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FOURTH SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 17941/14
Zsolt Dénes ZÁRA against Hungary
and 9 other applications
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting on 29 November 2018 as a Committee composed of:
Georges Ravarani, President,
Marko Bošnjak,
Péter Paczolay, 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”).
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 20 December 2018.
Liv TigerstedtGeorges Ravarani
Acting Deputy RegistrarPresident
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
Date of birth /
Date of 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]
17941/14
21/02/2014
Zsolt Dénes Zára
09/07/1968
Váczi Péter
Győr
18/10/2018
02/02/2018
4,600
18351/16
30/03/2016
Nebraska-Ház Építési Kft
02/10/1997
18/10/2018
10/08/2018
3,000
20267/16
30/03/2016
Zsolt Dénes Zára
09/07/1968
Váczi Péter
Győr
18/10/2018
17/04/2018
3,000
60746/16
11/10/2016
Szilvia Anita Kerekes
16/12/1989
László Roth
10/03/1981
Hantos Ádám
Budapest
16/10/2018
07/09/2018
2,500
65521/16
10/11/2016
Axel Ország-Krisz
05/06/1978
24/09/2018
18/10/2018
2,500
700/17
19/12/2016
István Szilas
22/12/1956
Mizik Andrea
Budapest
16/10/2018
02/10/2018
2,000
25970/17
31/05/2017
János Palócz
06/02/1953
16/10/2018
11/09/2018
2,000
59443/17
03/08/2017
Roland Tamás Gúr
11/08/1983
15/10/2018
29/06/2018
3,900
66131/17
17/08/2017
András Gábor Földvári
08/05/1949
Váczi Péter
Győr
10/10/2018
05/09/2018
8,000
71554/17
25/09/2017
Istvánné Lajos
30/12/1957
Glegyák Jenő
Győr
16/10/2018
12/09/2018
3,000
[1]. Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.
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