SECOND SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 598/25
TREASURE FONTANA KFT and Others against Hungary
and 2 other applications
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (Second Section), sitting on 19 February 2026 as a Committee composed of:
Stéphane Pisani, President,
Juha Lavapuro,
Hugh Mercer, judges,
and Attila Teplán, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,
Having regard to the above applications against Hungary lodged with the Court under Article 34 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (“the Convention”) 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”).
The Court received 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 12 March 2026.
Attila Teplán Stéphane Pisani
Acting Deputy Registrar President
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
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]
598/25
16/12/2024
(14 applicants)
TREASURE FONTANA KFT
1994
Gábor László FARKAS
1952
Milán FEHÉR
1977
Attila Csaba HOLLÓ
1964
Imre KÓNYA
1970
Róbert KUN
1985
István Gergely MÁRTA
1983
Krisztián Viktor MIKSZ
1984
Ildikó MOLNÁRNÉ BÁN
1967
István NÉMETH
1974
Zsolt NÉMETH
1973
László SIPOS
1973
Sándor SÓVÁGÓ
1954
Sándor SZÉP
1966
Incze Gergely
Budapest
20/10/2025
15/01/2026
200
5884/25
07/02/2025
(5 applicants)
ARGON-GEO KFT
1998
ÉP-DEAL KFT
2008
FÉM-KÉSZ KFT
2003
ROTTE KFT
1992
TAKÁCS FÉMBÚTOR KFT
2007
Incze Gergely
Budapest
21/01/2026
15/01/2026
200
17421/25
30/05/2025
(14 applicants)
Miklósné KÁDÁR
1941
Lászlóné ÁBRAHÁM
1963
Dóra ANTAL
1983
Krisztina ANTAL
1977
Zoltán ANTAL
1978
Sándor József BOROS
1958
Márta BOROSNÉ VÁLÓCZI
1967
Ágoston HOMOKI
1969
László PÉNTEK
1959
Lajosné SZILÁGYI
1959
Géza Józsefné TORDA
1952
Miklós TÓTH
1930
Ilona ZAKAR
1983
Imre ZAKAR
1986
Háromszéki Bence
Győr
23/01/2026
05/11/2025
200
[1] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.