Hungary Counts the Union Citizen's Registration Deadline in Days From Entry Rather Than From the End of the Third Month: the Ninety-Third Day
Answer
The general rule applies to you
No exception is recorded for citizens of Austria on this topic. That is the answer, not a gap - everything below is the rule you get, unchanged.
172 exceptions recorded across 63 countries · none match Austria to Hungary · Residency under a regional treaty
A Union, EEA or Swiss citizen is not a third-country national in Hungarian law and is not in the 2023 Act at all: section 1(2) of Act XC of 2023 puts them under Act I of 2007, which survives the reform untouched. Ninety days in any 180 need only a valid travel document or identity card, and section 3(1) of Act I of 2007 accepts an expired one where a treaty allows. Beyond ninety days section 6(1) gives the Directive's three grounds - gainful activity, sufficient resources with health cover, or admission to a school or higher education institution with the same resources and cover - and makes the resources test a comparative one rather than an amount: enough that the stay does not become an unreasonable burden on Hungary's social assistance system. The registration duty is where Hungary differs from its neighbours. Section 21(1) requires the stay to be reported at the latest on the ninety-third day counted from entry - a day fixed from arrival, where Slovakia gives ten working days from entry and Croatia eight days from the end of the third month - and section 21(2) has the authority issue the registration certificate immediately on proof. A third-country family member has the same ninety-third day under section 22(1), but applies for a residence card rather than registering, and gets a three-month certificate on the spot while the application runs. Permanent residence comes at five continuous years under section 16(1), and section 17(2)(a) allows absences of up to six months a year without breaking it.
At a glance
- Stay with no conditions
- 90 days in any 180
Section 5 of Act I of 2007, which for a third-country family member adds that the stay must not be an unreasonable burden on Hungary's social assistance system.
- Registration deadline
- The 93rd day counted from entry
Section 21(1) of Act I of 2007. The period runs from arrival, not from the end of the third month.
- Registration certificate
- Issued immediately
Section 21(2) of Act I of 2007, on proof of the conditions. Section 21(3) says it certifies the fact and the date of the registration and nothing more.
- Resources test
- No amount: enough that the stay is not an unreasonable burden on Hungary's social assistance system
Section 6(1)(b) of Act I of 2007. The same formula governs the student ground in point (c).
- Third-country family member
- A residence card, applied for by the 93rd day
Section 22(1) of Act I of 2007, with a certificate issued on the spot under section 22(2), valid three months and extendable by three at a time until the decision.
- Permanent residence
- 5 continuous years of lawful residence
Section 16(1)(a) and (b) of Act I of 2007, which extends it to a person with a retained right of residence and to a child born here to a permanently resident parent.
- Absence that does not break the five years
- Up to 6 months a year
Section 17(2)(a) of Act I of 2007. Section 16(3) restarts the clock where the person gave up the right of residence and returns for more than ninety days in any 180.
Requirements
- A valid identity card or travel document, for ninety days
- Beyond ninety days: gainful activity, or sufficient resources with health cover, or a place at a school or university with the same
- Registration by the ninety-third day from entry, and a residence card application by the same day for a third-country family member
What applies to you
Nothing changes for a citizen of Austria
We have no rule recorded that treats your citizenship differently here, so the general rule above is the one that applies to you. That is an answer, not a gap.
