Amendment No. 12 | Doc. 13229 | 24 June 2013

Request for the opening of a monitoring procedure in respect of Hungary

Signatories: Mr Luca VOLONTÈ, Italy, EPP/CD ; Mr Márton BRAUN, Hungary, EPP/CD ; Mr Zbigniew GIRZYŃSKI, Poland, NR ; Mr Gergely GULYÁS, Hungary, EPP/CD ; Mr Andrzej HALICKI, Poland, EPP/CD

Origin - 2013 - Third part-session

In the draft resolution, replace paragraph 8 with the following paragraph:

"The Assembly closely followed the debates in respect of the Fourth Amendment of the Fundamental Law and takes note that the Venice Commission in its opinion identified positive elements, but criticized some parts of it. In this regard, the Assembly welcomes the intention of the Hungarian Government to modify the Fundamental Law and thereby eliminate the legal institution of transfer of court cases and the issue of special tax in case of international court judgments leading to payment obligations."

Explanatory note

At the request of the Council of Europe and the European Commission on 14 June 2013, the Hungarian Government submitted the draft of the fifth amendment of the Fundamental Law. Accordingly, the institution of transfer of cases and the possibility of levying a special tax will be eliminated.