968
Barbara Andrási
31/01/1961
Erika Árkai
18/07/1957
Vilmosné Balavány
14/04/1942
Sándorné Balázs
11/07/1959
János Balogh
14/08/1943
Endre Cseszkó
31/07/1984
Ferenc Csorba
12/01/1943
Jozsefné Galló
01/11/1936
András Guller
05/04/1948
Zsolt Gyimóthy
20/08/1969
Éva Katalin Gyuricáné Kiss
14/09/1966
Gáborné Hegyes
12/09/1968
Gyula Holubek
31/03/1972
Zsuzsanna Honéczi
26/01/1948
Istvánné Horváth
13/08/1957
Melinda Horváth
03/06/1982
Klára Jaszberényi
24/07/1948
Ilona Kemenczei
30/06/1955
Gyula Kertész
24/02/1951
Miklósné Kis
08/05/1952
Anna Éva Kissné Bozsó
25/04/1960
Zoltán Klekner
25/10/1962
Katalin Kolbay
12/11/1955
Beáta Kozma
14/09/1966
Antal Kunsági
29/11/1946
Mária Lajos
25/03/1942
Gábor Lenárd
02/02/1955
Ferenc Lengyel
08/10/1932
Judit Ligetiné Altfatter
18/04/1970
Katalin Luzsi
26/05/1956
Andrea Magyarné Kőrösi
04/03/1970
Katalin Martincsekné Kolinek
20/07/1950
Tibor Mester
31/07/1977
Szabolcs Mészáros
14/10/1948
Ágnes Szilvia Molnárné Major
12/11/1970
Albertné Nagy
15/02/1943
Gábor Nagy
20/05/1965
Zoltán Nagy
31/07/1985
Beatrix Orbánné Andrási
14/09/1974
Mária Orémusz
20/02/1951
Veronika Orosz
12/05/1938
Lajos Paczolai
15/04/1938
Konstantin Paksi
08/05/1975
Rudolfné Perczel
05/10/1949
Katalin Pók
28/04/1944
Ferenc Radványi
17/09/1977
Mária Rényi
03/10/1949
Kinga Rita Rózsa
27/07/1984
Emil Selmeczi
21/12/1941
Sándorné Soós
10/04/1948
Frigyesné Sperl
02/09/1930
Márta Adrienn Sperl
17/09/1957
Ottó Sperl
20/05/1962
Éva Szalainé Vaderna
13/08/1940
Ingrid Szénégető
06/12/1975
Ágnes Zsuzsanna Szőllősi
23/09/1951
Péterné Takács
09/02/1944
Éva Vörös
31/03/1957
Károlyné Zoles
10/02/1948
Household
Kálmán Szondi
19/05/1963
Kálmánné Szondi
Household
Attila Tamás Sándor
18/02/1983
Máté László Sándor
13/07/1987
Household
Alajos Sándor
05/04/1935
Alajosné Sándor
14/01/1934
Household
Imre Nagy
20/02/1928
Imréné Nagy
15/02/1934
Household
Károly Tolnai
07/11/1954
Károlyné Tolnai
12/07/1955
Household
Géza Szabó
16/04/1939
Gézáné Szabó
18/03/1940
Household
József Földesi
27/02/1926
Józsefné Földesi
15/09/1929
Household
István Kovács
06/05/1941
Istvánné Kovács
11/03/1945
Household
Kálmán Kállai
15/10/1947
Kálmánné Kállai
31/03/1954
Household
László Unger
08/04/1940
Lászlóné Unger
10/10/1938
Household
Ferenc Papp
23/06/1947
Ferencné Papp
03/09/1948
Household
László Szabó
03/05/1944
Laszlóné Szabó
07/04/1947
Household
István Sáthy
23/01/1939
Istvánné Sáthy
18/09/1941
Household
Erzsébet Janurik
18/07/1970
Jánosné Janurik
10/02/1936
Household
László Zahorecz
29/01/1946
Lászlóné Zahorecz
09/02/1950
Household
Iván Bernát
14/03/1950
Ivánné Bernát
02/02/1952
Household
Attila Lendvai
02/11/1937
Attiláné Lendvai
31/01/1940
Katalin Lendvai
06/02/1966
Household
Sándor Kovács
05/11/1944
Sándorné Kovács
09/02/1943
Household
Sándor Papp
08/06/1967
Sándorné Papp
10/09/1940
Household
László Jenő Tóth
01/04/1958
Ilona Katalin Tóthné Ács
07/09/1954
Household
Ágnes Tóth
09/09/1982
Károly Tóth
31/07/1978
24/09/2018
06/02/2018
3,000
Sándorné Klonka
21/01/1943
Mária Magdolna Várkonyi
01/09/1944
László Durgó
31/12/1961
Gyöngyi Szép
04/03/1975
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[1]. Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.
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