G/TBT/N/HUN/34  
 
25 March 2019  
(19-1804) 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. Zsuzsanna Csernus -Bőgér  
Tel.: +36/1 -441-1242, Fax: 441 -1537 
E-mail: zsuzsanna.csernus -boger@bm.gov.hu  
Name and address (including telephone 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 devices, machinery, equipment, combustible liquids, gases and melts  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft Decree of 
the Ministry of Interio r on the National Fire Protection Regulation (102 page(s), in 
Hungarian)  
6. Description of content:  The proposal amends Decree 54/2014. (XII. 5.) of the Ministry 
of Interior on the National Fire Protection Regulations. Adjusted to the European Fire 
Protec tion Requirements, it does not contain any regulations included in European 
standards that have been implemented in Hungary. The draft is structured the following 
way: 1.  Classification by fire hazard and risk . 2. General structural requirements . 
3. Protec tion against fire spread . 4. Construction requirements depending on designation . 
5. Evacuation . 6. Requirements ensuring the intervention of firefighting units . 
7. Protection against heat and smoke . 8. Protection against explosion . 9. Electrical and 
lighting protection equipment . 9. In-built fire protection systems . 10. Rules of use, 
revision . 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Conceptual changes to the new National Fire Protection Regulations that 
came into force on 5 March 2015 have resulted in ending administrative restraints, over -
regulation and inflexible technical requirements against a background of technological 
developme nt. The previous regulations also included requirements and their solutions as 
a requirement, significantly restricting the design possibilities, while the new National Fire 
Protection Regulation improved the general usability and flexibility of the techni cal 
requirements, allowing more space for designer freedom while maintaining safety. The 
long-term goal is that the National Fire Protection Regulation should include only the 
required level of safety. At the same time the alternative, modern technical sol utions that G/TBT/N/HUN/34  
 
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  can be chosen for its implementation should be fully incorporated into the fire safety 
guidelines. The main aspect of the change is the further separation of requirements and 
solutions, so that the ratio of solutions in the National Fire Protec tion Regulation should 
be further reduced. (notification number inside the EU according to Directive 
(EU) 2015/1535: 2019/113/HU;  
http://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools -
databases/tris/en/search/?trisaction=search.detail&amp;year=2019&amp;num=113 ) 
8. Relevant documents:   
• Act 31 of 1996 on Fire Protection, Technical Rescue and Fire Service  
• Decree 54/2014. (XII. 5.) of the Ministry of Interior on the National Fire Protection 
Regulations  
• Government Decree 275/2013. (VII. 16.) on the detailed rules on the design and 
incorporation of construction products in buildings, as well as the declaration of 
performance drawn up pursuant thereto  
• Amendment of Minister for Local Government Decree No 22/2009 of 23 July 2009 
on the rules for obtaining fire prevention certificates of compliance  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  End of 1st semester of 2019  
Proposed date of entry into force:  2nd semester of 20 19 
10. Final date for comments:  17 June 2019  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
Hungarian Technical Notification Centre  
EU Legal Compliance Department  
Ministry of Justice  
Budapest  
Kossuth tér 4.  
H-1055 
Tel.: 361 -795-5733 
E-mail: technicalnotification@im.gov.hu