SECOND SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 23956/24
Dávid ÁCS and Others
against Hungary
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (Second Section), sitting on 27 February 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 application lodged on 13 August 2024,
Having regard to the formal declarations accepting a friendly settlement of the case,
Having deliberated, decides as follows:
FACTS AND PROCEDURE
The list of applicants is set out in the appended table.
The applicants were represented by Ms E. Bárdy, a lawyer practising in Érd.
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 declaration, signed by the parties, under which the applicants agreed to waive any further claims against Hungary in respect of the facts giving rise to this application, subject to an undertaking by the Government to pay them the amount detailed in the appended table. This amount 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 this amount within the above‑mentioned three-month period, the Government undertake to pay simple interest on it, 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 case.
THE LAW
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 application.
In view of the above, it is appropriate to strike the case out of the list.
For these reasons, the Court, unanimously,
Decides to strike the application out of its list of cases in accordance with Article 39 of the Convention.
Done in English and notified in writing on 20 March 2025.
Attila Teplán Gediminas Sagatys
Acting Deputy Registrar President
APPENDIX
Application raising complaints under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention
(excessive length of civil proceedings)
Applicant’s name Year of birth/registration | 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] | |
23956/24 13/08/2024 (51 applicants) | Dávid ÁCS 1986 György Róbert ACSÁDY 1946 Ferenc Gyuláné ALBERT 1957 Imre ALFÖLDI 1965 László József ALT 1954 Péter AMREIN 1974 Péter ANGYAL 1965 Ágnes ARÁNYI 1956 Zoltán ÁRVA 1966 Mihály BACHER 1955 László Béláné BACHMANN 1955 Istvánné BAGOLY 1953 László BAJZÁTH 1971 Eszter BAKÓ 1967 Zoltán BAKÓ 1977 Szilvia BALATONI 1979 László BALÁZS 1967 Mária Ildikó BÁLINT 1962 Tiborné BÁLINT 1958 Gábor BALLA 1955 Zoltán BALLA 1975 Ferencné BALOG 1971 Richárd BALOG 1977 Attila BALOGH 1975 János BALOGH 1960 József BALOGH 1959 Tamás Antal BALOGH 1985 Zoltán Attila BALOGH 1988 Sándor BANA 1949 Jánosné BARÁT 1949 Zsolt BARÁTH 1978 Gábor BÁRDOSI 1973 Józsefné BARI 1950 Erzsébet BARTALNÉ PALKÓ 1971 Viktorné BARTELMESZ 1974 Zoltánné BECK 1957 István János BÉKÉSI 1948 János Gáborné BÉKÉSI 1960 János BERTA 1965 Józsefné BERTA 1948 BODEN-VIN BORÁSZATI KFT 1996 ELSŐ MAGYAR SWIFT SZÁMÍTÁSTECHNIKAI KFT 1992 FC-PANNON TANÁCSADÓ KFT 1992 Anita GAYÁR 1975 KAPONYA ÉS TÁRSA KFT 2003 KÜBLEREK KERESKEDELMI ÉS ÜGYNÖKI KFT 2009 LAHTI-PIAC KFT 2013 M-FORG SZERSZÁMKÉSZÍTŐ KFT 2002 NÉMA IPARI, KERESKEDELMI ÉS GAZDASÁGI KFT 1992 RG-STÚDIÓ KERESKEDELMI ÉS SZOLGÁLTATÓ KFT 1995 SOFT CONSULTING HUNGARY ZRT 2009
| Bárdy Emese Érd | 13/01/2025 | 13/01/2025 | 1,000 |
[1] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.