FIRST SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 57139/22
Krisztina ZAJA and Others
against Hungary
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (First Section), sitting on 17 May 2023 as a Committee composed of:
Alena Poláčková, President,
Gilberto Felici,
Raffaele Sabato, judges,
and Attila Teplán, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,
Having regard to the above application lodged on 3 January 2022,
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 V. Kodela 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”).
The Court received the friendly-settlement declaration, signed by the parties, under which the 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.
THE LAW
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 reasons, the Court, unanimously,
Decides to strike the application out of its list of cases in accordance with Article 39 of the Convention.
Done in English and notified in writing on 8 June 2023.
Attila Teplán Alena Poláčková
Acting Deputy Registrar President
APPENDIX
Application raising complaints under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention
(excessive length of civil proceedings)
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/household (in euros)[1]
57139/22
03/01/2022
(57 applicants)
Krisztina ZAJA
1977
Sándor Attila BÁTORI
1968
Jánosné BENE
1966
Irén BÉRES
1960
Ferencné BÓDI
1955
Imre BUZÁS
1951
József DANYI
1963
Istvánné DEÁK
1933
Csaba DÓSA
1978
Imréné EPERJESI
1940
Krisztina FARKAS
1974
Vilmosné FEHÉR
1951
Imréné FÖLDHÁZI
1959
István FREIDENFELD
1970
Zsoltné FÜLEKI
1977
Rezső Péterné KARDOS
1946
Jenő József KIS
1959
Márta KISNÉ FÜLÖP
1956
Lajosné KORNFELD
1961
Attila László KRISZTIÁN
1989
Lászlóné KRISZTIÁN
1954
András LÉNÁRT
1959
Istvánné MAGYARI
1943
János MAKSA
1954
Barbara MOLNÁRNÉ STORK
1972
Gyula NEMECSEK
1958
Ilona NYILAS
1962
Sándor PREZENSZKI
1961
‘ SALDO ZRT
1993
Tibor SCHMETZ
1942
Zoltán László SEDULYÁK
1958
István SINKA
1965
Sándorné SINKA
1952
‘ SOLYBOR KFT
1995
László SOMODI
1965
Ferenc SZABÓ
1961
Jánosné SZÁZ
1959
András SZOLNOKI
1947
Zsolt TARDOSI
1960
Zsuzsanna Ágnes TASINÉ TÓTH
1960
Krisztián VARGA
1976
Csaba VERES
1968
Ferenc VERES
1945
Household
András KARSAI
1949
Andrásné KARSAI
1958
Household
Jánosné EICHÜBEL
1961
Antalné PALLÉR
1939
Household
István BAGI
1946
Istvánné BAGI
1948
Household
József CSONTOS
1949
Józsefné CSONTOS
1950
Household
Sándorné DÓSA
1972
Andrásné MEDVE
1951
Household
Attila SCHMETZ
1972
Attiláné SCHMETZ
1971
Household
Sándor GYŐRI
1947
Sándorné GYŐRI
1952
Kodela Viktor
Budapest
06/04/2023
26/01/2023
9,100
[1] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.