WORLD TRADE G/SG/N/1/HUN/2
28June1995
ORGANIZATION(95-1763)
Original: English Committee onSafeguards
NOTIFICATIONS OFLAWS, REGULATIONS AND
ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES RELATING
TOSAFEGUARD MEASURES
HUNGARY
Thefollowingcommunication,dated9June1995,hasbeenreceivedfromthePermanentMission
ofHungary.
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Further tomyletter of13April 1995, please findenclosed thetextofHungary 'scurrent
legislation onsafeguard measures. Asitwasnotified totheCommittee onSafeguards, thislegislation
hasbeenreviewed inthelightoftheAgreement onSafeguards, butthenewtextisnotyetready for
submission forthereasons referred toindocument G/SG/N/1/HUN/1.G/SG/N/1/HUN/2
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Government Decree No.113/1990 (XII.23.) Korm.
onsafeguard measures thatmaybeapplied onimports ofgoods, services
andrights representing material value
TheGovernment, acting under theauthority granted toitbySection 29ofActNo.IIIof1974
onForeign Trade andwithregard totheobligations undertaken bytheRepublic ofHungary uponits
accession totheGeneral Agreement onTariffs andTrade, adopts thefollowing provisions onsafeguard
measures thatmaybeapplied onimports ofgoods, services andrights representing material value
(hereinafter referred toasproducts):
Section 1
Ifaproduct isbeing imported intotheterritory oftheRepublic ofHungary insuchincreased
quantities orunder suchconditions astocause serious injury orthreaten tocause injury tothedomestic
industry thatproduces likeordirectly competitive products, safeguard measures provided forinthis
decree maybeapplied onimports.
Section 2
Inorder toremedy injury orthreat ofinjury referred toinSection 1,theMinister for
International Economic Relations may, afterhaving heard theopinion ofthecompetent ministers as
wellastheopinion oftheproducers 'andconsumers 'organizations and,inthecaseofsectors falling
under thesupervision oftheMinister forIndustry andTrade, inagreement withtheMinister forIndustry
andTrade.
(a) establish animport quota;
(b) inagreement withtheMinister ofFinance andthePresident oftheCompetition Office
andwithdueregard tointernational obligations oftheRepublic ofHungary, introduce
animport surcharge;
(c) seekundertaking fromtheexporter onthepriceand/or thevolume oftheproduct being
imported;
(d) takeother measures (withdrawal ofimport licences ormodification oftheirterms,
impositionofalicensingrequirement)thatpreventormayremedytheinjury(hereinafter
referred toas"safeguard measures");
foraperiod notexceeding 1year.
Section 3
1. Proceedings todetermine safeguard measures maybeinitiated upon awritten application or
exofficio .
2. Anapplication maybesubmitted inwriting totheMinistry ofInternational Economic Relations
bytheproducer orproducers oftheproduct affected byimports. Theapplication shallcontain facts
anddatarelating totheimports inquestion, aswellasinformation substantiating thethreat ofinjury.G/SG/N/1/HUN/2
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3. Domestic producer shallmean aproducer ofthedomestic product concerned whose output
constitutes amajor proportion ofthedomestic production ormanufacturing ofthatproduct.
4. Afinaldecision terminating theproceedings shallbemade within 90daysfrom thedateof
receipt oftheapplication or,inthecaseofexofficio proceedings, from thedateofinitiation.
5. Theinitiation ofaproceeding andallsubstantial decisions shallbenotified inwriting tothe
parties concerned bytheproceeding (exporters and/or importers oftheproduct, domestic producers
oftheproduct andthecompetent authorities oftheexporting country) andapublic notice shallbegiven
intheofficial journal oftheMinistry ofInternational Economic Relations.
6. Before taking asafeguard measure thataffects amajor proportion ofconsumers, theopinion
ofconsumers 'organizations shallalsobeasked for.
Section 4
Theprovisions ofthisdecree shallbeapplied incaseswhere nointernational agreement provides
otherwise.
Section 5
Inthecourse ofaproceeding concerning safeguard measures theprovisions ofActNo.IV
of1957ontheGeneral Rules ofStateAdministration Procedures shallbeapplied unless decree 1/1982
(I.16.) KkM oftheMinister forForeign Trade provides otherwise.
Section 6
Thisdecree shallenter intoforce on1January 1991.