FOURTH SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 48484/13
Zoltán VARGYAI against Hungary
and 7 other applications
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting on 23 November 2017 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 some of the applications, complaints based on the same facts were also communicated under other provisions 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 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 December 2017.
Liv Tigerstedt Vincent A. De Gaetano
Acting Deputy RegistrarPresident
APPENDIX
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 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]
48484/13
18/07/2013
Zoltán Vargyai
16/11/1974
Nemess Livia
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of civil proceedings -
06/09/2017
02/08/2017
4,000
50448/13
29/07/2013
Erika Kovács
01/11/1965
Grád András Gusztáv
Budapest
14/09/2017
20/09/2017
2,500
65848/13
10/10/2013
Miklós Gábor
01/09/1962
Litresits András
Budapest
14/09/2017
19/09/2017
1,500
66365/13
15/10/2013
László Kökényesi
30/11/1963
Karsai Dániel András
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of civil proceedings -
15/09/2017
06/06/2017
2,000
69560/13
30/10/2013
Ágnes Eszter Nagy
20/01/1956
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of civil proceedings -
13/09/2017
27/09/2017
3,000
72079/13
14/11/2013
Jánosné Böle
04/03/1963
Karsai Dániel András
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of civil proceedings –
06/09/2017
20/09/2017
3,900
72829/13
15/11/2013
Kígyó Pharma Kft
Kóté Csaba
Székesfehérvár
13/07/2017
19/09/2017
9,000
72127/13
14/11/2013
(18 applicants)
Anikó Bartháné Szőke
15/08/1967
Kálmánné Blazovits
08/10/1952
Józsefné Csaba
01/09/1966
Lászóoné Endrődi
18/02/1953
Beatrix Juni
28/11/1981
Istvánné Kiss
14/01/1950
Jánosné Kuprak
05/08/1964
János Boldizáar Ladányi
20/11/1979
Imréné Marosvári
29/07/1953
Jolán Nagy
11/01/1955
Jánosné Szabó
23/03/1955
Józsefné Szabó
24/07/1965
Tibor Jozsefné Szerenka
15/01/1969
Judit Szulyó
30/05/1964
Éva Tremmel
06/03/1976
Katalin Veres
13/04/1960
Rita Veres
16/04/1981
Miklósné Újvári
22/11/1953
Karsai Dániel András
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of civil proceedings -
15/09/2017
20/09/2017
500
[i]. Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.
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