My life

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Hungary
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Budapest
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Other exciting places and festivals
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Hungarian cuisine

• - is hot and spicy
• - is meaty
• - is very colourful

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We are proud of our

• vineyards and wines
• traditional folk dances and songs
• national costumes
• history

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Protection of the atmosphere

• Our national strategy on air pollution abatement
  has 3 pillars
• Reducing air pollution in cities with heavy
  traffic and in the industrialized areas
• 2. Maintaining the ambient air quality in
  relatively clean regions
• 3. Fulfilling the obligations due to the
  international protocols (Convention of Long Range
  Transboundary Air Pollution and its protocols,
  Montreal Protocol)

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• Some regulations
• Vehicles older than 10-12 years have to renew
  their certificate of emission inspection every
  year.
• Cars (one time cars with odd-numbered
  registration plate, another time
  even-numbered)are forbidden from the town centers
  in case of smoke alert.
• Marketing of leaded petrol for use in road
  transport has been prohibited in Hungary as of 1
  April 1999.
• Air quality is measured by a sophisticated
  national air quality monitoring network in 6 big
  cities.
• ? Emissions of sulphur dioxide and lead were
  reduced in the last decade, air quality improved.
  Concentration of pollutants does not exceed the
  annual limit values.

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Thank you for Your attention!