CEDH · CASELAW;DECISIONS;ADMISSIBILITYCOM;ENG — 27 septembre 2018

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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 LAW Having regard to the similar subject matter of the applications, the Court finds it appropriate to examine them jointly in a single decision. After unsuccessful friendly-settlement negotiations, the Government informed the Court that they proposed to make unilateral declarations with a view to resolving the issues raised by these complaints. They further requested the Court to strike out the applications in accordance with Article   37 of the Convention. The Government acknowledged the excessive length of civil proceedings. They offered to pay the applicants the amounts detailed in the appended table and invited the Court to strike the applications out of the list of cases in accordance with Article   37 §   1   (c) of the Convention. The amounts would be converted into the currency of the respondent State at the rate applicable on the date of payment, and would 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 undertook 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 applicants were sent the terms of the Government’s unilateral declarations several weeks before the date of this decision. The Court has not received a response from the applicants accepting the terms of the declarations. The Court observes that Article   37 §   1   (c) enables it to strike a case out of its list if: “... for any other reason established by the Court, it is no longer justified to continue the examination of the application”. Thus, it may strike out applications under Article   37 §   1 (c) on the basis of a unilateral declaration by a respondent Government even if the applicants wish the examination of the cases to be continued (see, in particular, Tahsin Acar v.   Turkey (preliminary objections) [GC], no.   26307/95, §§   75 ‑ 77, ECHR 2003-VI). The Court has established clear and extensive case-law concerning complaints relating to the excessive length of civil proceedings (see, for example, Gazsó v. Hungary, no. 48322/12, 16 July 2015). Noting the admissions contained in the Government’s declarations as well as the amount of compensation proposed – which is consistent with the amounts awarded in similar cases – the Court considers that it is no longer justified to continue the examination of the applications (Article   37 §   1   (c)). In the light of the above considerations, the Court is satisfied that respect for human rights as defined in the Convention and the Protocols thereto does not require it to continue the examination of the applications (Article   37 §   1 in fine ). Finally, the Court emphasises that, should the Government fail to comply with the terms of their unilateral declarations, the applications may be restored to the list in accordance with Article   37 §   2 of the Convention ( Josipović v.   Serbia (dec.), no.   18369/07, 4   March 2008). 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; Takes note of the terms of the respondent Government’s declarations and of the arrangements for ensuring compliance with the undertakings referred to therein; Decides to strike the applications out of its list of cases in accordance with Article   37 §   1   (c) of the Convention. Done in English and notified in writing on 18 October 2018.   Liv Tigerstedt   Georges Ravarani   Acting Deputy Registrar   President   APPENDIX 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 comments, if any Amount awarded for pecuniary and non-pecuniary damage and costs and expenses per applicant/household (in euros) [1]     68087/12 15/10/2012 István Takács 07/05/1952     29/11/2016 19/12/2016 3,500     75152/12 13/11/2012 (39 applicants) Anita Alexa 07/03/1969 Hedvig Asbóth 21/06/1964 Gabriella Budafai 25/02/1950 János Erdei 27/04/1965 Zsuzsanna Humicskó 12/03/1969 Zoltán Lakner 21/10/1952 Katalin Laknerné Szőgyényi 18/05/1953 János Laza 11/02/1954 Mária Ildikó Laza 01/09/1957 Éva Miskó 19/09/1943 Andrea Moós 18/09/1975 Ágnes Nagy 01/03/1959 Zsuzsanna Nándori 29/08/1968 Janos Olah 07/05/1943 Bela Csaba Puskas 09/10/1972 Péter Károly Risztics 13/04/1944 László Rohrmann 13/08/1953 Éva Sashalmi 19/04/1959 Imre Siklósi 04/06/1950 Magdolna Szilinyi 24/07/1965 Gábor Takacs 20/02/1969   Household Péter Bán 20/09/1967 Anikó Bánné Szabó 05/09/1967   Household Zoltán Hegyi 23/02/1963 Aranka Hegyiné Schmidtmayer 26/05/1960   Household László Katona 31/05/1955 Lászlóné Katona 02/08/1957   Household István Kotvász 01/12/1959 Noémi Kotvász 07/01/1957   Household Dániel Kurcz 08/01/1933 Dánielné Kurcz 24/03/1934   Household Pál Lendvay 12/09/1954 Zsuzsanna Lendvayné Dr Gudmon 01/09/1959   Household Otto Rahner 17/03/1960 Mária Rahnerne Taródi 11/10/1961   Household Béla Szatmári 17/04/1964 Tünde Szatmári 27/03/1967   Household Béla Szolnoki 12/10/1960 Béláné Szolnoki 30/06/1964   Gál Zoltán Székesfehérvár 12/06/2018 17/07/2018 9,000     29641/13 04/03/2013 Péter Bartos 18/07/1960     19/01/2017 08/03/2018 800     39217/13 08/06/2013 István János Varga 06/08/1958 Urbánné Csató Julianna Budapest 16/06/2017 24/07/2017 800     70721/14 15/10/2014 Ferenc Csiszár 03/12/1947 Menyhárt Gabriella Éva Körösszegapáti 12/06/2018 25/07/2018 2,600   [1] .     Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.