BEBŐK AND OTHERS v. HUNGARY

 
FOURTH SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 80694/17
Gábor BEBŐK against Hungary
and 9 other applications
(see appended table)
 
The European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting on 16 May 2019 as a Committee composed of:
Georges Ravarani, President,
Marko Bošnjak,
Péter Paczolay, judges,
and Liv Tigerstedt, 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 representatives is set out in the appended table.
The applicants’ complaints under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention concerning the excessive length of criminal proceedings were communicated to the Hungarian Government (“the Government”).
The Court received friendly-settlement declarations 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 6 June 2019.
Liv TigerstedtGeorges Ravarani
Acting Deputy RegistrarPresident


APPENDIX
List of applications raising complaints under Article 6§ 1 of the Convention
(excessive length of criminal proceedings)
 
No.
Application no.
Date of introduction
Applicant’s name
Date 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]   
80694/17
17/11/2017
Gábor Bebők
30/09/1973
Tóth M. Gábor
Budapest
04/02/2019
11/03/2019
3,000   
14657/18
19/03/2018
Sándor Bodnár
20/12/1975
Szegedi Zsolt
Nyíregyháza
26/02/2019
09/01/2019
5,000   
19587/18
13/04/2018
Zoltán Csabai
30/06/1975
Fazekas Attila
Szolnok
21/03/2019
02/10/2018
3,500   
31925/18
26/06/2018
Vendel Béri
05/08/1966
György Béri
04/10/1967
Sebes Péter
Budapest
18/03/2018
18/12/2018
14,000   
32149/18
11/04/2016
Tamás Winkler
09/03/1975
Borsos Tamás
Budapest
21/03/2019
03/10/2018
4,000   
32152/18
11/04/2016
Tamás Beringer
01/03/1984
Borsos Tamás
Budapest
21/03/2019
03/10/2018
4,000   
32154/18
11/04/2016
Krisztián Ruppert
25/10/1979
Borsos Tamás
Budapest
21/03/2019
03/10/2018
2,500   
32158/18
11/04/2016
Anikó Julianna Erdős
13/06/1977
Borsos Tamás
Budapest
21/03/2019
03/10/2018
4,000   
42287/18
31/08/2018
Attila Maka
26/10/1993
Hatlaczki Gyula
Nagykáta
21/03/2019
18/12/2018
5,000 
42288/18
31/08/2018
Attila Horváth
14/04/1965
Hatlaczki Gyula
Nagykáta
21/03/2019
14/12/2018
5,000
 
[1].  Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.

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