What the law says
«6. § (1)30 A száznyolcvan napon belül kilencven napot meghaladó tartózkodásra az az EGT-állampolgár jogosult, a) akinek tartózkodási célja keresőtevékenység folytatása, b)31 aki a tartózkodás teljes időtartamára elegendő forrással rendelkezik önmaga és családtagjai számára ahhoz, hogy tartózkodásuk ne jelentsen indokolatlan terhet Magyarország szociális ellátórendszerére, és külön jogszabályban meghatározottak szerint biztosítási jogviszony keretében jogosult az egészségbiztosítási szolgáltatások igénybevételére, vagy azok fedezetéről a jogszabályok rendelkezései szerint maga gondoskodik, vagy c)32 aki tanulmányok folytatása céljából felvételt nyert köznevelési intézménybe, szakképző intézménybe vagy felsőoktatási intézménybe, és tartózkodása teljes időtartama során elegendő forrással rendelkezik önmaga és családtagjai számára ahhoz, hogy tartózkodásuk ne jelentsen indokolatlan terhet Magyarország szociális ellátórendszerére, valamint külön jogszabályban meghatározottak szerint biztosítási jogviszony keretében jogosult az egészségbiztosítási szolgáltatások igénybevételére, vagy azok fedezetéről a jogszabályok rendelkezései szerint maga gondoskodik.»Our translation - not official
Section 6 (1) An EEA citizen is entitled to a stay exceeding ninety days in any one hundred and eighty days a) whose purpose of stay is to pursue gainful activity, b) who has sufficient resources for themselves and their family members for the whole duration of the stay so that their stay does not constitute an unreasonable burden on Hungary's social assistance system, and who is entitled under separate legislation to health insurance services within an insurance relationship or provides for the cost of those services themselves under the provisions of the legislation, or c) who has been admitted for the purpose of pursuing studies to a public education institution, a vocational training institution or a higher education institution, and has sufficient resources for themselves and their family members for the whole duration of their stay so that their stay does not constitute an unreasonable burden on Hungary's social assistance system, and who is entitled under separate legislation to health insurance services within an insurance relationship or provides for the cost of those services themselves under the provisions of the legislation.
Known to be out of date. The National Legislation Database dates this time-state 2026. 10. 01. - 2026. 12. 31., so by the publisher's own definition the text changes on 1 January 2027. The instrument that changes it was not read.
The three grounds, and a resources test with no figure in it.
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The Hungarian state's own electronic collection of legislation, operated for the Minister of Justice by Magyar Kozlony Lap- es Konyvkiado Kft. under a public service contract, and the only place a consolidated Hungarian statute is published at all. Section 29(1) of Act CXXX of 2010 defines it; Government Decree No 338/2011. (XII. 29.) sets the duties. Section 2(1) of the decree requires every statute in force to appear in consolidated form with all of its past time-states back to 1 January 2010 and its next three; section 2(3) requires the consolidation within three working days of promulgation. **Read the host carefully: section 8(1) of the decree still names www.njt.hu and the service that answers is njt.jog.gov.hu.** The address shape is njt.jog.gov.hu/jogszabaly/{YEAR}-{NUMBER}-00-00 for an Act, using the Act's Roman numeral converted to Arabic - Act XC of 2023 is 2023-90-00-00, Act LV of 1993 is 1993-55-00-00, Act CXVII of 1995 is 1995-117-00-00 - and njt.jog.gov.hu/jogszabaly/{YEAR}-{NUMBER}-20-22 for a government decree, so Government Decree No 35/2024. (II. 29.) is 2024-35-20-22. The decisive thing on every page is the line under the title: Hatalyos: 2026. 10. 01. - 2026. 12. 31. By the definition of a time-state in section 1 of the decree, the closing date is the day before the text changes, so a page with a closing date is telling the reader that the law will be different on the day after it, and Nem ismert means no change is yet scheduled. Footnotes at the foot of the text name, for every amended paragraph, the Act or decree that put the current words there, which is the only machine-readable amendment history in the corpus.
