Guide - Groundwaters in Hungary
Annex 1

Major national legal regulations concerning the protection of groundwaters

Acts

  • Act XLVIII of 1993 on Mining Activities
  • Act LV of 1994 on Arable Land
  • Act UII of 1995 on the General Rules of Environmental Protection
  • Act LVII of 1995 on Water Management
  • Act UII of 1996 on Nature Conservation in Hungary
  • Act UV of 1996 on the Forests and the Protection thereof
  • Act XLIII of 2000 on Waste Management

Government Decrees
  • Government Decree No. 38/1995 (IV. 5.) Korm. on the Public Drinking Water Supply and Public Sewerage
  • Government Decree No. 72/1996 (Y. 22.) Korm. on implementation of authority powers in water management
  • Government Decree No 123/1997 (VII.18.) Korm. on the protection of the actual and
  • perspective sources and the engineering facilities of drinking water supply
  • Government Decree No.203/1998 (XII. 19.) Korm. on the execution of the Act XLVIII of 1993 on mining activities
  • Government Decree No. 33/2000 (III. 17.) Korm. on activities that affect the quality of groundwater
  • Government Decree No. 239/2000 (XII: 23.) Korm. on the rights and obligations linked to the utilisation of pit pools.
  • Government Decree No. 20/2001 (II. 14.) Korm. on environmental impact assessment
  • Government Decree No. 49/2001 (IV: 3.) Korm. on the protection of waters against pollutions of agricultural origin
  • Government Decree No. 50/2001 (IV. 3.) Korm. on the rules of use and handling of waste waters and sludge in agriculture
  • Government Decree No. 193/2001 (X. 9) Korm. on the detailed rules of uniform licensing process of the use of environment
  • Government Decree No. 20112001 (X. 25.) Korm. on the quality requirements of drinking water and the order of supervision thereof

Decrees of ministers
  • Decree No. 18/1992 (VII. 4.) KHVM of the Minister of Transport, Communication and Water Management on the requirements of the operation of public water facilities
  • Decree No. 18/1996 (VI. 13.) KHVM of the Minister of Transport, Communication and Water Management on the application for a water permit and the annexes thereof
  • Joint Decree No. 4/1997. (III.5) IKIM-KTM-KHVM of the Minister of Industry and Commerce, Minister of Environmental Protection and Regional Development and the Minister of Transport, Communication and Water Management on the set of data originating from geological explorations to be transmitted to the Hungarian Geological Service, and on the order of communication thereof
  • Decree No. 29/1997 /IV. 30) FM of the Minister of Agriculture on the execution of the Act on the Protection of Forests
  • Decree No. 22/1998. (XI.6.) KHVM of the Minister of Transport, Communication and Water Management on the hydrographical activities of the water organisation
  • Decree No. 11/1999 (III.11.) KHVM of the Minister of Transport, Communication and Water Management on the appropriation of the Water Earmarked Financial Facility
  • Decree No. 43/1999 (XII.26.) KHVM of the Minister of Transport, Communication and Water Management on the calculation of water resources fee
  • Decree No. 74/1999 (XII. 25.) EüM of the Minister of Public Health on the natural medicinal factors
  • Joint Decree No. 10/2000 (VI. 2.) KöM-EüM-FVM-KHVM of the Minister of Environment, Minister of Public Health, Minister of Agriculture and Regional Development and the Minister of Transport, Communication and Water Management on the limit values required to the quality protection of groundwater and the geological media
  • Decree No. 28/2001 (XII. 23.) KöM of the Minister of Environment on the detailed rules of the use, recording and superintending the Environmental Protection Fund

Directives and instructions of the ministers
  • Joint Instruction No. 8001/2000 (Kö. Vi. Ért. 5.) KöViM-KöM of the Minister of Transport and Water Management and the Minister of Environmental Protection on the perspective sources of drinking; water supply
  • Directive No. 25/2001 (K. Ért. 2002/2) KöM of the Minister of Environmental Protection on the modification of Instruction No. 4/2001 (K. Ért A.) on the Rules of Operation of the Environmental Protection Fund
  • Instruction No. 8001/2002 (K. Ért. 2.) KöM of the Minister of Environmental Protection on the modification of the Instruction No. 8001/2002 (K. Ért. 6.) publishing the data-sheet specified by the Government Decree No. 33/2000 (III. 17.) Korm.
  • Instruction No. 8/1970 (V. E. 6.) OVH of the National Water Authority on the publication of the operational regulations of geothermal wells (geothermal installations)
  • Directive No. 2/1971 (V.18.) OVH of the National Water Authority on the obligatory periodical instrument testing and maintenance of geothermal wells