SECOND SECTION DECISION Application no. 5732/24 Zsoltné ÁDÁM and Others against Hungary and 3 other applications (see appended table) The European Court of Human Rights (Second Section), sitting on 19 December 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 23 January 2025. 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 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] 5732/24 13/02/2024 (17 applicants) Zsoltné ÁDÁM 1973 András BALÁZS 1954 Elemér András BENCZE 1954 Adrián DÉR 1976 Ferenc Kálmán DÉR 1966 Jánosné ENDRÉSZ 1947 Péter FÜLÖP 1970 Zsolt László FÜLÖP 1975 János Mihályné JANCSOVICS 1959 Dezsőné KERÉKGYÁRTÓ 1948 Lászlóné KIS 1944 Imréné MAGYARI 1961 Zsolt MISI 1971 Ágnes ROSTÁS 1967 Ágnes Emília SZÉCSÉNYINÉ BALOGH 1979 Imréné TÓTH 1956 Tamás TÓTH 1977 Kodela Viktor Budapest 24/10/2024 16/09/2024 9,100 22598/24 11/07/2024 (13 applicants) Tiborné DUKÁT 1950 Éva GAÁL 1942 Ferenc JANICSEK 1969 Jánosné KÁLMÁN 1943 Margit Irén KENDERESI 1940 Györgyné KOVÁCS 1945 Györgyné LEDNICZKI 1961 Szilvia MÁRTONNÉ SZABÓ 1964 Zsuzsanna MOLNÁR 1977 Istvánné SAMU 1953 Mihályné SÁRÁNSZKI 1939 Ferencné SZÁNTAI 1963 Zsolt VINCZE 1973 Kodela Viktor Budapest 22/11/2024 28/10/2024 2,000 23093/24 01/08/2024 Veronika UGHY 1962 Kiss Dániel Bálint Budapest Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of civil proceedings 26/11/2024 29/10/2024 9,100 23542/24 06/08/2024 (13 applicants) József BELÁK 1953 Kornélné CSEH 1966 Gabriella GASZTNÉ LAKATOS 1969 István LAKATOS 1971 Gergely MARÓTI 1982 Gábor METZ 1984 László METZ 1979 Edit NAGY 1992 Ágnes PÁSZTOR 1970 István STADLER 1957 Attila TIGYI 1943 Tímea Ildikó TODOLA 1974 Imre László TÓTH 1943 Kodela Viktor Budapest 22/11/2024 28/10/2024 2,000 [1] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.