Zaja and Others v. Hungary

FIRST SECTION

Application no. 57139/22 Krisztina ZAJA and Others

against Hungary

(see appended table)

The European Court of Human Rights (First Section), sitting on 17 May 2023 as a Committee composed of:

Alena Poláčková , President , Gilberto Felici, Raffaele Sabato , judges ,

and Attila Teplán, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,

Having regard to the above application lodged on 3 January 2022,

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 Mr V. Kodela a lawyer practising in Budapest.

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 the 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 8 June 2023.

Attila Teplán Alena Poláčková Acting Deputy Registrar President

APPENDIX

Application raising complaints under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention

(excessive length of civil proceedings)

Application no. Date of introduction

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/household (in euros) [1]

57139/22

03/01/2022

(57 applicants)

Krisztina ZAJA

1977

Sándor Attila BÁTORI

1968

Jánosné BENE

1966

Irén BÉRES

1960

Ferencné BÓDI

1955

Imre BUZÁS

1951

József DANYI

1963

Istvánné DEÁK

1933

Csaba DÓSA

1978

Imréné EPERJESI

1940

Krisztina FARKAS

1974

Vilmosné FEHÉR

1951

Imréné FÖLDHÁZI

1959

István FREIDENFELD

1970

Zsoltné FÜLEKI

1977

Rezső Péterné KARDOS

1946

Jenő József KIS

1959

Márta KISNÉ FÜLÖP

1956

Lajosné KORNFELD

1961

Attila László KRISZTIÁN

1989

Lászlóné KRISZTIÁN

1954

András LÉNÁRT

1959

Istvánné MAGYARI

1943

János MAKSA

1954

Barbara MOLNÁRNÉ STORK

1972

Gyula NEMECSEK

1958

Ilona NYILAS

1962

Sándor PREZENSZKI

1961

‘ SALDO ZRT

1993

Tibor SCHMETZ

1942

Zoltán László SEDULYÁK

1958

István SINKA

1965

Sándorné SINKA

1952

‘ SOLYBOR KFT

1995

László SOMODI

1965

Ferenc SZABÓ

1961

Jánosné SZÁZ

1959

András SZOLNOKI

1947

Zsolt TARDOSI

1960

Zsuzsanna Ágnes TASINÉ TÓTH

1960

Krisztián VARGA

1976

Csaba VERES

1968

Ferenc VERES

1945

Household

András KARSAI

1949

Andrásné KARSAI

1958

Household

Jánosné EICHÜBEL

1961

Antalné PALLÉR

1939

Household

István BAGI

1946

Istvánné BAGI

1948

Household

József CSONTOS

1949

Józsefné CSONTOS

1950

Household

Sándorné DÓSA

1972

Andrásné MEDVE

1951

Household

Attila SCHMETZ

1972

Attiláné SCHMETZ

1971

Household

Sándor GYŐRI

1947

Sándorné GYŐRI

1952

Kodela Viktor

Budapest

06/04/2023

26/01/2023

9,100

[1] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.