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.