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MAGYAR KÉTFARKÚ KUTYA PÁRT v. HUNGARY JUDGMENT
hourly rates. Furthermore, the MKKP claimed EUR 865 for travel and
accommodation expenses related to the public hearing before the Grand
Chamber.
125. According to the Court’s case-law, an applicant is entitled to the
reimbursement of costs and expenses only in so far as it has been shown
that these were actually and necessarily incurred and are reasonable as to
quantum. In the present case, regard being had to the documents in its
possession and the above criteria, the Court considers it reasonable to award
the full sum claimed, that is, EUR 7,615.
C. Default interest
126. The Court considers it appropriate that the default interest rate
should be based on the marginal lending rate of the European Central Bank,
to which should be added three percentage points.
FOR THESE REASONS, THE COURT
1. Declares, unanimously, the application admissible;
2. Holds, by sixteen votes to one, that there has been a violation of
Article 10 of the Convention;
3. Holds, by sixteen votes to one,
(a) that the respondent State is to pay the applicant, within three months,
the following amounts, to be converted into the currency of the
respondent State at the rate applicable at the date of settlement:
(i) EUR 330 (three hundred and thirty euros), plus any tax that may
be chargeable, in respect of pecuniary damage;
(ii) EUR 7,615 (seven thousand six hundred and fifteen euros), plus
any tax that may be chargeable to the applicant, in respect of
costs and expenses;
(b) that from the expiry of the above-mentioned three months until
settlement simple interest shall be payable on the above amounts at a
rate equal to the marginal lending rate of the European Central Bank
during the default period plus three percentage points.
Done in English, and delivered at a public hearing in the Human Rights
Building, Strasbourg, on 20 January 2020.
Johan Callewaert
Deputy to the Registrar
Linos-Alexandre Sicilianos
President