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New publication obligation applicable to the budgetary organs

Notice 

of the publication obligation on the Central Information Public Data Registry online platform and the transparency procedure

With the exception of the national security services, all budgetary organs shall be obligated to publish specific financial management data every two months on the newly established Central Information Public Data Registry online platform (hereinafter „online platform”)^[1]. Provisions pertaining to the manner and exact content of the publication are laid down in section 37/C of Act CXII of 2011 on the right to informational self-determination and on the freedom of information, as well as in Government Decree No. 499/2022 (XII. 8.) on the detailed rules of the Central Information Public Data Registry. The obligation to publish is applicable to data generated on or after 29 November 2022.

Data must be provided on the form downloadable from the online platform and in accordance with the guidelines set out in the User Policy. The National Data Assets Agency Ltd. (hereinafter „the Agency”) shall publish the data on the online platform on the first working day following receipt of the form. Data provided for the first time shall be published by the Agency latest by 28 February 2023.

Should the budgetary organ fail to comply with the publication on the online platform or the published data is incorrect or incomplete, the National Authority for Data Protection and Freedom of Information (hereinafter „the Authority”) shall commence an authority procedure for transparency based on a notification and may commence an authority procedure for transparency ex officio. The administrative time limit in authority procedures for transparency is forty-five days. In case of an infringement the Authority shall order the budgetary organ to comply with its obligation on the online platform as a matter of urgency and not exceeding fifteen days. Should the budgetary organ not remedy the infringement within fifteen days, the Authority may impose a fine. The amount of the fine shall range from one hundred thousand forints to fifty million forints. Notifications to initiate an authority procedure for transparency may be submitted to the Authority from 28 February 2023.

Budapest, 3 January 2023

Dr. Attila Péterfalvi
President
Honorary Professor

[1] https://kif.gov.hu/

[2] https://kif.gov.hu/#/regulation