The Government, following its cabinet meeting, has decided to submit an amendment to the Fundamental Law in line with critical remarks by the European Commission, Government Spokesperson András Giró-Szász said on Wednesday.

He stated that the fifth amendment will seek to remove the state's option to levy a tax to compensate for any payment obligations incurred from rulings of the Constitutional Court or international courts, as well as stipulations allowing the National Judicial Office to transfer cases from one court to another. The amendment, if passed into law by Parliament at its autumn session, will also extend the time allowed for the Constitutional Court to scrutinise new legislation from 30 to 90 days, the Spokesperson pointed out. He repeated the Government's earlier position that restrictions concerning European Parliamentary election campaigns should not be removed from the Fundamental Law, and rules governing them will remain similar to those on national elections.

On another subject, Spokesperson Giró-Szász said that the Government's programme to grant the lease of state-owned land to farmers was being implemented on schedule and over 200,000 hectares would be distributed by the end of the year. He also highlighted that businesses have to set up an online link of their cashing machines with the tax and customs office until September 1, instead of the July 1 deadline proposed earlier.

(MTI, Prime Minister’s Office)