Hungary
The Hungarian definition of a tyre producer
Tyres EPR in Hungary comes with a hard gate. You cannot lawfully place tyres on the market until you are registered, and the waste authority can suspend market placing until any lapse is fixed. There is no marketplace ID check to lean on, so the duty is yours or your representative's.
The trigger across EPR in Hungary is placing product on the market. You are a producer if any of these fit.
- You place tyres on the Hungarian market for the first time, from the first unit.
- You import tyres into Hungary or ship them to Hungarian buyers from abroad.
- You fit tyres as components of vehicles you place on the market, where the duty can shift to the vehicle maker.
From the tyre product fee to the MOHU fee in Hungary
The distinctive fact here is timing. Tyres (gumiabroncs) used to sit under the old environmental product fee paid to the tax authority NAV. That tyre product fee was abolished on 1 January 2025, and tyres moved fully into the per-kilogram EPR fee paid to MOHU.
So a producer that filed a NAV product-fee return before 2025 now reports and pays through MOHU instead. A second route matters for carmakers. A vehicle producer can assume the tyre duty for tyres that are components or accessories of its vehicles, so the obligation can move up to the vehicle maker.
The OKIR route for tyre producers in Hungary
Registration runs in a fixed order and must be complete before any market activity, then reporting follows a quarterly rhythm.
The cost is a per-kilogram EPR fee to MOHU, set per KF code by ministerial decree and multiplied by the quantity you place on the market. No official per-kilogram tyre figure was published at the time of writing.
There is no standalone individual-fulfilment option for tyres, so compliance is collective through MOHU.
Distance sellers and Hungary
A producer established outside Hungary must appoint a Hungarian authorised representative, the meghatalmazott képviselő, who registers and reports on its behalf.
Enforcement sits with the waste authority, which imposes a waste-management fine under Gov. Decree 156/2025. An unregistered producer owes the fee retrospectively, and its right to place tyres on the market is suspended until registration and the back-fee are settled.
There is no dedicated EU tyre-EPR directive, so the change story here is national rather than European.
Frequently asked questions about Hungarian tyres EPR
The questions tyre producers raise most about the Hungarian rules.
What does tyres EPR mean in Hungary?
It means producers of tyres register, report and pay a per-kilogram fee through MOHU under Gov. Decree 80/2023. Tyres moved fully into this EPR fee when the old tyre product fee was abolished on 1 January 2025.
Do foreign or online sellers need an authorised representative in Hungary?
Yes. A producer established outside Hungary must appoint a Hungarian authorised representative, the meghatalmazott képviselő, who registers and reports on its behalf and whose details are filed at registration.
When are tyres reports due in Hungary?
Quarterly data is due by the 20th of the month after each quarter. Small producers and primary agricultural producers may instead report annually by 20 January, and filed data can be amended between 1 January and 30 April of the following year.
What changes next for tyres EPR in Hungary?
The main change is already behind Hungary, since the switch from the product fee to the MOHU EPR fee completed on 1 January 2025. There is no dedicated EU tyre-EPR directive on the horizon, so the near-term picture is national.
