SECOND SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 18110/24
István Norbert ANDROVICZ and Others
against Hungary
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (Second Section), sitting on 13 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 application lodged on 17 June 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 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 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 3 April 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/ | 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] | |
18110/24 17/06/2024 (48 applicants) | István Norbert ANDROVICZ 1987 Tibor ANTAL 1977 József István BALOG 1976 Piroska Ilona BALOG 1966 Gáspárné BALOGH 1940 János BÁNSZKI 1957 Mária BARTUCZNÉ KOCSIS 1950 Ildikó Mária BENKE 1981 Márta Mária BERENTE 1975 Zsuzsanna Edit BOGNÁR 1959 István BÖJTÖS 1967 CNC GÉP FÉMIPARI KFT 2001 Sándorné CSEH 1957 Lajos József CSETE 1977 Péter CSIZMADIA 1944 Barbara CSÓKA 1985 István CZIRKOS 1966 DETEMS PÁLYÁZATÍRÓ ÉS SZOLGÁLTATÓ KFT 2011 Ferencné ENDRE 1940 Ferenc FARKAS 1962 Ferenc Gyuláné FARKAS 1953 József FARKAS 1971 FARKAS GALÉRIA KERESKEDELMI BT 1991 Julianna FEHÉR 1944 János FEKETE 1967 Gabriella Mária FRUKTUSZNÉ MOLNÁR 1973 István Mihályné FÜSTÖS 1943 Erzsébet Julianna GABER 1951 Julianna GÁBORNÉ RAFAEL 1983 Ferenc GAJDÁCSI 1966 Erika GALI 1982 József GALLÓ 1970 László GERA 1966 Miklós GILLY 1962 Roland GYARMATI 1987 Zsuzsanna GYULAI 1986 Sándorné HAJMA 1949 HALAS TŰZVÉDELEM KERESKEDELMI ÉS SZOLGÁLTATÓ KFT 1997 Zoltán HARKAI 1979 Béla ILLÉS 1957 Gyula JÁGFALVI 1975 Ella JÁSZ 1968 József Sándorné JÓZSA 1960 Zsolt Gábor MEZEI 1974 MILE BANKTECHNIKA KERESKEDELMI ÉS SZOLGÁLTATÓ KFT 2005 MK-TRAVEL KFT 2007 RIMI MONITORING VAGYONVÉDELMI KFT 1994 Zoltán Imre SZIGETHY 1954 | Bárdy Emese Érd | 29/01/2025 | 21/10/2024 | 1,000 |
[1] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.