issued by the Registrar of the Court
ECHR 291 (2021)
05.10.2021
Judgments of 5 October 2021
The European Court of Human Rights has today notified in writing five judgments1:
one Chamber judgment is summarised below;
four Committee judgments, concerning issues which have already been submitted to the Court, can
be consulted on Hudoc and do not appear in this press release.
The judgment summarised below is available only in English.
Just satisfaction
Könyv-Tár Kft and Others v. Hungary (application no. 21623/13)
The applicants, Könyv-Tár Kft, Suli-Könyv Kft and Tankönyv-Ker Bt, are limited liability companies.
They are registered in Budapest, Tata (Hungary) and Budapest respectively.
On 16 October 2018 the Court held that there had been a violation of Article 1 (protection of
property) of Protocol No. 1 to the European Convention on Human Rights on account of a new
system of schoolbook distribution which led to the de facto exclusion of the applicant companies
from that business without any measure to protect them from arbitrariness or to offer them redress
in terms of compensation. The question of just satisfaction was reserved for a future date.
Today’s judgment deals the question of the application of Article 41 in so far as pecuniary damage
resulting from the violation found in respect of the applicant companies is concerned, as well as the
costs and expenses incurred before the Court.
Just satisfaction:
pecuniary damage: 160,000 euros (EUR), EUR 570,000 and EUR 28,000 to the first, second and third
applicant companies respectively
costs and expenses: EUR 25,000 to the applicant companies jointly
This press release is a document produced by the Registry. It does not bind the Court. Decisions,
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1
Under Articles 43 and 44 of the Convention, Chamber judgments are not final. During the three-month period following a Chamber
judgment’s delivery, any party may request that the case be referred to the Grand Chamber of the Court. If such a request is made, a
panel of five judges considers whether the case deserves further examination. In that event, the Grand Chamber will hear the case and
deliver a final judgment. If the referral request is refused, the Chamber judgment will become final on that day. Under Article 28 of the
Convention, judgments delivered by a Committee are final.
Once a judgment becomes final, it is transmitted to the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe for supervision of its execution.
Further information about the execution process can be found here: http://www.coe.int/t/dghl/monitoring/execution - _blank
