ÁCS AND OTHERS v. HUNGARY

  SECOND SECTION DECISION Application no. 2018/24 Tibor ÁCS and Others against Hungary and 4 other applications (see appended table) The European Court of Human Rights (Second Section), sitting on 7 November 2024 as a Committee composed of:  Davor Derenčinović, President,  Gediminas Sagatys,  Stéphane Pisani, judges, and Attila Teplán, 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 other provisions of the Convention. The Court received 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 28 November 2024.    Attila Teplán Davor Derenčinović  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/ registration 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 (in euros)[1]    2018/24 29/12/2023 (23 applicants) Tibor ÁCS 1975 Jánosné BARÁTH 1959 Judit BARÁTHNÉ HORVÁTH 1971 Lajos BAZSIKA 1961 Ágota Mária ÉDERNÉ VASÁROS 1964 László FEHÉR 1975 László FEKETE 1945 Ferencné GRÓF 1957 József Kálmánné HIDEG 1945 Gábor HORVÁTH 1956 László Péterné HORVÁTH 1952 Péter HORVÁTH 1974 Zoltán HORVÁTH 1979 Istvánné KÁMÁN 1951 Marianna KÁSA 1949  KESZAU-SOLDER-SEREC-L KFT. 1991 Ferenc KÖVESDI 1974 Ferenc LENGYEL 1947 Imréné LIBOR 1948 Klára MÁRKUS 1957 Eszter MISKÓ 1983 Ferenc MOLNÁR 1951 Laszlo NYAKAS 1971   Incze Gergely Budapest   01/10/2024 16/07/2024 2,300    3773/24 30/01/2024 (25 applicants) Jánosné MLINORICS 1968  BARCS COOP KERESKEDELMI ZRT 2008  CSURGÓ-COOP KERESKEDELMI ZRT 1998  ERDŐBIRTOKOSOK ERDŐGAZDÁLKODÁSI ÉS SZOLGÁLTATÓ SZÖVETKEZETE "V.A." 1993 Ferencné GYÖREI 1951 Erik HAJDU 1993 Mária HORVÁTH 1951  KAPOSELEKTRO VAGYONVÉDELMI ÉS ELEKTRONIKAI SZOLGÁLTATÓ ÉS KERESKEDELMI KFT 2000 Józsefné KENESEI 1966 Mária KESZEI 1967 Jánosné PETERDI 1953 László PINKE 1963  PIRÓ-KOMPLEX IPARI ÉS KERESKEDELMI KFT 1992 PRINT COPY IRODATECHNIKAI KERESKEDELMI ÉS SZOLGÁLTATÓ KFT 1991  PROCONS VEZETÉSI TANÁCSADÓ ÉS MINŐSÉGFEJLESZTÉSI KFT 2001 RG-STÚDIÓ KERESKEDELMI ÉS SZOLGÁLTATÓ KFT 1995 László Endre SIPOS 1978 László András SZABÓ 1946 Sándor SZABÓ 1966 István TAMÁS 1950 Józsefné TOLNAI 1951 György VARGA 1949 László VARGA 1934 István Jánosné ZACHÁR 1950 Tibor ZÓKA 1943   Bárdy Emese Érd   01/10/2024 12/04/2024 4,100    3837/24 30/01/2024 Balázs Gábor DOBÁK 1973   Kodela Viktor Budapest   01/10/2024 12/04/2024 4,100    15645/24 24/05/2024 (5 applicants) Ágnes VARGÁNÉ HOLLER 1984 János CSERNÁK 1958 Győző Csaba PATAKI 1942 Lászlóné PORDÁNY 1951 Dezső SZEGEDI 1945   Kodela Viktor Budapest   01/10/2024 17/09/2024 9,100    17532/24 08/06/2024 Ildikó AGÓCSNÉ SZÉKEI-BAK 1958   Szabó Gábor Göd Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of civil proceedings - 02/10/2024 17/09/2024 2,000   [1] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.