CEDH · CASELAW;JUDGMENTS;COMMITTEE;ENG — 30 novembre 2023

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HUNGARY (Application no. 16771/23)             JUDGMENT   STRASBOURG 30 November 2023   This judgment is final but it may be subject to editorial revision. In the case of Kamarás and Others v. Hungary, The European Court of Human Rights (First Section), sitting as a Committee composed of:   Krzysztof Wojtyczek , President ,   Lətif Hüseynov,   Ivana Jelić , judges , and Attila Teplán, Acting Deputy Section Registrar, Having deliberated in private on 9 November 2023, Delivers the following judgment, which was adopted on that date: PROCEDURE 1.     The case originated in an application against Hungary lodged with the Court under Article   34 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (“the Convention”) on 1   April   2023. 2.     The applicants were represented by Mr V. Kodela, a lawyer practising in Budapest. 3.     The Hungarian Government (“the   Government”) were given notice of the application. THE FACTS 4.     The list of applicants and the relevant details of the application are set out in the appended table. 5.     The applicants complained of the excessive length of civil proceedings. 6.     On 28 August 2023 the applicants’ representative informed the Court that the applicant Ms Józsefné Endrész had withdrawn her complaints. THE LAW ALLEGED VIOLATION OF ARTICLE   6 § 1 OF THE CONVENTION 7.     The Court finds at the outset that the applicant Ms Józsefné Endrész may be regarded as no longer wishing to pursue the application (Article   37   §   1 (a) of the Convention). Furthermore, in accordance with Article 37 § 1 in   fine , the Court finds no special circumstances regarding respect for human rights as defined in the Convention and the Protocols thereto which require the continued examination of the application in her regard. 8.     The remaining applicants complained that the length of the civil proceedings in question had been incompatible with the “reasonable time” requirement. They relied on Article   6 § 1 of the Convention, which reads as follows: Article   6   §   1 “In the determination of his civil rights and obligations ... everyone is entitled to a ... hearing within a reasonable time by [a] ... tribunal ...” 9.     The Court reiterates that the reasonableness of the length of proceedings must be assessed in the light of the circumstances of the case and with reference to the following criteria: the complexity of the case, the conduct of the applicants and the relevant authorities and what was at stake for the applicants in the dispute (see Frydlender v.   France [GC], no.   30979/96, §   43, ECHR 2000-VII). 10.     In the leading case of Gazsó v. Hungary, no. 48322/12, 16 July 2015, the Court found a violation of Article 6 of the Convention in relation to the length of judicial proceedings. 11.     Having examined all the material submitted to it, the Court has not found any fact or argument capable of justifying the overall length of the proceedings at the national level. Having regard to its case-law on the subject, the Court considers that in the instant case the length of the proceedings was excessive and failed to meet the “reasonable time” requirement. 12.     These complaints are therefore admissible and disclose a breach of Article   6 § 1 of the Convention. APPLICATION OF ARTICLE   41 OF THE CONVENTION 13.     