Agárdi and Others v. Hungary
Struck out of the list
Berörda konventionsartiklar
FIRST SECTION
Application no. 10202/20 Andrásné AGÁRDI and Others against Hungary and 9 other applications
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (First Section), sitting on 17 December 2020 as a Committee composed of:
Krzysztof Wojtyczek, President, Linos-Alexandre Sicilianos, Erik Wennerström, 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 Article 13 of the Convention.
The Court received the friendly-settlement declarations, signed by the parties, 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 21 January 2021.
Liv Tigerstedt Krzysztof Wojtyczek Acting Deputy Registrar President
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
Year of birth
Representative’s name and location
Other complaints under well-established case-law
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]
10202/20
05/02/2020
(12 applicants)
Andrásné AGÁRDI
1945
Lajosné BUSÁNSZKY
1945
István CSÁNKI
1966
Mária CSÁNKI
1967
Tibor Lászlóné LIGETI
1953
Miklós MÉLYKUTI
1970
László MOLNÁR
1971
Pálné SINKA
1936
László VARGA
1959
Mária VARGA
1962
Household
Gabriella SZARVAS
1977
László SZARVAS
1975
Hangyál Edit
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of civil proceedings.
03/11/2020
04/11/2020
5,900
12219/20
27/02/2020
István KIS HORVÁTH
1953
Kiss Balázs
Budapest
02/09/2020
30/10/2020
5,200
12220/20
27/02/2020
István KIS HORVÁTH
1953
Kiss Balázs
Budapest
02/09/2020
30/10/2020
6,500
17392/20
24/03/2020
Tamás DUBICZ
1974
Hangyál Edit
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of civil proceedings.
03/11/2020
04/11/2020
3,900
17415/20
20/03/2020
Erika Piroska LÁSZLÓ
1954
20/10/2020
09/09/2020
5,200
17862/20
08/04/2020
Zoltán ELEKES
1987
Szegedi Zsolt
Nyíregyháza
21/10/2020
28/10/2020
2,000
21158/20
20/05/2020
István MÁRTON
1960
Rajki Márton
Budapest
12/11/2020
29/07/2020
6,500
24265/20
27/05/2020
Szilvia SZABÓ
1973
Juhász Gabriella
Budapest
18/11/2020
08/10/2020
11,700
24519/20
03/06/2020
Ágnes Éva KIS
1956
Bernadett KIS
1986
Karsai Dániel András
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of civil proceedings.
29/10/2020
15/10/2020
16,900
27802/20
19/06/2020
Csilla TÓTHNÉ GÉMES
1966
Szeiler Erika
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of civil proceedings.
18/11/2020
10/11/2020
10,400
[1] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.