. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/HUN/11
16 April 2003
(03-2111)
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:   HUNGARY
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):           
2. Agency responsible:   Ministry of Health, Social and Family Affairs – Legal and
Administrative Department
H-1051 Budapest,
Arany János utca 6-8
Tel.: +(361) 332-3100
Fax: +(361) 331-6712
E-mail: visegrady.tamasne@eszcsm.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):   Certain dangerous
materials and preparations: VI. (Chemical materials) /2801-3824/          
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Joint decree
.../2003(…) ESZCSM-FVM-KvVM of the minister of health, social and family affairs,
minister of agriculture and rural development,  minister of environment protection and water
management, on the placing of biocidal products on the market (29 pages plus annexes, inHungarian).
6. Description of content:   Daft lays down the requirements on production and on marketing
of biocidal products (registration, authorisation conditions of advertisement, and it includes
a practical guide)
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
Accession to the European Union, legal harmonization          
8. Relevant documents:   Community Directive 98/8/EC.          G/TBT/N/HUN/11
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9. Proposed date of adoption:  15 April 2003
Proposed date of entry into force:  partly 20days after the promulgation, or on the
day when Law implementing the agreement on accession of Hungary to the EU takes
effect.
10. Final date for comments:   10 April 2003
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. kerHonvéd u. 13-15
H-1880
Tel: +(361) 374-8760
Fax: +(361) 312-8799E-mail: notification@gmv.gov.hu          