Hungary1. LEGAL GAZETTE
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1.1. Overview
Magyar Közlöny (MK)
Hungarian Official Journal
Published by:
Miniszterelnöki Hivatal (MeH)
(Prime Minister’s Office)
V. Kossuth Lajos tér 4. — Budapest — 1055
Hungary
Postal address:
Budapest POB 2 — 1357
Hungary
Tel. +36 14413000
Fax +36 14413050
E-mail: lakossag@meh.hu
Website: http://www.meh.huOfficial journal/ legal gazette In Hungary there is only one official journal, which is divided into an official section containing legislation (legal gazette) and a supplement with legal notices and other official texts (official gazette); see point 1.2 for details.
First edition 8 June 1848, original title: Közlöny (Gazette) First online edition 2001
Paper edition Online edition CD/DVD edition Magyar Közlöny
A non-authentic print edition is made available through Magyar Közlöny Lap- és Könyvkiadó (Hungarian Official Journal publisher — http://www.mhk.hu)
Price
HUF 151 452 (EUR 543.90)/
year (spring 2009)http://kozlony.magyarorszag.hu
Available texts
PDF from July 2008
Access and price
Free
Legally binding
Since 1 July 2008Hivatalos Jogszabályok Gyűjteménye
(Official collection of laws and decrees)
Available texts
The legislation of the given year (non-consolidated form)
Frequency of publication
Annually
Price
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1.2. Details on the legal gazette in general
Content - Part I: The Constitution and its modifications
- Part II: Laws
- Part III: Government decrees
- Part IV: Decrees of the President of the Hungarian National Bank
- Part V: Decrees of members of government
- Part VI: Decisions and orders of the Constitutional Court
- Part VII: Decisions of the Supreme Court
- Part VIII: Commitments of the National Election Committee
- Part IX: Collection of decisions In annex: Hivatalos Értesítő (The Gazette of Official Announcements)
- Part I: Legal acts in ‘compiled structure’
- Part II: Statistical announcements
- Part III: Orders and directives
- Part IV: Commitments
- Part V: Personnel announcements
- Part VI. Founding documents
- Part VII: Calls for tenders
- Part VIII: Communiqués
- Part IX: Announcements (monitoring of the Commercial Register, the Gazette for Public Procurements, the Gazette of Courts’ Decisions, the Official Journal of the European Union)
Legal basis The legal basis for the publication of legislation is Act 11/1987 on legislation, the Government Decree 29/2008 of the Prime Minister’s Office and the Act 90/2005 on freedom of electronic information. Legally binding Since 1 July 2008 the online edition has been the only legally binding and authentic version. Financing The technical costs of the online publication are financed from the state budget; all other costs are financed by the state-owned Magyar Közlöny Lap- és Könyvkiadó (Hungarian Official Journal publisher — http:// www.mhk.hu). Other gazettes Official notices and other legal announcements are contained, since 1998, in the supplement to the Official Journal (see above).
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1.3. Details on the online edition
http://kozlony.magyarorszag.hu/
See also point 1.1Functionalities Download Format description In PDF format and in PDF with digital signature and time stamp.
A non-official online edition of the Magyar Közlöny is also available:
http://www.magyarkozlony.hu (in ASCII from 1990, PDF from 2000, HTML from 1998, XML from 2002, others from 1996).Authenticity The integrity of the workflow and the authenticity of the (electronically) published text are guaranteed through a process based on the SHA-512 algorithm. Archiving There is no explicit legal provision for archiving. According to Act 90/2005, the electronic edition of legislation cannot be deleted from the web page once it has been published.
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1.4. Details on the publishing institution
Miniszterelnöki Hivatal (MeH)
(Prime Minister’s Office)
For contact details, see point 1.1Form and nature Governmental organ Basic tasks - Pre-press: no
- Printing: no
- Dissemination/distribution: no
- Legal gazette online: yes
- Legislation database: yes
- Consolidation: yes
Other services offered A non-authentic print edition is made available through Magyar Közlöny Lap- és Könyvkiadó (Hungarian Official Journal publisher — http://www.mhk.hu, http://www.kozlonyok.hu, http://www.magyarkozlony.hu). -
1.5. Drafting and publishing procedures
Text processing system - The relevant ministry drafts the text for primary and secondary legislation in Microsoft Word, Adobe Reader and/or Ventura.
- The same systems are used for primary and secondary (delegated) legislation.
- RTF files are used and then converted into PDF.
Workflow There is a single electronic workflow system for drafting, adopting and publishing. Publishing - The staff of the Prime Minister’s Office and the editorial staff of Magyar Közlöny Lap- és Könyvkiadó (see point 1.4) proofread and edit the texts as well as the final preview of the master copy.
- The non-official paper and the electronic editions are derived from the same file (in the case of huge volumes, CDs containing part of the texts are annexed to the paper editions).
2. COLLECTIONS OF CONSOLIDATED LEGISLATION
1. Hatályos Jogszabályok Elektronikus Gyűjteménye
(Electronic collection of legislation in force)
http://www.magyarorszag.hu
For details, see points 3.1 and 3.2
(Electronic collection of legislation in force)
http://www.magyarorszag.hu
For details, see points 3.1 and 3.2
| Body carrying out consolidation | Prime Minister’s Office and Ministry of Justice and Law Enforcement |
| Status of the consolidated texts | Governmental website |
| Deadline for consolidation | Daily consolidation |
2. Hatályos Jogszabályok Gyűjteménye
(Collection of legislation in force)
(Collection of legislation in force)
| Body carrying out consolidation | Government |
| Status of the consolidated texts | Official paper collection last published in 2002 |
3. LEGISLATIVE PORTALS AND ONLINE DATABASES
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3.1. Official portals
The Hatályos Jogszabályok Elektronikus Gyűjteménye (Electronic collection of legislation in force — http://kozlony.magyarorszag.hu) also serves as a portal (see point 3.2 for details). -
3.2. Official databases
For the legal gazette online, see point 1.3
Hatályos Jogszabályok Elektronikus Gyűjteménye
(Electronic collection of legislation in force)
http://www.magyarorszag.hu
Organisation responsible Prime Minister’s Office and the Ministry of Justice and Law Enforcement Content Consolidated legislation in force Access Free of charge Access via N-Lex (see Annex 2) Planned but not yet realised (spring 2009) -
3.3. Additional information: other commonly used legal databases
Members' Area (password required)