Standing: Maintains the text in force
Cannot be cited for: **Nothing published here is the authentic text and Hungarian law says so in terms.** Section 25(1) of Act CXXX of 2010 confers authenticity on the Magyar Kozlony and section 25(2) forbids a consolidated text from being published in the Magyar Kozlony at all, so the authentic text and the current text are in two different places by design and the consolidation is never the authentic one. Neither Act CXXX of 2010 nor Government Decree No 338/2011. (XII. 29.) uses the word hiteles of this database anywhere. The practical limitation that follows is narrower than it sounds and bites hard in one place: **an amending provision disappears from here once it has done its work.** Section 12(2) of Act CXXX of 2010 makes an amending provision lose force the day after it takes effect, and the consolidated text of the amending Act then prints only a footnote saying so, stripping the subtitle headings with it. Act XC of 2023 as served here therefore contains neither section 350 nor section 351, the two provisions that repealed the statute it replaced; Act LXXXIV of 2024 as served here contains neither section 135, which removed the 500,000 EUR property option from the guest investor programme, nor the subtitle that would say which commencement date applied to it. **For what was enacted, and for when, read the Magyar Kozlony issue.** It also cannot be cited for anything kept outside the statute book, and the 2023 immigration Act pushes a great deal out there: the government decree naming which nationalities may hold a guest worker permit or a National Card, the ministerial communication fixing the annual permit number under sections 28(4) and 30(4), the communication listing excluded occupations, the communication fixing the EU Blue Card salary under section 48(7) of Government Decree No 35/2024. (II. 29.), and the registers of preferential employers and qualified temporary-work agencies. Nor is it the place to read a figure a statute re-indexes: section 25(3) of Act CXXX of 2019 prints a health service contribution of 7,710 forints set in 2020 and in the same breath provides that the rate in force is published each year by the National Tax and Customs Administration on its own website.
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«21. § (1)89 Az EGT-állampolgár száznyolcvan napon belül kilencven napot meghaladó tartózkodás esetén – legkésőbb a beutazástól számított kilencvenharmadik napon – köteles a tartózkodását személyes adatainak közlésével bejelenteni. A tartózkodás bejelentésekor be kell mutatni, illetve csatolni kell a tartózkodási feltételek fennállását igazoló – külön jogszabályban meghatározott – okiratokat. (2)90 Az e törvényben foglalt feltételek igazolása esetén a tartózkodás bejelentéséről szóló igazolást (a továbbiakban: regisztrációs igazolás) az eljáró idegenrendészeti hatóság azonnal kiállítja.»Our translation - not official
Section 21 (1) In the case of a stay exceeding ninety days in any one hundred and eighty days, an EEA citizen is obliged to report their stay, at the latest on the ninety-third day counted from entry, by giving their personal data. On reporting the stay, the documents proving the existence of the conditions of residence - as specified in separate legislation - must be presented or attached. (2) Where the conditions laid down in this Act are proved, the acting immigration authority shall issue the certificate of the report of residence (hereinafter: registration certificate) immediately.
Known to be out of date. The National Legislation Database dates this time-state 2026. 10. 01. - 2026. 12. 31., so by the publisher's own definition the text changes on 1 January 2027. The instrument that changes it was not read.
A deadline counted from entry rather than from the end of the exempt period, and a certificate issued on the spot.
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The Hungarian state's own electronic collection of legislation, operated for the Minister of Justice by Magyar Kozlony Lap- es Konyvkiado Kft. under a public service contract, and the only place a consolidated Hungarian statute is published at all. Section 29(1) of Act CXXX of 2010 defines it; Government Decree No 338/2011. (XII. 29.) sets the duties. Section 2(1) of the decree requires every statute in force to appear in consolidated form with all of its past time-states back to 1 January 2010 and its next three; section 2(3) requires the consolidation within three working days of promulgation. **Read the host carefully: section 8(1) of the decree still names www.njt.hu and the service that answers is njt.jog.gov.hu.** The address shape is njt.jog.gov.hu/jogszabaly/{YEAR}-{NUMBER}-00-00 for an Act, using the Act's Roman numeral converted to Arabic - Act XC of 2023 is 2023-90-00-00, Act LV of 1993 is 1993-55-00-00, Act CXVII of 1995 is 1995-117-00-00 - and njt.jog.gov.hu/jogszabaly/{YEAR}-{NUMBER}-20-22 for a government decree, so Government Decree No 35/2024. (II. 29.) is 2024-35-20-22. The decisive thing on every page is the line under the title: Hatalyos: 2026. 10. 01. - 2026. 12. 31. By the definition of a time-state in section 1 of the decree, the closing date is the day before the text changes, so a page with a closing date is telling the reader that the law will be different on the day after it, and Nem ismert means no change is yet scheduled. Footnotes at the foot of the text name, for every amended paragraph, the Act or decree that put the current words there, which is the only machine-readable amendment history in the corpus.
