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Friday, 17 April 2026
A government decree keeps the interest rate cap on home loans, the margin cap on food and drugstore products and the protected fuel price. Guidance appeared for farmers hit by spring frost on what to do.
In an emergency decree, the government amended the rules on the interest rate cap, the profit margin cap and the protected fuel price, according to the decree so that these measures remain in place. It deleted the "until 30 June 2026" deadline from the mortgage interest rate cap. It repealed one section each from the decrees on the profit margin cap on food and drugstore products and on excise duty on fuel. The amending text does not quote the content of the deleted sections, so we cannot be sure that each of them was an expiry deadline.
Weight: 2/3 · substantive · Concrete decision to be implemented.
By decree, the interior minister added new medicines to social insurance subsidy, according to the decree so that the most modern treatments are available to all patients. New active substances were added to medicines that hospitals can account for item by item, and the range of highly subsidised medicines expanded. For example, for the treatment of congenital bleeding disorder (haemophilia), the scope of use of emicizumab expanded, and efanesoctocog alfa was added. NEAK publishes in a notice which hospitals can account for the new active substances.
Weight: 2/3 · substantive · Concrete decision to be implemented.
President Tamás Sulyok again tasked university professor László Trócsányi with performing the duties of rector of Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church. The mandate runs from 1 February 2027 to 31 January 2032. The resolution was signed on 27 March 2026 but only appeared on 17 April.
Weight: 1/3 · Routine decision of the President (appointment, award or similar).
The Ministry of Energy published the national report on the waste management inspections of government offices in 2025. According to the report, regional waste management authorities received a total of 14,575 complaints and public-interest reports in 2025, of which 9,887 concerned illegally dumped or abandoned waste. 58 percent of the reports proved well-founded. The authorities carried out 16,265 inspections nationwide and imposed sanctions in 1,027 cases. The most common sanction was an administrative fine.
Weight: 1/3 · Informational document, not a decision.
Official introduction (original Hungarian): Országos beszámoló a fővárosi és vármegyei kormányhivatalok 2025. évi hulladékgazdálkodási hatósági ellenőrzéseiről.
The Ministry of Agriculture published the list of registered agricultural producer groups as of 15 April 2026. The list contains 16 cooperatives registered between 30 March and 15 April 2026 for the 2026–2030 period. The table also lists the new activities they undertook, for example services supporting soil life or a joint risk management fund.
Weight: 1/3 · Informational document, not a decision.
The Ministry of Agriculture issued information for those hit by the early April spring frost; the frost reached minus 8 degrees in places, mainly in the north and north-east of the country and in central Hungary. Anyone who noticed frost damage should report it electronically, as this is a condition for the damage compensation payment. Reports must generally be made within 15 days of the damage, but during the single application period by 31 May 2026 at the latest. Those not yet members of the agricultural damage compensation system can still join when submitting the single application.
Weight: 1/3 · Informational document, not a decision.
Official introduction (original Hungarian): Az Agrárminisztérium tájékoztatója a tennivalókról a tavaszi fagy által okozott károk esetén
Issue no. 39 of the Hungarian Gazette (Magyar Közlöny) for 2026 appeared on 17 April and contains 3 items. The government amended the rules on the interest rate cap, the profit margin cap and the protected fuel price, according to the decree so that they remain in place. The interior minister added new medicines to the subsidy, and the rector of Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church received a new mandate. Each item is described separately on this page.
Weight: 1/3 · Gazette issue: the items in it are rated separately.