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Hungary
Hungary has a FIT law.
The program is mandated in Act CX of 2001. Article 5(b) of this law states: “The Minister of Transport and Economic Affairs . . . shall define the rules of feed-in obligation of electricity generated from renewable energy sources and from waste as well as electricity co-generated or produced in any other way specified by law, and establish, acting in agreement with the Minister of Finance, the order of subsidizing electricity generated in any of the above-specified manners.” The primary decree implementing this law is the Decree of the Minister of Economy and Transport on the rules of feeding in electricity falling under feed-in obligation and setting of its prices (GKM) No. 56/2002 (29.12), as amended by Decree of Minister of Economy and Transport No. 78/2005 (07.10).
Summary
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EC review and assessment
Read a summary of the European Commission’s 2005 review of Hungary’s renewable electricity policies and of its 2007 assessment of Hungary’s progress in meeting the target set out in Directive 2001/77/EC.
Legal analysis
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