FOURTH SECTION

DECISION

Application no . 26133/14 Ferenc Gyula MÁTRAI against Hungary

The European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting on 13 December 2016 as a Committee composed of:

Nona Tsotsoria , President, Krzysztof Wojtyczek , Marko Bošnjak , judges, and Andrea Tamietti, Deputy Section Registrar ,

Having regard to the above application lodged on 26 March 2014,

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 Ferenc Gyula Mátrai , is a Hungarian national, who was born in 1947 and lives in Budapest. He was represented before the Court by Mr D. B. Kiss, a lawyer practising in Budapest.

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

3. The applicant complained under Article 6 of the Convention about the length of civil proceedings to which he was a party .

4. On 16 and 23 November 2016 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 10,000 (ten thousand 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. This sum 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 12 January 2017 .

Andrea Tamietti Nona Tsotsoria              Deputy Registrar President