G/TBT/N/HUN/29  
 
23 May 2014  
(14-3085)  Page: 1/2  
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: English  
 
NOTIFICATION 
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6 
 
1. Notifying Member:  HUNGARY 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):     
2. Agency responsible:  
Ministry of Interior Regulatory Affairs Department 
József Attila utca 2-4 
1051 Budapest Tel.: (361) 441-1000 
fax: (361) 441-1537 
e-mail: szkhat@bm.gov.hu  
Person responsible for preparation of draft, completion of data sheet and 
notification: 
Dr. Gergely Farkas 
Tel.: (361) 999-4335 
fax: (361) 441-1537 
e-mail: gergely.farkas@bm.gov.hu  
Name and address (including telephon e and fax numbers, email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above : 
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [ X ], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [   ], 5.7.1 [   ], other:   
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided  in addition, where applicable): Building 
products, fire extinguishing technology products, electrical equipment, flammable or explosive appliances, machinery, equipment, combustible liquids, gases and melts.  
5. Title, number of pages and langua ge(s) of the notified document: Draft Decree of 
the Ministry of Interior on the National Fire Protection Regulation (194 pages, in 
Hungarian) 
6. Description of content: Proposal for uniform legislative framework of fire protection 
requirements. Adjusted to the European fire protection requirements it contains no 
regulations included in any European stan dard localised in Hungary. The draft is 
structured in accordance with the following: Chapter I: General provisions, Chapter II: Interpretive provisions, Chapter III: Safety objectives and planning principles, Chapter 
IV: Classification according to fire hazard and fire risk categories, Chapter V: General 
structural requirements, Chapter VI: Protecti on against spread of fire, Chapter VII: 
Requirements of establishment subject to function, Chapter VIII: Evacuation, Chapter 
IX: Requirements to ensure intervention by fire fighting units, Chapter X: Protection 
against heat and smoke, Chapter XI: Split-open  structures, Chapter XII: Fire protection 
of special structures, Chapter XIII: Electronic and lightning protection equipment, Chapter XIV: Common rules related to fixed fire alarm and fire fighting equipment, 
Chapter XV: Rules related to fixed fire alar m equipment, Chapter XVI: Rules related to 
fixed fire fighting eq uipment, Chapter XVII: Requiremen ts of establishment related to G/TBT/N/HUN/29 
 
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  the storage and measurement of combustible liquids and gases, Chapter XVIII: Rules of 
use, Chapter XIX: Rules of use for combustible liquids and gases, Chapter XX: Monitoring, maintenance and review, Chapter XXI: Fire protection technical compliance 
handbook, Chapter XXII: Closing provisions.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: The practical use of the fire protection norms requires continuous review 
and, if necessary, modification of the regulation specifying the fire protection requirements. The effective regulation has been amended on several occasions, making 
it impossible to appropriately follow the technical developments and the domestic 
adoption of the EU standards, while its st ructure and some of the requirements have 
become outdated. Instead of repeated amendments there is need for a regulation based on a completely new approach. The draft mainly focuses on the expected level of 
security and the actual characteristics without specifying the technical solution ensuring 
the required security level, its establishment or features. These must be defined by the designer, thus increasing the freedom of design.  
8. Relevant documents:  
- Act XXXI of 1996 on fire protection, technical rescue and the fire service 
- Act LXXVIII of 1997 on the formation and protection of the built environment 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    after August 2014 after August 2014  
10. Final date for comments: 8 August 2014 
11. Text available from:  National enquiry point [ ], or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresse s, if available of the other body:  
Ministry for National Economy 
Notification Centre 
Tel: (36-1) 795-5733 e-mail: notification@nfgm.gov.hu