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ORGANIZATION   
G/TBT/N/HUN/27 
16 July 2012  
 (12-3831) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6 
 
1. Notifying Member:  HUNGARY  
If applicable, name of local governme nt involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):     
2. Agency responsible:   
Ministry of Interior - Re gulatory Head Department 
1051 Budapest, József Attila utca 2-4 
Dr. Gergely Farkas 
Tel.:  999-4335, Fax:  441-1537 E-mail:  gergely.farkas@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):  Construction products, 
fire-extinguishing technical produ cts, electric devices, device s with danger of fire or 
explosion, machines, equipment, combustible liquids, gases and fusions. 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Amendments to the 
Decree No. 28/2011 (IX. 6) of the Minister of Interior on the Na tional Fire Protection 
Regulation (19 pages, in Hungarian).     
6. Description of content:   
- Revising the concept used;  
- Treating the problem of dry uptakes; - Deleting the staircase construction obliga tion with respect to small family houses; 
- The obligation to establish fire hydrants in agricultural buildings is abolished; 
- The HUF 50,000 fee of simulatio n judgement is abolished; 
- Banning flying lanterns; - Outdoor events are constitut ed by events organised outside buildings, on an area 
 larger than 5,000 m2; - Regulations of use covering st arting outdoor fires are modified; 
- The concept of the revision of fire extinguishers is introduced; 
- The obligatory nature of quality management systems is deleted; - The possibility of the examination of  water output meas urement upon out-flow 
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  - The obligation of passing a course on d esigning built-in fire alarms or fire 
 extinguishers is abolished with re spect to official administrators; 
- Fire-detection devices in sports establis hments are obligatory over 4,000 m2 instead 
 of 2,000 m2 so far; - Obligatory fire indication of sports establishments to the fire department is  determined at 10,000 individuals  instead of 5,000 individuals; 
- The draft extends the circle of those au thorised to design lightning protection; 
- Authorising the placement of  plants in staircases by abiding by certain conditions; 
- Cutting administrative burde ns through the deletion of obligations that posed 
 superfluous burdens (e.g. reporting and coope ration obligations), linguistic revisions, 
 and interpretative revisions. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:  The 
practical application of fire-protection nor ms calls for the continuous revision of the 
regulation containing the fire-protection requirements and the necessary modification.  
8. Relevant documents:    
- Act XXXI of the year 1996, on protection ag ainst fire, technical rescue and the fire 
 department;  - Act LXXVIII of the year 1997, on the fo rmation and protectio n of constructed 
 environments; - Act LXXVI of the year 2009, on the general rules of the commencement and  execution of service activities; 
- Government Regulation number 253/1997 (X II. 20), on the national city planning 
 and construction requirements; - Regulation number 50/2011 (XII. 20) of the Minister of Interior on the detailed 
 regulations of the commencement and execu tion of fire-protection service activities 
 under reporting obligation. 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    After September 2012 
Following its promulgation 
10. Final date for comments:  20 September 2012 
11. Text available from:  National enquiry point [X], or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addres ses, if available of the other body:    
Hungarian Notification Centre, Ministry for National Economy 
Budapest,  
Honvéd u. 13-15 H-1880 Tel.:  (361) 374-2873  Fax:  (361) 473-1622 E-mail:  notification@nfgm.gov.hu