The legislación en hungría en la unión europea

|Legal environment of business |
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|Law-making and law enforcement at EU level and in Hungary |
|comparative analysis with differences and similarities|
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|Hatvani Ádám |
|8 of April 2010|

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Law-making and law enforcement at EU level and in Hungary

On 20 of December 2004 Hungary was one of the 10 countries which joined to the European Union. It was an important step inthe history of Hungary because from that date we started to cooperate and collaborate with an already established union which brought several changes in almost every part of our life: we became European citizens. For a businessman to do businesses it is no longer enough to know the legal organization of the Hungarian institutions but he has to be conscious about EU law making and enforcement.Therefore the following analyses explain and point out the differences and similarities between how Hungary and the European Union make laws and implement them throughout the separate constitutional powers.

The main organ of the Hungarian legislation is The Parliament of Hungary with its 386 members elected for four-year term. The Hungarian Parliament is a unicameral institution. Members of theParliament are usually also members of political parties and they are elected for 4 years. The most important tasks that belong under the Parliaments scope of authority are amending the Constitution of the Republic of Hungary, and passing legislation.
Parliament legislation process starts with passing a new Act or amending an existing one. After submitting the proposal it should be discussed withparliamentary committees and concerned social organisations and together with the modification made must be debated in plenary session by the members of the Parliament. At the end of the plenary Parliament decide about the Act through ballot with the required majority. In case of acceptance the President of the Parliament signs the Act and sends it to the President of the Republic. If the Presidentof the Republic does not agree with the act he has the possibility to send it back without his signature to reconsideration. The Act than shall be debated again by the members of the Parliament taking in to consideration the comment of the President of the Republic and modified version shall be sent back. The reconsidered Act has to be signed by the President of the Republic and forwarded forpromulgation. Local government also have law making power through issuing decrees.

The execution of the Acts brought by the Parliament is the responsibility of the government and the local self-governments which are divided in central, county and local levels.
The government is the central authority of execution. Its members are the Prime Minister and the minister whose are responsible for their...