WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/HUN/21 
4 June 2007 
 (07-2286) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   English 
  
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6. 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   HUNGARY
 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):         
2. Agency responsible:    
Notification Center, Ministry of Economy and Transport 
(Notifikációs Központ, Gazdasági és Közlekedési Minisztérium) Budapest Honvéd u. 13-15.  H-1880  
Tel:  (+361) 374-2873  
Fax:  (+361) 473-1622  Email: notification@gkm.gov.hu   Originating Department  
Ministry of Local Government and Re gional Development, Legal Department 
(Önkormányzati és Területfejlesztési Minisztérium, Jogi F őosztály)  
Dr. Péter Roland Budapest, V. József Attila u. 2-4 H-1051  Tel:  (+361) 441-1000  
Fax:  (+361) 441-1437  
E-mail:  rolandp@bm.gov.hu  Address: Budapest, Pf.: 314 , H-1903 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, e-mail and web-site 
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 [    ], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [ X], 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):   Construction products, 
fire protection products (fire alarm, fire ex tinguisher, fire prevention, etc), flammable or 
explosion dangerous equipment, machinery,  tools, the utilisation, installation and 
maintenance thereof and the certificate of conformity 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   ÖTM decree on the 
issue  of the National Statute of Fire Service  (630 pages, in Hungarian) 
6. Description of content:   Decree about the rules of fire services and technical requirements 
of establishing (construction) of build-ups and establishments, the usage of build-ups, 
establishments, engines, facilities, implements, and materials (except for the explosives, and 
about the usage of technologies). G/TBT/N/HUN/21 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:   It 
has become necessary to amend the BM d ecree 2/2002. (I. 23.) on determining the 
requirement of fire service and civil defe nce because of the economical-technological 
changes and the need for conformity to techni cal requirements based on the directives of the 
European Union.  The amendment of the d ecree is possible only with the simultaneous 
amendment  of the BM decree 35/1996. (XII. 29.) on the issue  of the National Statute of Fire 
Service (NSoFS), because of the coherency of the two decrees. Both decrees are containing 
regulations for establishing (technical require ments), that are interrelated and dual 
regulation, which disorders law practice.  Th e need for an integrated regulation can be 
realized only with the issue of the orga nic NSoFS.  With the new regulation the 
requirements of establishment will be defined in a uniform manner.  The draft contains new, 
EU conform regulations too, which the effective  NSoFS does not contain, but the 
introduction of them has become nece ssary. The draft contains stricter  requirements for fire 
protection than the currently effective re gulation, which will effect higher security. 
8. Relevant documents:    
- Act XXXI. of 1996. on the protection against fire, the technical recovery and the 
fire-service, 
- Act LXXIV. of 1999. on the direction a nd organisation of the protection against 
catastrophes and on the protection against serious disasters pertaining to dangerous 
materials, 
- Act XXV. of  2000. on the chemical security, 
- Act XIV. of 2004. on the application of the mutual recognition relating to the 
regulations about free movement of goods in the treaty establishing the European Community, 
- Act LXXVIII. of 1997. on the shaping and protection of man-made environment, 
- Statutory rule 19. of 1979. on the publication of the European agreement concerning 
the international carriage of dangerous goods by road, 
- Government decree No. 253/1997. (XII. 20.) of the Government on the national 
requirements of  town planning and building, 
- Government decree No. 219/2004. (VII. 21.) of the Government on the protection, 
of groundwater, 
- Government decree No. 79/1995. (VI. 30.) of the Government on the order of the 
managing of sensitive data, 
- Government decree No. 50/1998 (III. 27.) of  the Government about closed circuit 
telecommunications networks, 
- Government decree No. 124/1997. (VII. 18.) of the Government on equipment 
producing ionizing radiation, and radioactive substances, which are not regulated in 
Act CXVI. of 1996. on atomic-energy, 
- BM decree No. 36/1997. (VI. 4.) on the rules of  the activity of  fire protection 
experts and judicial experts, 
- BM decree No. 53/2005. (XI. 10.) on the occupational groups and scopes of 
activities obligate to the fire protection ex am and on the detailed rules of the exam, 
- KPM-BM common decree No. 1/1975. (II. 5.) on the rules of transport by road, 
- BM decree No. 2/2002. (I. 23.) on determining the requirements of fire service and 
civil defence, 
- BM-GKM-KvVM common decree No. 3/2003. (I. 25.) on the detailed rules of the 
technical requirements, conformity certifi cation, marketing and use of construction 
products, 
- BM decree No. 15/2004. (V. 21.) on the rules of supply of  conformity certification 
of fire protection, 
- BM decree No. 27/1996. (X. 30.) on the obligatory public service of  chimney-
sweep industry,  G/TBT/N/HUN/21 
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  - EüM decree No. 44/2000. (XII. 27.) on the detailed rules of certain procedures and 
activities in connection with dangerous  materials and dangerous products, 
- GKM decree No. 26/2006. (V. 5.) on the building and operation of autogas 
distributing station, 
- IM decree No. 9/2006. (II. 27.) on the sp ecialities of judicial experts and on the 
qualification and other professiona l conditions related to them, 
- MüM decree No. 2/1998. (I. 16.) on the marks of security and health protection 
must be used in the workplace, 
- OM decree No. 37/2003. (XII. 27.) on the National Qualification Register, 
- IpM decree No. 6/1982. (V. 6.) on the safety zone of establishments operating with 
gas and mineral oil, 
- IKM decree No. 18/1995. (VI. 6.) on prof essional and examination requirements of 
the industrial and commercial qualifications, 
- GM decree No. 8/2002. (II. 16.) on the enquiry and certification of the facilities and 
protection systems used in potential explosion hazardous ambience, 
- GKM decree No. 94/2003. (XII. 18.) on regulations of trading and authoritative 
surveillance of liquid propane and butane and their mixture traded in tanks or 
bottles, 
- IpM decree No. 2/1987. (II. 17.) on the publication of Statute of Explosive 
Industrial Secure, 
- EszCsM decree No. 47/2003. (VIII. 8.) on certain questions of temporary and final 
storage of radioactive waste, and radio-h ealth questions on radioactive substances 
can be found in nature, which became enriched during industrial activities, 
- KTM decree No. 46/1997. (XII. 29.) on public licensing procedure of building 
affairs connected to certain buildings , building works and building activities, 
- GM decree No. 27/1999. (VI. 4.) on the rate of charge of supply in connection with 
the final placement of radioactive waste. 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    1 November 2007 
1 January 2008 
10. Final date for comments:   31 August 2007 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body:   
Hungarian Notification Centre 
Ministry of Economy and Transport Tel: (+61) 374 2873 Fax:  (+61) 473 1622 
Email:  notification@gkm.gov.hu