Treasure Fontana Kft and Others v. Hungary

SECOND SECTION

Application no. 598/25 TREASURE FONTANA KFT and Others against Hungary and 2 other applications

(see appended table)

The European Court of Human Rights (Second Section), sitting on 19 February 2026 as a Committee composed of:

Stéphane Pisani , President , Juha Lavapuro, Hugh Mercer , judges ,

and Attila Teplán, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,

Having regard to the above applications against Hungary lodged with the Court under Article 34 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (“the Convention”) 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 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 12 March 2026.

Attila Teplán Stéphane Pisani 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/ 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]

598/25

16/12/2024

(14 applicants)

TREASURE FONTANA KFT

1994

Gábor László FARKAS

1952

Milán FEHÉR

1977

Attila Csaba HOLLÓ

1964

Imre KÓNYA

1970

Róbert KUN

1985

István Gergely MÁRTA

1983

Krisztián Viktor MIKSZ

1984

Ildikó MOLNÁRNÉ BÁN

1967

István NÉMETH

1974

Zsolt NÉMETH

1973

László SIPOS

1973

Sándor SÓVÁGÓ

1954

Sándor SZÉP

1966

Incze Gergely

Budapest

20/10/2025

15/01/2026

200

5884/25

07/02/2025

(5 applicants)

ARGON-GEO KFT

1998

ÉP-DEAL KFT

2008

FÉM-KÉSZ KFT

2003

ROTTE KFT

1992

TAKÁCS FÉMBÚTOR KFT

2007

Incze Gergely

Budapest

21/01/2026

15/01/2026

200

17421/25

30/05/2025

(14 applicants)

Miklósné KÁDÁR

1941

Lászlóné ÁBRAHÁM

1963

Dóra ANTAL

1983

Krisztina ANTAL

1977

Zoltán ANTAL

1978

Sándor József BOROS

1958

Márta BOROSNÉ VÁLÓCZI

1967

Ágoston HOMOKI

1969

László PÉNTEK

1959

Lajosné SZILÁGYI

1959

Géza Józsefné TORDA

1952

Miklós TÓTH

1930

Ilona ZAKAR

1983

Imre ZAKAR

1986

Háromszéki Bence

Győr

23/01/2026

05/11/2025

200

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