SECOND SECTION DECISION Application no. 22599/24 Gábor ÁCS and Others against Hungary and 3 other applications (see appended table) The European Court of Human Rights (Second Section), sitting on 7 May 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”). 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 May 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/ 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] 22599/24 01/08/2024 (5 applicants) Gábor ÁCS 1962 FÖLDGÉPTRANS KFT 2003 G & G ELECTRIC KFT 2009 Péter PURÁK 1967 SCHRACK TECHNIK KFT 1991 Bárdy Emese Érd 26/02/2025 21/03/2025 2,500 33440/24 01/08/2024 BARNA BT 1999 ELEKTRO-WASTE NONPROFIT KFT 2009 Bárdy Emese Érd 18/02/2025 21/03/2025 500 33441/24 01/08/2024 (4 applicants) ELEKTRO PROFI KFT 1992 HAGER KFT 1997 PRESTO-UPS KFT 2006 TA-BAU KFT 2003 Bárdy Emese Érd 21/02/2024 21/03/2025 1,500 36068/24 26/11/2024 (12 applicants) Károly SZAUER 1963 Józsefné BESENCZY 1942 Lajos BÓKA 1935 Lajosné BUTI 1940 Ferencné DOSZTÁL 1952 Mária Margit FOGARASSY 1952 Nándor FÜREDI 1952 Alexandra GYÖRKE 1984 Sándorné KOVÁCS 1934 Lászlóné KUDOMRÁK 1945 György LILLIK 1975 Sándor TORMÁSY 1938 Kiss Dániel Bálint Budapest Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of civil proceedings 12/02/2025 10/03/2025 2,000 [1] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.