SECOND SECTION DECISION Application no. 33378/24 Attila István TEJFEL against Hungary and 9 other applications (see appended table) The European Court of Human Rights (Second Section), sitting on 22 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 criminal 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 12 June 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 criminal 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 33378/24 05/11/2024 Attila István TEJFEL 1984 Kiss Dániel Bálint Budapest Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings 22/04/2025 03/03/2025 2,600 36849/24 27/11/2024 Renátó KOLOMPÁR 1998 Kiss Dániel Bálint Budapest Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings 22/04/2025 03/04/2025 1,700 316/25 13/12/2024 István FEHÉRVÁRI 1979 Juhász Gábor István Budapest 10/04/2025 27/03/2025 6,500 318/25 13/12/2024 Emil HOFMAN 1972 Juhász Gábor István Budapest 10/04/2025 27/03/2025 6,500 319/25 13/12/2024 Krisztián Lajos KAJDI 1973 Juhász Gábor István Budapest 10/04/2025 27/03/2025 6,500 320/25 13/12/2024 Csilla LIBERTINYI 1967 Juhász Gábor István Budapest 10/04/2025 28/03/2025 6,500 321/25 13/12/2024 Klára MÉSZÁROS 1986 Juhász Gábor István Budapest 10/04/2025 28/03/2025 6,500 322/25 13/12/2024 Károly PAPP 1975 Juhász Gábor István Budapest 10/04/2025 28/03/2025 6,500 324/25 13/12/2024 Tibor RUGA 1975 Juhász Gábor István Budapest 10/04/2025 28/03/2025 6,500 325/25 13/12/2024 István SAMU 1980 Juhász Gábor István Budapest 10/04/2025 28/03/2025 6,500