SECOND SECTION

DECISION

Application no. 22332/24
BAZALT KFT. and Others against Hungary
and 3 other applications

(see appended table)

The European Court of Human Rights (Second Section), sitting on 18 December 2025 as a Committee composed of:

Stéphane Pisani, President,
Juha Lavapuro,
Hugh Mercer, judges,

and Attila Teplán, 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 civil proceedings were communicated to the Hungarian Government (“the Government”).

The Court received friendly-settlement declarations, signed by the parties, 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 22 January 2026.

Attila Teplán Stéphane Pisani
Acting Deputy Registrar President

APPENDIX

List of applications raising complaints under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention

(excessive length of civil proceedings)

No.	Application no. Date of introduction	Applicant’s name Year of birth/registration	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]
	22332/24 22/07/2024 (3 applicants)	BAZALT KFT 1989 CREDIT-INVEST PÉNZÜGYI ÉS KÖVETELÉSKEZELŐ ZRT 1999 HUNNIA KFT 1994	Bárdy Emese Érd	13/08/2025	31/10/2025	200
	36532/24 21/11/2024	Ferenc HOFEKKER 1965	Incze Gergely Budapest	18/11/2025	31/10/2025	200
	37357/24 04/12/2024 (27 applicants)	AIRVENT LÉGTECHNIKAI ZRT 1998 ARKO-GÉP ÉPÍTŐIPARI, MEZŐGAZDASÁGI KER. ÉS SZOLG. KFT 2004 COPY GENERAL IRODAI SZOLGÁLTATÓ ZRT 2013 DIRICKX KERÍTÉS KFT 1998 DRY-TEAM ÉPÍTŐIPARI SZOLGÁLTATÓ KFT 2007 EP-COPY KERESKEDELMI ÉS SZOLGÁLTATÓ KFT 1996 FÉMTECHNIKA KFT 1992 FILINGER-EUROTRANS SZÁLLÍTÁSI ÉS SZÁLLÍTMÁNYOZÁSI KFT 1998 Sándor JÁNOSA 1950 JUB VEGYIPARI TERMÉKEKET GYÁRTÓ ÉS FORGALMAZÓ KFT 1992 KEMO-ÉPKER KERESKEDELMI ÉS SZOLGÁLTATÓ KFT 2000 KEREX-BUDAFOK USZODATECHNIKAI KFT 1999 KLIPPEL IPARI KFT 1992 MÉLYÉPÍTŐ LABOR MŰSZAKI, SZOLGÁLTATÓ KFT 1996 MERCOR DUNAMENTI TŰZVÉDELMI ZRT 2004 MOBIL-WAND KIVITELEZŐ KFT 2004 ORNAMENTIKA ÉPÜLETSZOBRÁSZ ÉS KOMMUNÁLIS SZOLGÁLTATÓ KFT 1993 P. & C. 2001 ÉPÜLETGÉPÉSZETI ÉS SZOLGÁLTATÓ KFT 2005 POWERPAGES KERESKEDELMI ÉS SZOLGÁLTATÓ KFT 2011 PRÍMAENERGIA IPARI ÉS KERESKEDELMI ZRT 1992 S.P. DINÁM ÉPÍTŐIPARI ÉS KERESKEDELMI KFT 1995 Zoltánné SÖMJÉN 1978 STAVMAT ÉPÍTŐANYAG KERESKEDELMI ZRT 1994 STEELVENT CSAVAR ÉS HÚZOTTÁRU IPARI KERESKEDELMI ZRT 1999 STONE DEKOR KERESKEDELMI ÉS SZOLGÁLTATÓ KFT 2009 VÁMOS MÉRNÖKI ÉS MARKETING KFT 1992 V-LINE KERESKEDELMI ÉS SZOLGÁLTATÓ KFT 2005	Incze Gergely Budapest	06/10/2025	31/10/2025	200
	737/25 18/12/2024	Lászlóné KALINA 1958	Kodela Viktor Budapest	27/10/2025	17/11/2025	200

[1] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.