SECOND SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 21178/24
László MÁRKI against Hungary
and 4 other applications
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (Second Section), sitting on 27 March 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 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, 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 30 April 2025.
 
 Attila Teplán Gediminas Sagatys
 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
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]
 
   21178/24
23/07/2024
László MÁRKI
1955
 
Hegedűs D. Andrea
Budapest
30/01/2025
21/02/2025
9,100
   21500/24
23/07/2024
Pál Márk KUSTRA
1959
 
Hegedűs D. Andrea
Budapest
29/01/2025
21/02/2025
9,100
   23539/24
05/08/2024
(8 applicants)
Zoltán MATYÓK
1968
 
Renáta JÓNUM-PRIBEK
1984
 
Bernadett Edit KONDÁKOR
1961
 
Attila PÁL
1968
 
Beáta PÁLNÉ BEDŐ
1970
 
Erika PINTÉR
1970
 
János Béla PIRKNER
1940
 
Géza Péter RAFFAI
1952
 
 
Incze Gergely
Budapest
14/02/2025
12/11/2024
2,300
   24088/24
13/08/2024
Balázs Gábor DOBÁK
1973
 
Kodela Viktor
Budapest
30/01/2025
21/02/2025
1,000
   24436/24
09/08/2024
András UZONYI
1961
 
Tóth T. Balázs
Budapest
06/02/2025
25/10/2024
3,300
 
[1] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.