Article 41 of the Convention provides: “If the Court finds that there has been a violation of the Convention or the Protocols thereto, and if the internal law of the High Contracting Party concerned allows only partial reparation to be made, the Court shall, if necessary, afford just satisfaction to the injured party.” 14.     Regard being had to the documents in its possession and to its case ‑ law, the Court considers it reasonable to award the sums indicated in the appended table. FOR THESE REASONS, THE COURT, UNANIMOUSLY, Decides to strike the application out of its list of cases in accordance with Article 37 § 1 (a) of the Convention in regard of Ms Józsefné Endrész; Declares the remaining applicants’ complaints concerning the excessive length of civil proceedings admissible; Holds that these complaints disclose a breach of Article   6 § 1 of the Convention concerning the excessive length of civil proceedings; Holds (a)   that the respondent State is to pay the applicants, within three months, the amount indicated in the appended table, to be converted into the currency of the respondent State at the rate applicable at the date of settlement; (b)   that from the expiry of the above-mentioned three months until settlement simple interest shall be payable on the above amount at a rate equal to the marginal lending rate of the European Central Bank during the default period plus three percentage points. Done in English, and notified in writing on 30 November 2023, pursuant to Rule   77   §§   2 and   3 of the Rules of Court.   Attila Teplán   Krzysztof Wojtyczek   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   Representative’s name and location Start of proceedings End of proceedings Total length Levels of jurisdiction Amount awarded for pecuniary and non-pecuniary damage and costs and expenses per applicant (in euros) [1] 16771/23 01/04/2023 (194 applicants) Tibor Lajosné KAMARÁS 1932   Sára Juliánna ALEXAY 1948   Ferenc AMBRUS 1939   Ferenc János ANDA 1958   Tiborné ANTAL 1955   Ferenc Nándorné APPELT 1942   Károlyné BÁLINT 1938   Jenőné BALOGH 1938   Károlyné BALOGH 1936   Istvánné BÁNLAKI 1930   Anna Magdolna BARÓCSINÉ CSIK 1963   Tibor BARTA 1966   János BÁTOVSZKY 1973   Piroska BECSKÉNÉ VIZHÁNYÓ 1955   Adrien Mária BEDNÁRIKNÉ SZABÓ 1954   Sámuel Lászlóné BÉKÉSI 1938   Lászlóné BENÁK 1936   Gézáné BENEDEK 1935   Ferenc Árpád BENKŐ 1931   István BEREGHSZÁSZY 1934 Katalin BÍRÓ 1956   Edit BÓDI 1990   Károly BOHANEK 1956   József Ferenc BOROS 1959   Jánosné BOZSÓ 1950   Miklós László CSÉPÁNY 1947   Zsolt Zoltán CSERHALMI 1962   Valéria CSIZMAZIA 1936   Zoltánné CSIZY 1938   Attila CSONTOS 1976   Sándor CZEGLÉDI 1953   Andor Ferenc DALMADY 1955 Béla DÁVID 1900   Gábor József DIETRICH 1957   Richárd János DOBOS 1972   Zsuzsánna GOMBOS 1945   Éva Etelka EGYEDNÉ PETRÉNYI 1941   Ferenc EVELI 1938   Rezsőné EZER 1939   Lászlóné FÁBIÁN 1943   Iván László FAJNOR 1951   Sándorné FALKAY 1956   Mihályné FAZEKAS 1962   Ferenc FEHÉRPATAKY 1940 Tamás FEKETE 1977   Gábor FELSZEGHY 1982   Andrásné FERENCZY 1946   László FODOR 1954   Józsefné FÖLDVÁRI 1939   Zsuzsanna FÜLÖP 1954   Pál GALYAS 1952   Józsefné GAZDAG 1943   Lajos Tamás GEREBEN 1951   Klára Mária GICZI 1944   Ágnes Szilvia GODÓ 1969   Imre GOMBOS 1951 Lászlóné GONDOS 1937   Ágnes GRÖBNÉ KOVÁCS 1946   József GULYÁS 1946   Károly GYÁNYI 1958   Zsuzsanna