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A Hungarian government decree in force since 1 September gives a named minister the job of supervising the AI notifying and market surveillance authority, without creating that authority or mentioning the EU AI Act
This is plumbing, not a new duty. It matters because it tells you which desk in Budapest will own AI market surveillance, at a point when this decree still does not name that authority.
Bottom line: Decree 139/2026 inserts a new section 173/A into Hungary's decree on ministerial duties. Point j) assigns a named minister supervision of the AI notifying and market surveillance authority. It took effect on 1 September 2026.
Who it touches: Nobody directly. It allocates responsibility inside government. Its practical value is that it identifies the ministerial owner of AI market surveillance before this instrument identifies or constitutes the authority.
What it does NOT do: It does not create, name or constitute the AI notifying and market surveillance authority. It also never cites Regulation (EU) 2024/1689.
Primary sources: Magyar Kozlony 2026/121, containing 139/2026. (VIII. 31.) Korm. rendelet at page 4186 (PDF) · Nemzeti Jogszabalytar consolidated text of 90/2026. (V. 13.) Korm. rendelet, recording the amendment and its commencement
- Instrument
- 139/2026. (VIII. 31.) Korm. rendelet a Kormany tagjainak feladat- es hataskorerol szolo 90/2026. (V. 13.) Korm. rendelet modositasarol
- Issued by
- The Government of Hungary
- Published
- Magyar Kozlony 2026/121, 31 August 2026, page 4186
- In force
- 1 September 2026 for the section that inserts 173/A. The decree also carries later commencements, with points 17 and 18 taking effect on 7 September 2026.
- Bindingness
- Binding as a government decree, but binding on the machinery of government. It allocates ministerial competence and imposes no obligation on private parties.
- Relationship to the EU AI Act
- Not stated. The decree does not cite Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 anywhere. The connection is inferential, through the phrase notifying and market surveillance authority, and this report does not assert more.
- Editorial Note
- Informational analysis for working professionals, not legal advice. Confirm how any rule applies to your situation with qualified counsel.
- Primary source
- https://magyarkozlony.hu/dokumentumok/63e781ed79f909649946634ed8f194c55799d783/letoltes
What the decree actually changes
Hungary sets out what each minister is responsible for in a single government decree, 90/2026. (V. 13.) Korm. rendelet. Decree 139/2026, published in Magyar Kozlony on 31 August 2026, amends that decree. In the words of the amending text, subtitle 17 of the base decree is supplemented with a new section 173/A.
The new section lists a set of artificial intelligence responsibilities. Point h) provides that the minister represents the Government in international organisations and European Union forums connected with artificial intelligence. Point j), the operative one for compliance purposes, provides that the minister supervises the activity of the artificial intelligence notifying and market surveillance authority. The section also addresses the domestic data centres needed for training and operating artificial intelligence, and sovereign computing capacity.
The national legal database records the change as established by section 1 of decree 139/2026 and in force from 1 September 2026.
The limit that matters most
The decree assigns supervision of the artificial intelligence notifying and market surveillance authority. It does not create that authority and it does not name which body holds the role.
That distinction is the whole story. A reader who takes this as Hungary standing up its AI regulator will be wrong. What has happened is narrower and earlier in the sequence: the government has fixed which minister answers for that authority, in the decree that allocates ministerial competence.
The decree also never cites Regulation (EU) 2024/1689. The vocabulary of notifying authority and market surveillance authority is the vocabulary that regulation uses, and the inference is available, but the instrument does not make it and neither does this report.
Why an internal reshuffle is worth reading
For anyone tracking where EU-level AI obligations will actually be enforced, the useful question is usually not what the statute says but who will run it. Member States have repeatedly announced designations that then sat unfilled while responsibility moved between ministries.
This decree answers half of that question for Hungary. The ministerial owner is fixed and in force. The authority underneath it is still not identified in this instrument.
The practical read for a business is therefore limited but real: nothing changes in your obligations today, and when Hungary does name the authority, the supervising ministry is already settled.
Decree 139/2026 took effect on 1 September 2026 and inserts section 173/A into Hungary's decree on ministerial duties, assigning a named minister supervision of the AI notifying and market surveillance authority, representation of the Government in international and EU AI forums, and responsibility for domestic AI data centres and sovereign computing. It creates no obligation for private parties, does not establish or name the authority itself, and does not cite Regulation (EU) 2024/1689.
Source File
https://magyarkozlony.hu/dokumentumok/63e781ed79f909649946634ed8f194c55799d783/letoltes
If you track Member State enforcement structures, record Hungary's supervising ministerial role, as identified in section 173/A, as settled from 1 September 2026 and the AI notifying and market surveillance authority as still unnamed in this instrument. Watch for a separate designation naming the authority. Nothing in this decree requires any action by a business today.
j) felugyeli a mesterseges intelligencia bejelento es piacfelugyeleti hatosag tevekenyseget.
FAQ
Has Hungary created its AI regulator?
Not by this decree. It assigns a minister the task of supervising the artificial intelligence notifying and market surveillance authority. It does not establish that authority and does not name which body it is.
Does this implement the EU AI Act?
The decree does not say so. It does not cite Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 at any point. The terms notifying authority and market surveillance authority match that regulation's vocabulary, but the instrument makes no such statement and this report does not fill the gap in either direction.
When did it take effect?
1 September 2026 for the provision inserting section 173/A, according to the consolidated text in the national legal database. The decree carries later commencement dates for other points, including 7 September 2026 for points 17 and 18.
Does any business have to do anything?
No. This is an allocation of competence within the Government. It imposes no duty on private parties.
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