G/TBT/N/HUN/30
15 October 2014 
(14-5913)  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 - Controlling Department 
Dr. Gergely Farkas 
József Attila utca 2-4. 1051 Budapest 
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 applic able, otherwise national tariff heading. 
ICS numbers may be provided in  addition, wher e applicable): Building products, fire-
fighting technical products, electric equipment, inflammable or explosive appliances, machines, equipment, combustible liquids, gases and fusions 
5. Title, number of pages and langua ge(s) of the notified document: Draft of Ministry of 
Interior Decree on the Special Fire Protection Requirements Related to the Application of Atomic Energy, and the Ways of Enforcing Them in the Activities of the Authorities (35 
pages, in Hungarian) 
6. Description of content: A complete revision of the legal regulations related to the 
subject, with the involvement of the affected authorities, the existing and future licence 
holders, and relying on the current knowledge available in technical development. In the course of this, the explanatory provisions abou t the subject were defined, as well as the 
Nuclear Fire Protection Regulation, the Radioactive Waste Deposit Fire Protection 
Regulation and the Organisational Rules, as well as special rules regarding official checking. The draft specifies the fire protection requirements of temporary dry storages of 
burnt-out nuclear heating elements of nuclear power plants and research reactors, and of 
the radioactive waste storage facilities used for the temporary storage or the final deposit 
of radioactive waste.  G/TBT/N/HUN/30 
 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable: 
In Hungary, the special fire protection requir ements related to atomic energy are presently 
regulated by ÖTM (Minister of Local Authorities and Rural Development) decree 19/2007. 
(VIII.29.) on specific fire protection rules for use of atomic energy and on the enforcement 
of the rules by the authorities (hereinafter: D). The completely revised version of the Ministry of Interior decree on National Fire Protection Regulations (hereinafter NFPR) is 
under finalisation, following the technical deve lopment and the adoption of EU standards. 
The concept of the new NFPR breaks with the valid regulation. Considering the fact that some parts of the D are based on the valid NFPR, in order to establish coherence with the 
new regulations, it is necessary to issue a new minister's decree. The new regulation is 
based on two basic considerations. The draft de fines the fire protection requirements in a 
way that they do not make the operation of the existing nuclear power plant impossible, but in the case of an extension, maximum security level could be defined, based on the 
current knowledge available in technical development. 
8. Relevant documents:  Act CXVI of 1996 on Nuclear Energy 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   First half of 2015 
Proposed date of entry into force:   First half of 2015   
10. Final date for comments: 5 January 2015 
11. Texts available from: Nati onal enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:  
Hungarian Technical Notification Centre and TBT Contact Point 
Ministry of Justice Affairs 
Kossuth tér. 2-4. 
Budapest H-1055 
Tel: (361) 795-5733, 
E-mail: technicalnotification@im.gov.hu   
Or website address (notification 2014/487/HU): 
http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/tris/en/search/?trisaction=search.detail&year=2014&num=4
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