G/TBT/N/HUN/33  
 
10 March 2017  
(17-1413) 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 Department  
1051 Budapest, József Attila utca 2 -4. 
Dr. Hanna Rácz  
Tel.: 36 (1) 999 -4335, Fax: 441 -3991 
e-mail: hanna.racz@bm.gov.hu   
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
address es, 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):  Fire fighting products, 
flammable or explosive appliances, machines, equipment  
5. Title, number of pages  and language(s)  of the notified docu ment:  The Minister of 
Local Government Decree No. 22/2009. (VII.23.) on The Rules Applicable to Obtaining the 
Certificate of Fire Safety Conformity (6 pages, in Hungarian)  
6. Description of content:  The scope of fire fighting products, flammable or explos ive 
appliances, machines, equipment, as well as the products belonging to the scope of 
flammable or explosive technology is changing continuously in parallel to the technical 
progress, and along with this development the conditions necessary for the market ing, 
installation and application of  these products change as well.  
The amendment of the decree serves two purposes: on the one hand, the repeal of the 
rules which had become obsolete due to the changed product scope classification, changes 
in the procedur e for the appointment of the certification body, clarification of the field of 
activity applicable to fire fighting products, and flammable or explosive appliances, 
machines, equipment; on the other hand, easing the bureaucratic burdens to be borne by 
clients. 
7. Objective and rationale , including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:  
Content of the regulation: Regulation (EU) No 305/2011 of the European Parliament and of 
the Council of 9 March 2011 laying down harmonized conditions for the marke ting of 
construction products and repealing Council Directive 89/106/EEC (hereinafter referred to 
as EU Regulation) has been applicable in its entirety since 1 July 2013, in connection with 
which several Hungarian laws had to be amended. We shall amend the  laws concerned by 
the notification in accordance with the EU Regulation. The construction products which 
used to be considered as fire fighting products as well are no longer subject to the scope of 
the decrees.  G/TBT/N/HUN/33  
 
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   In respect of the flammable or explosive appliances, machines, equipment, the 
requirements applicable to obtaining the certificate of fire safety conformity will be 
simplified, as in the course of the repeated certification of the product, the certificates and 
inspection reports obtained previous ly may be used.  
(Notification number inside the EU according to Directive (EU) 2015/1535: 2017/57/HU)  
8. Relevant documents:  Act XXXI of 1996 on Fire protection, technical rescue and fire 
brigades  
9. Proposed date of adoption: After 11 May 2017  
Proposed date of entry into force: 15th day following the publication  
10. Final date for comments:  11 May 2017  
11. Texts available from : National enquiry point  [X] or address, telephone and fax 
number s and e mail and website address es, if available , of other body:   
Ministry of Justice  
Budapest  
Kossuth tér 4.  
H-1055 
Tel.: 361 -795-5733 
E-mail: technicalnotification@im.gov.hu