HungaryAct XVII of 2022, synchronisation and transmission of emergency calls, including calls to the single European emergency number 112, by electronic communications providers from 28 June 2027
2022. évi XVII. törvény, 1. § (4) bekezdés, 12. § (5) bekezdés és 1. melléklet 4.1. és 4.1.3. pont
An accessibility requirements rule binding public and private bodies.
What it requires
- From , if you provide an electronic communications service, ensure that emergency calls using voice and text, including real-time text, are synchronised, that emergency calls that also use video are synchronised as a total conversation, and that they are passed to the competent emergency service station (Act XVII of 2022, ss. 1(4) and 12(5) and Annex 1, points 4.1 and 4.1.3; Directive (EU) 2019/882, Art. 4(3) and Annex I, Section IV, point (a)(iii)).
- A micro-enterprise that provides services, an undertaking that employs fewer than 10 persons and whose annual net turnover or balance sheet total is at most the forint equivalent of EUR 2 million, is exempt from this requirement (ss. 2 point 28 and 3(3)).
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Penalty structure
Section 8(4) of the Act has the supervising authority impose an administrative fine, and section 9(1) of Government Decree 605/2022 sets the amounts in forints: from 15,000 forints to 5% of the operator's annual net turnover, but at most 500 million forints, for an operator with annual net turnover above 100 million forints that is not a small or medium-sized enterprise; from 15,000 to 500,000 forints for any other operator with net turnover; and from 15,000 forints to 5% of annual net turnover, with no forint cap, for such an other operator where the infringement harms or endangers the physical integrity or health of a wide circle of consumers or causes them significant property loss. For an operator in the first tier the 5% therefore reaches no further than 500 million forints. Section 9(2) takes the net turnover from the annual accounts for the business year before the decision finding the infringement, and section 9(4) sets the range at 15,000 to 500,000 forints where the operator has no net turnover.
- Rule
- Turnover pct only
- As of
- Minimum
- 15,000
- Currency
- HUF
- Turnover percentage cap
- 5
Who enforces it
Enforcement body
The National Media and Infocommunications Authority (NMHH), which Government Decree 605/2022 designates as supervising authority for electronic communications services
What it reaches
Instrument type
an act of a legislature
Applicability criteria
- As of
- Combinator
- All of
- Criteria
- a provider of an electronic communications service under section 1(2)(a) of the Act that is not a micro-enterprise, meaning an undertaking that employs fewer than 10 persons and whose annual net turnover or balance sheet total is at most the forint equivalent of EUR 2 million (sections 2, point 28, and 3(3))
What this law does
Section 1(4) of the Accessibility Act applies its provisions also to emergency calls received on the single European emergency number 112. Point 4.1.3 of Annex 1 requires an electronic communications provider to synchronise emergency calls that use voice and text, including real-time text, and emergency calls that also use video as a total conversation, and to pass them to the competent emergency service station.
Point 4.1 of Annex 1 extends its requirements for electronic communications services to emergency calls from . Section 12(5) applies section 1(4), point 4.1.3 of Annex 1 and point 5 of Annex 1 from .
Point (a)(iii) of Section IV of Annex I to the Directive requires emergency communications using voice and text, including real-time text, to be synchronised, also as total conversation where video is provided, and to be transmitted by the electronic communications service providers to the most appropriate PSAP.
Article 4(3) of the Directive requires all services to comply with the accessibility requirements of Section IV of Annex I. Section 3(3) exempts a micro-enterprise that provides services from the requirements of point 4 of Annex 1. Section 1(1)(d) of Government Decree 605/2022 designates the NMHH as supervising authority for electronic communications services.
Section 8(4) of the Act requires the supervising authority to impose an administrative fine on an operator that does not cooperate in the consultation on remedying a non-compliance or does not meet the accessibility requirements within the time set. Section 43 of Act XXXIV of 2025 inserted section 12(5) of the Accessibility Act. Section 44 of Act XXXIV of 2025 amended the wording of point 4.1 of Annex 1.
Subtitle 14 of Act XXXIV of 2025, which concerns the entry into force of the Accessibility Act with different wording, applies from .
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