Hungarian Gazette 2025/94
Summary
Government Decree 260/2025 specifies the rules on the use of revenues from the mandatory deposit return system, with particular regard to the joining and service fees of the concession company, as well as the accounting of revenues derived from deposit fees remaining from unredeemed products. The amendment clarifies that when preparing a fee proposal, the Authority is obliged to take into account the difference between revenues and justified costs of previous years, and also classifies investments among the objectives of operating the system. The measure serves the transition to a circular economy and the achievement of a 90 percent separate collection rate for plastic beverage bottles.
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HUNGARIAN OFFICIAL GAZETTE · Issue No. 94 of 2025
III. Government Decrees
Government Decree No. 260/2025. (VIII. 13.) on the amendment of Government Decree No. 450/2023. (X. 4.) on the detailed rules for the determination and application of the deposit fee and the distribution of deposit fee products
[1] In order for Hungary to transition to a circular economy as quickly as possible and to achieve a 90 percent separate collection rate for plastic beverage bottles, a mandatory deposit return system has been in operation in the country since the beginning of 2024.
[2] The purpose of the decree is to clarify the regulations relating to the use of revenues ensuring the operation of the mandatory deposit fee system.
[3] The Government, acting on the basis of the authorisation granted in points 9 and 37 of Section 88(1) of Act CLXXXV of 2012 on waste, and acting within the scope of duties defined in Article 15(1) of the Fundamental Law, hereby orders the following:
Section 1. The provision of Section 30(2) of Government Decree No. 450/2023. (X. 4.) on the detailed rules for the determination and application of the deposit fee and the distribution of deposit fee products (hereinafter: Government Decree 450/2023.) shall be replaced by the following provision:…