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[Hungary]{#hu} [Source 5]
Wassenaar and EU export controls are implemented
through the Government Decree No. 50/2004 (III.23.) on Licensing
foreign trade in dual-use goods and technologies (text in
Hungarian),
updated with minor changes by Decree No. 13/2011 (II.22.) (text in
Hungarian).
Export of mass-market encryption software is exempted.
Import of cryptography also falls under the Decree (see Part II): for
import from outside of the EU to Hungary, an International Import
Certificate is required (see artt. 14, 16ff).
A provision in the Hungarian Digital Signature Act (text in Hungarian), which entered into force on 1 September 2001, holds that signature-creation data (such as a cryptographic key) shall not be used for other purposes than signing. The ministerial reasoning explains that the intention of this is to prohibit the use of private keys for cryptographic purposes, in the interest of national security. (Note that cryptographic keys not used for creating signatures can be used for encrypting.)
In February 2001, the Data Protection Commissioner issued a recommendation against regulating cryptography.
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