Standing: Maintains the text in force
Cannot be cited for: **Nothing published here is the authentic text and Hungarian law says so in terms.** Section 25(1) of Act CXXX of 2010 confers authenticity on the Magyar Kozlony and section 25(2) forbids a consolidated text from being published in the Magyar Kozlony at all, so the authentic text and the current text are in two different places by design and the consolidation is never the authentic one. Neither Act CXXX of 2010 nor Government Decree No 338/2011. (XII. 29.) uses the word hiteles of this database anywhere. The practical limitation that follows is narrower than it sounds and bites hard in one place: **an amending provision disappears from here once it has done its work.** Section 12(2) of Act CXXX of 2010 makes an amending provision lose force the day after it takes effect, and the consolidated text of the amending Act then prints only a footnote saying so, stripping the subtitle headings with it. Act XC of 2023 as served here therefore contains neither section 350 nor section 351, the two provisions that repealed the statute it replaced; Act LXXXIV of 2024 as served here contains neither section 135, which removed the 500,000 EUR property option from the guest investor programme, nor the subtitle that would say which commencement date applied to it. **For what was enacted, and for when, read the Magyar Kozlony issue.** It also cannot be cited for anything kept outside the statute book, and the 2023 immigration Act pushes a great deal out there: the government decree naming which nationalities may hold a guest worker permit or a National Card, the ministerial communication fixing the annual permit number under sections 28(4) and 30(4), the communication listing excluded occupations, the communication fixing the EU Blue Card salary under section 48(7) of Government Decree No 35/2024. (II. 29.), and the registers of preferential employers and qualified temporary-work agencies. Nor is it the place to read a figure a statute re-indexes: section 25(3) of Act CXXX of 2019 prints a health service contribution of 7,710 forints set in 2020 and in the same breath provides that the rate in force is published each year by the National Tax and Customs Administration on its own website.
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«16. § (1) Állandó tartózkodásra jogosult a)58 az az EGT-állampolgár, aki öt éven át megszakítás nélkül, jogszerűen Magyarország területén tartózkodott, b)59 az a családtag, aki öt éven át megszakítás nélkül, jogszerűen Magyarország területén tartózkodott, c)60 az a személy, aki az EGT-állampolgárra tekintettel fennmaradó tartózkodási joggal rendelkezik, és öt éven át megszakítás nélkül, jogszerűen Magyarország területén tartózkodott, valamint d)61 az állandó tartózkodásra jogosult szülőnek Magyarország területén született gyermeke.»Our translation - not official
Section 16 (1) The following are entitled to permanent residence a) an EEA citizen who has stayed lawfully in the territory of Hungary for five years without interruption, b) a family member who has stayed lawfully in the territory of Hungary for five years without interruption, c) a person who has a retained right of residence on account of the EEA citizen and who has stayed lawfully in the territory of Hungary for five years without interruption, and d) a child born in the territory of Hungary to a parent entitled to permanent residence.
Known to be out of date. The National Legislation Database dates this time-state 2026. 10. 01. - 2026. 12. 31., so by the publisher's own definition the text changes on 1 January 2027. The instrument that changes it was not read.
Five years and four classes, the fourth being a right by birth that depends on the parent's status rather than on the child's own residence.
