Hungary Gambling — Licensing and regulation: Can we get a licence?

Bill T/639, passed by Parliament on 22 September 2026 by a vote of 135-46-6 and in force from 1 October 2026, removed the Supervisory Authority for Regulated Activities' prior-consent role over concession tenders, offers, and contract amendment, termination and conclusion, and dissolved its Concessions Council. A transitional provision requires the authority to transfer its concession files to the minister responsible for state assets within thirty days of the effective date, placing the deadline around 31 October 2026; no government publication confirming completion of that handover has surfaced. The authority's broader licensing-supervision function is unaffected by the bill, and the change applies to the concession-consent mechanism specifically rather than to licence issuance generally. The underlying full text of the bill was not independently retrieved; the summary here rests on secondary trade-press reporting of its operative provisions.