request, its non-fulfilment or the fee charged for making a copy and the applicant declares this to
the Authority, litigation concerning the refusal to effectively assess this submission, termination of
the assessment procedure may be launched within a period of 30 days following the receipt of the
notification on termination specified in Section 55 (1)(b) or notification specified in Section 58 (3).
Justification must be provided should the deadline period available for launching litigation expire.
(4) Persons normally not having the capacity to be a party to legal proceedings may also be parties
to the litigation. The Authority is entitled to intervene in the proceedings in favour of the applicant.
(5) Litigation launched against bodies undertaking public duties with a national scope of
competence fall under the scope of jurisdiction of county courts. Matters within the scope of
jurisdiction of the local court shall be processed at the local court at the seat of the county court, in
Budapest or in the Pest Central District Court. The seat of the body undertaking the public duties of
the defendant shall nominate the competent court.
(6) The court shall take immediate action.
(7) Should the court accept the submission to request data of public interest, the court shall oblige
the controller to disclose the data of public interest requested in the court decision. The court is
entitled to modify the sum of the fee charged for making a copy, or order the body undertaking
public duties to launch a new procedure to determine the sum of the fee charged.
CHAPTER 4
DISCLOSING DATA OF PUBLIC INTEREST
22. Information Obligation Concerning Data of Public Interest
Section 32
In regard to matters within their scope of responsibilities – therefore, with special regard to the state
and local budget and the implementation of these, managing state or local government assets, use of
public finances and contracts concluded in this regard, in respect of ensuring special or exclusive
rights for market players, private organisations and individuals - the body undertaking public duties
is obliged to facilitate and ensure that the public receives accurate and expedient information.
23. Electronic Disclosure Obligation
Section 33
(1) Access to data defined as data of public interest pursuant to the present Act must be ensured free
of charge in digital format on internet websites for anyone interested, without disclosing any
personal ID data or applying restrictions, in printable format ensuring the opportunity to copy parts
of the text without data loss or distortion, enabling the document to be viewed, copies to be
downloaded and printed, as well as network data transfer (hereinafter electronic disclosure). Access
to the data disclosed cannot be subject to the disclosure of personal data.
(2) Should it not otherwise be regulated by law, the following organisations shall publish the data
defined in disclosure lists specified under Section 37 on their respective websites:
a. Office of the President of the Republic of Hungary, Office of the National Assembly, Office
of the Constitutional Court, Office of the Commissioner for Basic Rights, State Audit Office
of Hungary, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Arts, National Council
of Justice of Hungary, Office of the Prosecutor General;
b. state public administration body with the exception of the Government Committee, as well
as the national chamber and
c. regional public administration body of the Government with general scope of authority.
(3) Bodies undertaking public duties not listed in subsection (2) may also fulfil electronic disclosure
obligations set out in Section 37 by disclosing data on a central website either operated alone or in
conjunction with associated bodies – as they so choose – maintained by bodies undertaking their