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The Hungarian state's own electronic collection of legislation, operated for the Minister of Justice by Magyar Kozlony Lap- es Konyvkiado Kft. under a public service contract, and the only place a consolidated Hungarian statute is published at all. Section 29(1) of Act CXXX of 2010 defines it; Government Decree No 338/2011. (XII. 29.) sets the duties. Section 2(1) of the decree requires every statute in force to appear in consolidated form with all of its past time-states back to 1 January 2010 and its next three; section 2(3) requires the consolidation within three working days of promulgation. **Read the host carefully: section 8(1) of the decree still names www.njt.hu and the service that answers is njt.jog.gov.hu.** The address shape is njt.jog.gov.hu/jogszabaly/{YEAR}-{NUMBER}-00-00 for an Act, using the Act's Roman numeral converted to Arabic - Act XC of 2023 is 2023-90-00-00, Act LV of 1993 is 1993-55-00-00, Act CXVII of 1995 is 1995-117-00-00 - and njt.jog.gov.hu/jogszabaly/{YEAR}-{NUMBER}-20-22 for a government decree, so Government Decree No 35/2024. (II. 29.) is 2024-35-20-22. The decisive thing on every page is the line under the title: Hatalyos: 2026. 10. 01. - 2026. 12. 31. By the definition of a time-state in section 1 of the decree, the closing date is the day before the text changes, so a page with a closing date is telling the reader that the law will be different on the day after it, and Nem ismert means no change is yet scheduled. Footnotes at the foot of the text name, for every amended paragraph, the Act or decree that put the current words there, which is the only machine-readable amendment history in the corpus.
Standing: Maintains the text in force
Cannot be cited for: **Nothing published here is the authentic text and Hungarian law says so in terms.** Section 25(1) of Act CXXX of 2010 confers authenticity on the Magyar Kozlony and section 25(2) forbids a consolidated text from being published in the Magyar Kozlony at all, so the authentic text and the current text are in two different places by design and the consolidation is never the authentic one. Neither Act CXXX of 2010 nor Government Decree No 338/2011. (XII. 29.) uses the word hiteles of this database anywhere. The practical limitation that follows is narrower than it sounds and bites hard in one place: **an amending provision disappears from here once it has done its work.** Section 12(2) of Act CXXX of 2010 makes an amending provision lose force the day after it takes effect, and the consolidated text of the amending Act then prints only a footnote saying so, stripping the subtitle headings with it. Act XC of 2023 as served here therefore contains neither section 350 nor section 351, the two provisions that repealed the statute it replaced; Act LXXXIV of 2024 as served here contains neither section 135, which removed the 500,000 EUR property option from the guest investor programme, nor the subtitle that would say which commencement date applied to it. **For what was enacted, and for when, read the Magyar Kozlony issue.** It also cannot be cited for anything kept outside the statute book, and the 2023 immigration Act pushes a great deal out there: the government decree naming which nationalities may hold a guest worker permit or a National Card, the ministerial communication fixing the annual permit number under sections 28(4) and 30(4), the communication listing excluded occupations, the communication fixing the EU Blue Card salary under section 48(7) of Government Decree No 35/2024. (II. 29.), and the registers of preferential employers and qualified temporary-work agencies. Nor is it the place to read a figure a statute re-indexes: section 25(3) of Act CXXX of 2019 prints a health service contribution of 7,710 forints set in 2020 and in the same breath provides that the rate in force is published each year by the National Tax and Customs Administration on its own website.
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«(3) Külön törvény határozza meg a) a szabad mozgás és tartózkodás jogával rendelkező személyek beutazására és tartózkodására, valamint b) a menedékjogra vonatkozó szabályokat. (4) A szabad mozgás és tartózkodás jogával, valamint menedékjoggal nem rendelkező idegen állampolgár (a továbbiakban: harmadik országbeli állampolgár) Magyarországra e törvény rendelkezései szerint léphet be, Magyarország területén e törvény rendelkezései szerint tartózkodhat.»Our translation - not official
(3) A separate Act lays down the rules on a) the entry and residence of persons with the right of free movement and residence, and b) asylum. (4) A foreign national without the right of free movement and residence and without asylum (hereinafter: third-country national) may enter Hungary under the provisions of this Act and may stay in the territory of Hungary under the provisions of this Act.
