Hungary
1. Legal Gazette
1.1. Overview
Magyar Közlöny (MK)
Hungarian Official Journal
CEO: Mr Balázs Sándor NÉMETH, contact: nemeth.balazs@mhk.hu
Published by:
Igazságügyi Minisztérium
Ministry of Justice
1051 Budapest, Nádor utca 22.
Hungary
Postal address:
1357 Budapest, Pf.: 2
Hungary
Tel. +3617951000
Fax +3615503947
E-mail of the customer service: tarsadalmikapcsolatok@im.gov.hu
Phone of the customer service: +3617958333
Website: https://kormany.hu/igazsagugyi-miniszterium/elerhetosegek
| Official 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.
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| First edition |
8 June 1848, original title: Közlöny (Gazette) |
| First online edition |
2001 |
| Paper 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) |
| Online edition |
http://magyarkozlony.hu
Available texts
PDF from July 2008
Access and price
Free
Legally binding
Since 1 July 2008 |
| CD/DVD edition |
Not available |
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)
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| 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).
Other official thematic gazettes are published by state offices |
1.3. Details on the online edition
http://www.magyarkozlony.hu
See also point 1.1
| Functionalities |
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.
Since 2001 the official journals have been archived online (http://www.magyarkozlony.hu). |
1.4. Details on the publishing institution
Igazságügyi Minisztérium
Ministry of Justice
For contact details, see point 1.1
| Form and nature |
Governmental organ |
| Basic tasks |
- Pre-press: no
- Printing: no
- Dissemination/distribution: no
- Legal gazette online: yes
- Legislation database: yes
- Consolidation: yes
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| Other services offered |
The staff of the Ministry of Justice 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.
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)
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1.5. Drafting and publishing procedures
Text processing
systems |
- 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.
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| 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).
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2. Collections of consolidated Legislation
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1. Nemzeti Jogszabálytár
(Electronic collection of legislation in force)
https://www.njt.hu
For details, see points 3.1 and 3.2
Body carrying out
consolidation |
Ministry of Justice |
Status of the
consolidated texts |
Governmental website |
| Deadline for consolidation |
Daily consolidation |
2. Hatályos Jogszabályok Gyűjteménye
(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
3.1. Official portals
The Nemzeti Jogszabálytár (Electronic collection of legislation in force — https://www.njt.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
Nemzeti Jogszabálytár
(Electronic collection of legislation in force)
https://www.njt.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 done (spring 2009) |
3.3. Additional information: other commonly used legal databases
