. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/HUN/17
28 November 2003
(03-6343)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   REPUBLIC OF HUNGARY
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):           
2. Agency responsible:   Ministry of Economy and Transport, Railway Traffic Directorate,
H-1051 Budapest, Honvéd u. 13-15. Telephone:  (361) 336-7996  Fax:  (361) 336-7989
e-mail:  wagnergy@gkm.hu
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 [  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):   Railway track and
structure;  energy, control, command and signalling installation;  traffic operation and
management;  rolling stock;  telematics and information system.          
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Ministerial decree on
the interoperability of the conventional rail system (decree and annexes:  180 pages,
available in Hungarian).
6. Description of content:   This decree sets out to establish the conditions to be met in order
to achieve interoperability within the European Community of the conventional rail system.
These conditions concern the design, construction, putting into service, upgrading, renewal
operation and maintenance of the above-mentioned system.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
Legal harmonization in connection with the accession of Hungary to the European Union
(EU) improve international rail transport services within the EU.
8. Relevant documents:   Directive 2001/16/EC of the European Parliament and of the
Council on the interoperability of the trans-European conventional rail system
9. Proposed date of adoption:  1 December 2003
Proposed date of entry into force: 1 May 2004
10. Final date for comments:   20 November 2003G/TBT/N/HUN/17
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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
Budapest,Honvéd u. 13-15.
H-1880
Tel.:  (361) 374-2873  Fax:  (361) 473-1622  e-mail:  notification@gkm.hu