Szandra GYŐREI 1981   Józsefné HAJNAL 1947   Sándor HALASI 1925   Éva HALÁSZ 1957   Györgyné HALÁSZ 1945   József HARTMANN 1961   László HARTMANN 1964   László HAVAI 1954 Tiborné HELMICH 1932   Ferencné HERCZEG 1929   Ottóné HERCZEGFALVY 1937   András Sándorné HERMANN 1945   Ágota HOCHWART 1944   Ferenc HŐNIG 1940   János HORVÁTH 1933   János ILLÉS 1957   József IPACS 1947   Ágnes JANKÓ 1966   Andrea JASZICZKY 1977   Béla JORGA 1945 Ernőné JUHÁSZ 1955   Ilona Rozália KADLECSIK 1957   Attila István KÁLNAI 1957   Gábor KERÉNYI 1964   János KÉRI 1942   Antal KISS 1930   Anna Emese KISSNÉ FÁTRAI 1955   Gyula Lajos KOCSIS 1941   Marianna KOCSIS TÓTH 1956   Istvánné KOCZKA 1940   Lajos István KONCZ 1941   Ottóné KÖRMENDI 1944 Gabriella KORPÁSNÉ BALCZER 1964   Éva Aranka KORVAS 1941   Péterné KOSA 1938   Tibor KŐSZEG 1950   Tamás KOSZKA 1954   Erzsébet KOVÁCS 1975   Zoltán KOVÁCS 1939   György KŐVÁRI 1955   Ferenc KREISZ 1967   Ferencné KREISZ 1940   Márton Tibor LABUDA 1955   Klára LAJTAINÉ SIMON 1968 Anna LAKNERFINÉ PÁSZTOR 1942   Béla Andrásné LÁSZLÓ 1936   László LECZKI 1935   János LEITOLD 1956   Anna LÉZU 1953   Lászlóné LUKÁCS 1946   Miklós MADACSAY 1944   Ilona MAGYAR 1949   Györgyi MAGYARY 1953   Gábor MAJOROS 1950   Gábor István MÁRTON 1955   Károlyné MARZSIN 1941 Szabolcsné MELEGH 1941   Gábor MERVEL 1955   Mónika MÉSZÁROS 1951   Józsefné METZ 1943   Béláné MIHALÁK 1954   László Zoltán MITNYIK 1961   Csaba Gábor MOLNÁR 1950   György Tiborné MOLNÁR 1944   László MOLNÁR 1932   Éva NAGY 1962   Sándor Miklós NAGY 1930   Tibor Miklósné NAGY 1934 Mária Margit NAGYNÉ SZAKMÁNY 1953   Józsefné NÉMETI 1958   Ödönné OBRUSÁNSZKI 1935   Klára Márta ÓNODI 1948   Dénes Mátyás PÁL 1956   Mihályné PÁLINKÁS 1956   László PALLÓS 1955   József Ferencné PÁLYI 1942   Róbert Tiborné PANKOVITS 1941   István Zoltán PAP 1977   Lajos PARASZT 1941   Ilona PARIZSA 1957 Zsuzsanna Jolán PÉTER-SZABÓ 1959   János Jakab PETRÁNYI 1940   István POZSGAI 1936   Lajosné PUPPÁN 1936   Magdolna Margit RAJNAI 1948   István REINHARDT 1941   Gyuláné RÉTI 1940   Józsefné RÉTI 1930   Ferencné REZSONYA 1945   Endre Pál RIVÓ 1958   Pál SAUER 1954   László SOÓS 1942 László Gézáné SRAMKÓ 1953   József STUBÁN 1949   János SZABÓ 1932   Józsefné SZABÓ 1938   László SZABÓ 1951   István Rezső SZALATKAY 1946   Judit SZALATKAY 1977   Róbert László SZÁNTÓ 1958   Erzsébet SZÉKELYNÉ SEPRÉNYI 1964   Gizella SZENTPÉTERI 1956   Rudolf Oszkár SZERENCSÉS 1950   Béla SZILÁGYI 1948 Andrásné SZIRÁKI 1934   László István SZIRÁKI 1962   Anna Katalin SZÖLLŐSINÉ CSIKÓS 1956   Jenő Ferenc SZOMBATH 1935   Tamás István SZÓRÁD 1955   Ferenc Antal TÖLGYESI 1949   Lajosné TOLNAI 1934   Éva TOMCSÁNYI 1954   Lászlóné TORMA 1937   Ágnes TÖRÖK 1967   Istvánné TÖRÖK 1947   Mihályné TÓTH 1952 Tivadar TÓTH 1950   Eszter Margit URBÁNNÉ BEKE 1936   Tünde Stefánia VAJDÁNÉ IDRÁNYI 1954   Gyula VANCZÁK 1957   Gábor VARGA 1974   László Géza VARGA 1963   László VARSÁNYI 1950   Istvánné VÉGH 1942   Miklós Jánosné VENESZ 1932   Jenőné VILÁGOS 1941   Ferenc Zoltánné VINKLER 1934   Judit VINKLER 1969 Ádámné VÖLGYESI 1934   Zoltán András VÖLGYESI 1966   István VONA 1958   Lászlóné VÖRÖS 1941   Mária ZELEY 1941   Péter ZENTAI 1980   Kodela Viktor Budapest 06/04/2004   pending   More than 19 year(s) and 5 month(s) and 21 day(s) 1 level(s) of jurisdiction   2,000     [1] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.