Kompanik and Others v. Hungary

FIRST SECTION

Application no. 6557/24 Janos KOMPANIK and Others against Hungary and 3 other applications (see appended table)

The European Court of Human Rights (First Section), sitting on 3 October 2024 as a Committee composed of:

Krzysztof Wojtyczek , President , Lətif Hüseynov, Erik Wennerström , 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 representative 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”).

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 24 October 2024.

Attila Teplán Krzysztof Wojtyczek 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

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]

6557/24

12/02/2024

(47 applicants)

Janos KOMPANIK

1949

Norbert BAKOS

1970

Lászlóné BIHARI

1944

Lászlóné BOGNÁR

1963

András BOHÁK

1967

Józsefné BRAUN

1943

László CSERESZNYE

1956

Mária Anna CSIMCSA

1952

Andor Ferencné DALMADY

1953

István DUBNICZKI

1947

Lajosné DUDÁS

1935

Tibor DUKÁT

1948

Lászlóné ERDÉLYI

1948

György Gábor FELSZEGHY

1954

Péterné GALAMBOS

1949

Erzsébet GEDONNÉ LINTNER

1945

János GREZNER

1957

Zoltánné HALÁSZ

1948

Éva Mária HAVASI

1954

Jánosné HIR

1937

László Béla HORVÁTH

1948

Gábor Béláné JÁMBOR

1950

Mihály JANOVICS

1935

Andrásné JUHÁSZ

1950

József Gábor JUHÁSZ

1939

Attila Csaba KELEMEN

1947

Ernő Péter KELEMEN

1966

Katalin KINCSES

1948

János KISS

1958

József KISS

1940

József János KÓSI

1947

Istvánné KOSZONICS

1957

Julianna Róza KOVÁCS

1941

Mártonné KOVÁCS

1956

Lajos István MAROSI

1944

Judit Ágnes NAGY

1946

Imre PAULOVICS

1943

Irén PINCZÉS

1954

László RÉZMÁN

1952

Hajnalka SEIGERSCHMIDT

1983

József SZELES

1947

Nándor Józsefné SZIGETI

1932

Nándorné SZIJJ

1936

Endréné SZŐCS

1946

Béla TÓTH

1953

Sándor István VÁRSZEGI

1986

Lajosné ZEMANKÓ

1960

Kodela Viktor

Budapest

27/08/2024

12/06/2024

2,000

6943/24

23/02/2024

Gáborné NAGY

1942

Kodela Viktor

Budapest

16/08/2024

12/06/2024

2,000

9205/24

18/03/2024

(36 applicants)

András Péter JUHÁSZ

1947

Lászlóné BALOGH

1947

Éva BARANYAI

1948

Zsolt István BARANYAI

1973

Lászlóné BERTA

1941

András BORSI

1980

Istvánné CZIFFERI

1933

István DANKÓ

1956

László DEÁK

1944

Antal DEICHTER

1960

Tibor József DÖMÖK

1961

István DUNAI

1953

Gabriella FÁBRI

1962

András FAZEKAS

1966

Dezső FODOR

1940

Anna Mária FODORNÉ GÁL

1966

Tibor GÁL

1968

Győző HERCZEG

1970

László János HIRL

1972

Zoltánné HORVÁTH

1945

Lászlóné JUHÁSZ

1953

Gyula KAPUVÁRI

1944

Ferenc János KERESZTI

1949

Hedvig Brigitta KISZELY

1968

Imréné KISZELY

1941

Ernő KOVÁCS

1936

Péter KREISZ

1997

János MÁRTON

1963

Sándor MILICZ

1943

Erzsébet Mária MOLNÁRNÉ SÁRAI

1943

Istvánné PÉTER

1946

Lajos PUSKÁS

1952

József SZOKOLAI

1962

Jánosné TÓSOKY

1964

Jánosné VECSEI

1965

Mónika Tünde ZÖLDI

1972

Kodela Viktor

Budapest

29/08/2024

25/06/2024

2,000

11728/24

16/04/2024

(4 applicants)

Nándorné REMÉNYI

1930

Sándor BRINDZIK

1963

Margit CSÁTI

1950

Erika NAGY

1962

Kodela Viktor

Budapest

29/08/2024

25/06/2024

2,000

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