SECOND SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 11635/24
Benedek István ZSARGÓ and Others
against Hungary
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (Second Section), sitting on 6 February 2025 as a Committee composed of:
Gediminas Sagatys, President,
Stéphane Pisani,
Juha Lavapuro, judges,
and Attila Teplán, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,
Having regard to the above application lodged on 12 April 2024,
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 M. Mohai, a lawyer practising in Pécs.
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 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 6 March 2025.
Attila Teplán Gediminas Sagatys
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
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]
11635/24
12/04/2024
(157 applicants)
Benedek István ZSARGÓ
1995
Ottó Zsolt ALBRECHT
1962
Ákos ANDRASEV
1955
Tamás ANTALICS
1969
Lajos ARDAY
1967
Károly BARANYAI
1955
Gabriella BÁRSONYNÉ HUTYKA
1964
Dávid BATKE
1980
Balázs György BAZSA
1975
Gabriella BECKNÉ GOMBÁS
1960
Miklós BERKES
1966
Arthur BIRÓ
1961
Lászlóné BOCSKAY
1954
Barnabás BOTTLIK
1968
Zsuzsanna BRAXÁTOR
1957
Enikő BUBCSÓ
1965
László BUDAI
1954
Erika BUDAVÁRI
1966
Mariann CARVULDZSIEV
1963
Andrea CSAPLÁROS
1964
Andrea Brigitta CSÖMÖRNÉ FADGYAS
1966
Tamás CSORDÁS
1957
Imre DÁVID
1956
Gábor Mihály DEME
1961
Csaba DEMETER
1971
Péter DÉNES
1950
István DOBOS
1960
János DOMBI
1959
Gábor EKLICS
1964
György EÖRDÖGH
1958
Ottó ERTL
1976
Gábor FARKAS
1956
István FARKAS
1956
László FARKAS
1958
József FEHÉR
1959
Géza Gábor FEHÉRVÁRY
1960
Janos FENTOR
1959
László FODOR
1962
János FUCHS
1963
János FUFERENDA
1954
Mária Erzsébet FUHRMANN
1963
Márta FÜLÖP
1967
Edit G. PATAKI
1960
Katalin Teréz GÁBELI
1955
Ferenc Csaba GAVRONEK
1955
Rita GÖMÖRI
1960
József GÖRGÉNYI
1950
Mariann GÖRNER
1960
Ferenc GRATZL
1958
Ilan HABER
1969
László HAJMA
1954
Tamás HAMZA
1964
László HEGEDŰS
1952
Attila János HEUTSCHY
1958
Éva Sarolta HEVÉR
1964
Jánosné HOLLÓSI
1961
Árpád HORVÁTH
1954
Éva HORVÁTH
1961
Monika Edit HORVÁTH
1965
Sándor HORVÁTH
1958
Viktor HORVÁTH
1962
Gábor Tamás JANT
1961
András Imre JÁVORKAI
1974
Andrea JOBSZT
1968
Ildikó Csilla JUHÁSZ
1963
Kata Kinga KÁLMÁN
1963
György KARÁDY
1957
Endre István KEMENES
1953
Gabriella KEMÉNY
1968
Judit KERN
1967
Janos KESZOCZE
1953
Daniel KIRSTEIN
1957
Tamás Imre KISS
1953
György KMOTRICZA
1968
László Sándor KOCSIS
1960
Annamária KOVÁCS
1966
István László KOVÁCS
1955
Judit Eszter KOVÁCS
1964
Imre KÖVÉR
1953
Zoltán István KOZMA
1957
Tamás LEKLI
1966
Tamás LENGYEL
1978
Attila Csaba LEPOSA
1951
Edina LEPOSA
1979
György LIPTÁK
1961
Ágnes MADONIA MOLNÁR
1963
Andrea MANDITS
1964
Gábor MÁTÉ
1971
Tamás MAYER
1980
Arpad MESZAROS
1962
Ágnes MIKEI
1966
Ferenc József MÓGA
1980
Anikó MOLNÁR
1957
István Csabáné MOLNÁR
1961
Miklós András MOLNÁR
1957
Adrienne MÜLLER
1965
István János MUNDLOCH
1956
Edit NAGY
1961
Márta NAGY
1958
Zsuzsanna NAGY
1963
Tibor PAJOR
1954
Mihályné PAP
1962
Zoltán PARRAGH
1964
Attila PÁSZTOR
1955
Tibor PESÁK
1954
Andrea PESTINÉ KERESE
1966
Emőke PETNEHÁZY
1965
Maria PETROGLOU
1975
Katalin PETYERÁK
1965
Péter PINTÉR
1955
Ferenc POZSA
1962
Erika Ágnes POZSONYI
1961
Éva RÁCZ
1955
Zsolt RADNÓTHY
1962
Réka REGE
1967
Béla REGŐS
1959
András Tamás RIMÁR
1963
Tamás ROHÁCS
1980
Veronika SÁRVÁRINÉ GÖRGÉNYI
1954
Piroska Emőke SÁRVÁRY
1960
József SCHLOTTER
1954
Pál László SCHNÖRCH
1960
Attila SIMON
1965
József SINDLER
1961
Attila STRAUSZ
1971
Zsolt SUM
1961
Tihamér SZABÓ
1961
Zoltán SZABÓ
1961
Gabriella SZABÓNÉ SIMON
1960
Péterné SZÁNTÓ
1951
Katalin SZEMERÉDI
1961
Péter SZENTEI
1952
Judit SZENT-IVÁNYINÉ PETROVAI
1958
Lászlóné SZERDA
1959
Lajos TAKÁCS
1971
Margit TIBORI
1953
László TÖRÖK
1961
Brigitta Erzsébet TÖRÖKNÉ CZINKI
1958
László TÓTH
1959
Tamás TÓTH
1964
Eleonóra Anasztázia VÁRADY
1960
Ernő VARGA
1965
Lajos Béla VARJU
1955
Ferenc Béla VÀRNAI
1951
Gyula VEIGLI
1954
Szabolcs VEIGLI
1978
János VIGH
1966
Zsolt Tamás VITTMAYER
1957
György WEINER
1953
Ágnes WERLE
1956
Miklós WERNER
1978
László WILSON-SZŰCS
1971
Viktor ZADAJANNIJ
1961
Tiborné ZATOSCHIL
1957
Szilvia ZSARGÓ
1979
Zsófia Renáta ZSARGÓ
1989
József ZSÖMLE
1961
Mohai Máté
Pécs
14/01/2025
24/09/2024
1,300
[1] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.