Ader returns two laws to parliament for reconsideration

Budapest (MTI) – President Janos Ader on Friday returned the amended laws on the protection of the built environment and on trade to parliament for reconsideration.

Both laws were approved by parliament on December 9.

The amended law on the protection of the built environment regulates the construction of shopping malls, requiring construction of retail spaces larger than 400sqm to be cleared by a special committee.

The law on trade bans from 2018 the sale of fast-moving consumer goods in large shops that fail to make a profit in two consecutive years.

Ader said the amendment goes against the European Union principle banning restrictions on the free movement of citizens of member states to another member state. He noted that the rule applies to the economic activities of businesses, too. EU rules also require equal treatment of companies from an EU member state doing business in another member state, he added.