FOURTH SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 50270/12
Robertus Gijsbertus Johannes VAN KUIJK against Hungary
and 4 other applications
(see list appended)
The European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting on 15 December 2016 as a Committee composed of:
Vincent A. De Gaetano, President,
Egidijus Kūris,
Gabriele Kucsko-Stadlmayer, judges,
and Hasan Bakırcı, 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 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 January 2017.
Hasan BakırcıVincent A. De Gaetano
Deputy RegistrarPresident
APPENDIX
No.
Application no.
Date of introduction
Applicant name
Date of birth
Representative 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 / household
(in euros)[i]
50270/12
03/08/2012
Robertus Gijsbertus Johannes VAN KUIJK
19/12/1966
Kollár Károly
Budapest
24/10/2016
19/10/2016
10,000
64609/12
12/09/2012
Lajos DANYI
11/09/1975
25/10/2016
22/07/2016
10,000
69918/12
24/10/2012
András RÓZA
02/10/1958
Jován László
Budapest
14/10/2016
27/10/2016
7,000
73335/12
09/11/2012
Tibor BAŠISTA
16/05/1966
24/10/2016
05/08/2016
6,000
73990/12
13/11/2012
Katalin LÓDI
30/08/1976
Lakatos Viktor
Budapest
25/10/2016
10/10/2016
9,000
[i] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.
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