. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/HUN/3
1 July 2002
(02-3641)
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, Industrial Department
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:
Budapest, V. ker.
Honvéd u. 13-15.
H-1880
Tel: +(361) 472-8662
Fax: +(361) 472-8420   
E-mail address: istvanne.winkler@gmv.gov.hu
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):   Pressure equipment and
assemblies, Chapters 73 and 84.
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Decree 9/2001.
(IV.5.) GM of the Minister of Economic Affairs on the safety requirements related to and
the conformity assessment of pressure equipment and assemblies; and its amendment.
(44+8 pages, the Decree is available in Hungarian, the amendment is available in English)
6. Description of content:   Safety requirements related to and the conformity assessment of
pressure equipment and assemblies.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
Harmonization of Directives 97/23/EC and 87/404/EEC.
8. Relevant documents:   Directive 97/23/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council
of 29 May 1997 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States concerning pressure
equipment;
Council Directive 87/404/EEC of 25 June 1987  on the harmonization of the laws of the
Member States relating to simple pressure vessels.G/TBT/N/HUN/3
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9. Proposed date of adoption:  15 June 2002
Proposed date of entry into force:  1 January 2003
10. Final date for comments:   14 July 2002
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, V. ker.
Honvéd u. 13-15.
H-1880
Tel: +(361) 374-2867
Fax: +(361) 312-4664
e-mail: notification@gmv.gov.hu