FOURTH SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 34634/13
Imre VASTAG against Hungary
and 9 other applications
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting on 12 April 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 criminal 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 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 3 May 2018.
Liv TigerstedtVincent A. De Gaetano
Acting Deputy RegistrarPresident
APPENDIX
No.
Application no.
Date of introduction
Applicant name
Date of birth /
Date of registration
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]
34634/13
22/05/2013
Imre Vastag
26/01/1958
Pintér András
Budapest
13/07/2017
06/03/2018
13,000
49159/13
26/07/2013
Gábor Mahut
21/02/1983
Payrich András
Budapest
10/01/2018
21/02/2018
7,000
59418/13
04/09/2013
Hajnalka Balogh
25/06/1969
Jován László
Budapest
22/11/2017
14/11/2017
4,000
26125/14
26/03/2014
Péter Pados
23/09/1971
Kiss Elemér
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law -
13/02/2018
02/10/2017
1,500
30671/14
09/04/2014
György Király
22/08/1964
Ferenc András Orosházi
15/11/1956
Bényi László
Budapest
15/01/2018
01/03/2018
9,000
30938/14
16/04/2014
Tibor Mándy
18/07/1974
András Mazák
21/02/1965
Koós László Zoltán
Debrecen
16/02/2018
14/11/2017
3,000
43308/14
15/05/2014
(3 applicants)
Krisztián Márton
19/12/1983
Antal Márton
04/02/1985
Béla Szabados
24/11/1973
Borsos Tamás
Budapest
13/02/2018
08/01/2018
2,500
64341/14
22/09/2014
Péter Csernyi
25/06/1976
Juhász M Gábor
Budapest
16/02/2018
17/01/2018
2,000
6903/15
30/01/2015
László Tóth
17/03/1976
Nyári Béla Attila
Budapest
21/02/2018
09/01/2018
8,000
65981/17
07/08/2014
István László Antal
08/07/1968
Borsos Tamás
Budapest
16/02/2018
08/01/2018
2,500
[i]. Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.
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