WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/HUN/24 
16 May 2011  
 (11-2471) 
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 governme nt involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):     
2. Agency responsible:   
Notification Centre, Ministry of National Economy 
H-1880 Budapest, Honvéd u. 13-15.  Tel.:  (361) 374-2873, fa x:  (361) 473-1622 e-mail:  notification@nfgm.gov.hu
  
Originating Department:  Regulatory Department, Ministry of the Interior;  
H-1051 Budapest, József Attila utca 2-4. Tel.:  (361) 441-1000, fax:   (361) 441-1537, e-mail:  szkhat@bm.gov.hu
 
Official-in-charge preparing the draft: Dr. Gergely Farkas 
Tel.:  (361) 999-4335, fax:   (361) 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-fighting technology products , electrical installa tions, flammable or explosive devices, 
machines and installations, flamma ble liquids, gases and solutions. 
5. Title, number of pages and langua ge(s) of the notified document:  Draft resolution by the 
Ministry of the Interior on the National Fire  Protection Rules (339 pages, in Hungarian). G/TBT/N/HUN/24 
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  6. Description of content:  A proposal which incorporates fi re protection requirements in a 
unified regulatory framework.  In line with Euro pean systems of fire protection requirements, 
it does not contain any provisions which appear in any European standard that has been 
homologated in Hungary.  Section 1 of th e draft contains the requirements governing 
inspection and maintenance of indi vidual specialist fire-fighting de vices.  Section 2 deals with 
the requirements for installing, permitting and ma intaining built-in fire alarm and fire-fighting 
equipment.  Section 3 covers th e fire safety technical requireme nts for electrical and lightning 
protection installations.  Section 4 contains the provisions for establishing fire  protection in 
connection with the requirements of the gas and oil industries.  Section 5, which makes up the 
largest section of the draft, is primarily concer ned with the regulations for fire protection in 
buildings.  It further regulates the sphere of persons who have the necessary expertise to be 
authorised to prepare fire protection technical descriptions and document ation.  The last two 
chapters deal with the regulations for use of  buildings and open spaces, and of flammable 
liquids and gases.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:  The 
transposition to Hungary of European fire  protection standards and the technical 
developments that have taken place in recent ye ars both necessitated a re view of the previous 
fire protection regulations.  One of the basic pr inciples of this review was to maintain the 
technical requirements in the legal regulations so that the level of general fire protection 
would not suffer.  The objective of the resolution is, on the one hand, for the new legislation, 
in addition to enforcing the interests of fire protection, to improve the general usability and 
flexibility of the system of technical requi rements, allowing greate r space for designer 
freedom while maintaining safety.  On the other hand, the objective is to incorporate in the 
draft all the professional experience that has been gained since the time when the legislation 
that is currently in force was passed.  
8. Relevant documents:   ƒ 
− Act XXXI (1996) on protection against fire, technical recovery and the fire service 
− Act LXXVIII (1997) on the shaping and protection of the built environment 
− Act LXXVI (2009) on the general regulatio ns for commencing and continuing a 
service activity 
− Government decree no. 253/1997 (XII. 20. ) on national town planning and building 
requirements 
− Joint decree (by the Ministry of the In terior, the Ministry for the Economy and 
Transport, and the Ministry for Enviro nment and Water) no. 3/2003 (I. 25.) on the 
detailed regulations governing the techni cal requirements and certificates of 
conformity of construction pr oducts, and their trade and use 
− Decree no. 6/2007 (III. 13.) by the Mini stry for Local Government and Regional 
Development on the regulations governing th e activities of fire protection experts 
− Decree no. 37/2007 (XII. 13.) by the Mini stry for Local Government and Regional 
Development on construction-related authority  procedures and on the content of land 
development and constructi on technical documentation 
− Decree no. 22/2009 (VII. 23.) by the Mini stry for Local Government on the 
regulations governing the acquisition of fire  protection certificates of conformity 
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  − Decree no. 27/2009 (X. 29.) by the Ministry for Local Government on the professions 
and positions that require a co mpulsory specialist fire pr otection examination, on the 
organisation of training for the specialist fire protec tion examination, and on the 
detailed regulations of the specia list fire protection examination 
− Decree no. 15/2010 (V. 12.) by the Ministry  for Local Government on the suitability 
of fire protection technology for fire-figh ting and technical recovery activities   
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    1 November 2011   
1 January 2012   
10. Final date for comments:  1 August 2011 
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:    
Notification Centre  
Ministry for National Economy  
Tel.:  (361) 374-2873 Fax:  (361) 473-1622  E-mail:  notification@nfgm.gov.hul