VALÓ proti Maďarsku

FIRST SECTION

DECISION

Application no. 43373/21
Ferenc VALÓ
against Hungary

(see appended table)

The European Court of Human Rights (First Section), sitting on 25 August 2022 as a Committee composed of:

Krzysztof Wojtyczek, President,

Erik Wennerström,

Lorraine Schembri Orland, judges,

and Attila Teplán, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,

Having regard to the above application lodged on 26 August 2021,

Having regard to the observations submitted by the respondent Government,

Having deliberated, decides as follows:

FACTS AND PROCEDURE

The applicant’s details are set out in the appended table.

The applicant’s complaints under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention concerning the excessive length of civil proceedings were communicated to the Hungarian Government (“the Government”).

THE LAW

Complaints under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention (excessive length of civil proceedings)

In the present application, having examined all the material before it, the Court considers that for the reasons stated below, the respondent Government cannot be held liable for the protraction of the proceedings.

In particular, the Court notes that the case started on 23 January 2019 and ended on 14 October 2021, at second instance. The proceedings thus lasted less than two years and nine months for two levels of jurisdiction, which cannot be considered as exceeding a reasonable time.

In view of the above, the Court finds that these complaints are manifestly ill-founded and must be rejected in accordance with Article 35 §§ 3 and 4 of the Convention.

For these reasons, the Court, unanimously,

Declares the application inadmissible.

Done in English and notified in writing on 15 September 2022.

Attila Teplán Krzysztof Wojtyczek
Acting Deputy Registrar President

APPENDIX

Application raising complaints under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention

(excessive length of civil proceedings)