Known to be out of date. The National Legislation Database dates this time-state 2026. 10. 01. - 2026. 12. 31., which on its own definition in section 1 of Government Decree No 338/2011. (XII. 29.) means the text changes on 1 January 2027. The instrument that changes it was not read.
The division of the field. The 2023 reform is a reform of the third-country statute only; the free movement Act of 2007 was left where it was.
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The Hungarian state's own electronic collection of legislation, operated for the Minister of Justice by Magyar Kozlony Lap- es Konyvkiado Kft. under a public service contract, and the only place a consolidated Hungarian statute is published at all. Section 29(1) of Act CXXX of 2010 defines it; Government Decree No 338/2011. (XII. 29.) sets the duties. Section 2(1) of the decree requires every statute in force to appear in consolidated form with all of its past time-states back to 1 January 2010 and its next three; section 2(3) requires the consolidation within three working days of promulgation. **Read the host carefully: section 8(1) of the decree still names www.njt.hu and the service that answers is njt.jog.gov.hu.** The address shape is njt.jog.gov.hu/jogszabaly/{YEAR}-{NUMBER}-00-00 for an Act, using the Act's Roman numeral converted to Arabic - Act XC of 2023 is 2023-90-00-00, Act LV of 1993 is 1993-55-00-00, Act CXVII of 1995 is 1995-117-00-00 - and njt.jog.gov.hu/jogszabaly/{YEAR}-{NUMBER}-20-22 for a government decree, so Government Decree No 35/2024. (II. 29.) is 2024-35-20-22. The decisive thing on every page is the line under the title: Hatalyos: 2026. 10. 01. - 2026. 12. 31. By the definition of a time-state in section 1 of the decree, the closing date is the day before the text changes, so a page with a closing date is telling the reader that the law will be different on the day after it, and Nem ismert means no change is yet scheduled. Footnotes at the foot of the text name, for every amended paragraph, the Act or decree that put the current words there, which is the only machine-readable amendment history in the corpus.
Standing: Maintains the text in force
Cannot be cited for: **Nothing published here is the authentic text and Hungarian law says so in terms.** Section 25(1) of Act CXXX of 2010 confers authenticity on the Magyar Kozlony and section 25(2) forbids a consolidated text from being published in the Magyar Kozlony at all, so the authentic text and the current text are in two different places by design and the consolidation is never the authentic one. Neither Act CXXX of 2010 nor Government Decree No 338/2011. (XII. 29.) uses the word hiteles of this database anywhere. The practical limitation that follows is narrower than it sounds and bites hard in one place: **an amending provision disappears from here once it has done its work.** Section 12(2) of Act CXXX of 2010 makes an amending provision lose force the day after it takes effect, and the consolidated text of the amending Act then prints only a footnote saying so, stripping the subtitle headings with it. Act XC of 2023 as served here therefore contains neither section 350 nor section 351, the two provisions that repealed the statute it replaced; Act LXXXIV of 2024 as served here contains neither section 135, which removed the 500,000 EUR property option from the guest investor programme, nor the subtitle that would say which commencement date applied to it. **For what was enacted, and for when, read the Magyar Kozlony issue.** It also cannot be cited for anything kept outside the statute book, and the 2023 immigration Act pushes a great deal out there: the government decree naming which nationalities may hold a guest worker permit or a National Card, the ministerial communication fixing the annual permit number under sections 28(4) and 30(4), the communication listing excluded occupations, the communication fixing the EU Blue Card salary under section 48(7) of Government Decree No 35/2024. (II. 29.), and the registers of preferential employers and qualified temporary-work agencies. Nor is it the place to read a figure a statute re-indexes: section 25(3) of Act CXXX of 2019 prints a health service contribution of 7,710 forints set in 2020 and in the same breath provides that the rate in force is published each year by the National Tax and Customs Administration on its own website.
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Practical notes
Act I of 2007 survived the 2023 reform and Act II of 2007 did not. Section 349 of Act XC of 2023 repealed a single paragraph of the free movement Act, section 95(18); section 351 repealed the third-country Act entirely.
