WORLD TRADE G/TBT/2/Add.41
21October 1997
ORGANIZATION(97-4576)
Original: English Committee toTechnical Barriers toTrade
IMPLEMENTATION AND ADMINISTRATION OFTHE AGREEMENT ONTECHNICAL
BARRIERS TOTRADE
Addendum
Communication from Hungary
Thefollowing statement under Article 15.2oftheAgreement hasbeenreceived from the
delegation ofHungary.
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1. TheAgreement establishing theWorld Trade Organization andtheagreements anassociated
legalinstruments included initsAnnexes 1,2and3(thus, interalia,theAgreement onTechnical
Barriers toTrade) wasratified bytheHungarian Parliament inDecember 1994andentered intoforce
on1January 1995. LawNo.28of1995onNational Standardization entered intoforce inMay1995.
2. TheMinistryofIndustryTradeandTourismhasthegeneralresponsibilityfortheimplementation
oftheAgreement. Representations concerning Hungarian implementation oftheAgreement andrequest
forconsultations should bedirected to:
Ministry ofIndustry, Trade andTourism
Department forInternational Organizations
andTariff Policy
13-15 Honvéd utca
H-1880 Budapest
HUNGARY
Telephone: +(361) 3312167
Telefax: +(361) 3318103
3. Technical regulations aregenerally published intheOfficial Gazette (Magyar Közlöny).
Regulations usually alsoappear intheofficial gazettes oftheresponsible ministries. Activities related
tonational standardization areperformed bytheHungarian Standards Institution (HSI). TheHSIkeeps
records ofdraft national standards andoperates aninformation service concerning standardization,
interalia,through itsofficial journal, theStandardization Gazette (Szabványügyi Közlöny).
(a) Draft technical regulations andnational standards areannounced intheStandardization
Gazette (Szabványügyi Közlöny).
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(b) Forpresentation ofcomments inwriting ontechnical regulations andnational standards
usually twomonths areallowed.
(c) Theenquiry pointforthepurposes required byArticles 10.1and10.3oftheAgreement
isestablished attheHungarian Standards Institute:
Hungarian Standards Institute
(Magyar Szabványügyi Testület)
25Üllõiút
H-1091 Budapest
Hungary
Telephone: +(361) 2183011
Telefax: +(361) 2185125
(d) TheHSIhasexclusive rights tosetnational standards.