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BENCZÚR v. HUNGARY

Doc ref: 61764/13 • ECHR ID: 001-174783

Document date: May 23, 2017

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BENCZÚR v. HUNGARY

Doc ref: 61764/13 • ECHR ID: 001-174783

Document date: May 23, 2017

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FOURTH SECTION

DECISION

Application no . 61764/13 Péter BENCZÚR against Hungary

The European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting on 23 May 2017 as a Committee composed of:

Faris Vehabović , President, Carlo Ranzoni , Péter Paczolay , judges,

and Andrea Tamietti, Deputy Section Registrar ,

Having regard to the above application lodged on 12 September 2013,

Having regard to the formal declarations accepting a friendly settlement of the case,

Having deliberated, decides as follows:

FACTS AND PROCEDURE

1. The applicant, Mr Péter Benczúr , is a Hungarian national, who was born in 1971 and lives in Budapest. He was represented before the Court by Mr L.P. Farkas , a lawyer practising in Budapest.

2. The Hungarian Government (“the Government”) were represented by Mr Z. Tallódi, Agent, Ministry of Justice.

3. Relying on Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 to the Convention, the applicant complained that the levying of tax at a rate of 98% on part of his severance payment had amounted to an unjustified deprivation of property .

4. On 16 and 18 January 2017 the Court received friendly settlement declarations signed by the parties under which the applicant agreed to waive any further claims against Hungary in respect of the facts giving rise to this application against an undertaking by the Government to pay him EUR 9,600 (nine thousand six hundred euros) to cover any pecuniary and non-pecuniary damage as well as costs and expenses, which will be converted into Hungarian forints at the rate applicable on the date of payment, and will be free of any taxes that may be applicable. It will be payable within three months from the date of notification of the decision taken by the Court. In the event of failure to pay this sum within the said three-month period, the Government undertook to pay simple interest on it, 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 case.

THE LAW

5. 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 its Protocols and finds no reasons to justify a continued examination of the application. In view of the above, it is appropriate to strike the case out of the list.

For these reasons, the Court, unanimously,

Decides to strike the application out of its list of cases in accordance with Article 39 of the Convention.

Done in English and notified in writing on 15 June 2017 .

Andrea Tamietti Faris Vehabović              Deputy Registrar President

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