Nothing here was read about the amount Hungary treats as an unreasonable burden in practice, or about the documents the separate legislation requires on registration.
The National Legislation Database dates this text's time-state 2026. 10. 01. to 2026. 12. 31., so the free movement Act changes on 1 January 2027 and the instrument that changes it was not read.
- consolidates2007. évi I. törvény a szabad mozgás és tartózkodás jogával rendelkező személyek beutazásáról és tartózkodásáról
Nemzeti Jogszabalytar, Igazsagugyi Miniszterium · consolidated to 2026-10-01
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The Hungarian state's own electronic collection of legislation, operated for the Minister of Justice by Magyar Kozlony Lap- es Konyvkiado Kft. under a public service contract, and the only place a consolidated Hungarian statute is published at all. Section 29(1) of Act CXXX of 2010 defines it; Government Decree No 338/2011. (XII. 29.) sets the duties. Section 2(1) of the decree requires every statute in force to appear in consolidated form with all of its past time-states back to 1 January 2010 and its next three; section 2(3) requires the consolidation within three working days of promulgation. **Read the host carefully: section 8(1) of the decree still names www.njt.hu and the service that answers is njt.jog.gov.hu.** The address shape is njt.jog.gov.hu/jogszabaly/{YEAR}-{NUMBER}-00-00 for an Act, using the Act's Roman numeral converted to Arabic - Act XC of 2023 is 2023-90-00-00, Act LV of 1993 is 1993-55-00-00, Act CXVII of 1995 is 1995-117-00-00 - and njt.jog.gov.hu/jogszabaly/{YEAR}-{NUMBER}-20-22 for a government decree, so Government Decree No 35/2024. (II. 29.) is 2024-35-20-22. The decisive thing on every page is the line under the title: Hatalyos: 2026. 10. 01. - 2026. 12. 31. By the definition of a time-state in section 1 of the decree, the closing date is the day before the text changes, so a page with a closing date is telling the reader that the law will be different on the day after it, and Nem ismert means no change is yet scheduled. Footnotes at the foot of the text name, for every amended paragraph, the Act or decree that put the current words there, which is the only machine-readable amendment history in the corpus.
Standing: Maintains the text in force
Cannot be cited for: **Nothing published here is the authentic text and Hungarian law says so in terms.** Section 25(1) of Act CXXX of 2010 confers authenticity on the Magyar Kozlony and section 25(2) forbids a consolidated text from being published in the Magyar Kozlony at all, so the authentic text and the current text are in two different places by design and the consolidation is never the authentic one. Neither Act CXXX of 2010 nor Government Decree No 338/2011. (XII. 29.) uses the word hiteles of this database anywhere. The practical limitation that follows is narrower than it sounds and bites hard in one place: **an amending provision disappears from here once it has done its work.** Section 12(2) of Act CXXX of 2010 makes an amending provision lose force the day after it takes effect, and the consolidated text of the amending Act then prints only a footnote saying so, stripping the subtitle headings with it. Act XC of 2023 as served here therefore contains neither section 350 nor section 351, the two provisions that repealed the statute it replaced; Act LXXXIV of 2024 as served here contains neither section 135, which removed the 500,000 EUR property option from the guest investor programme, nor the subtitle that would say which commencement date applied to it. **For what was enacted, and for when, read the Magyar Kozlony issue.** It also cannot be cited for anything kept outside the statute book, and the 2023 immigration Act pushes a great deal out there: the government decree naming which nationalities may hold a guest worker permit or a National Card, the ministerial communication fixing the annual permit number under sections 28(4) and 30(4), the communication listing excluded occupations, the communication fixing the EU Blue Card salary under section 48(7) of Government Decree No 35/2024. (II. 29.), and the registers of preferential employers and qualified temporary-work agencies. Nor is it the place to read a figure a statute re-indexes: section 25(3) of Act CXXX of 2019 prints a health service contribution of 7,710 forints set in 2020 and in the same breath provides that the rate in force is published each year by the National Tax and Customs Administration on its own website.
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