| Air mail valid until 31 May 2004. | A service for forwarding consignments by air transportation according to the senders order. The number of air mails is included in those of ordinary and registered mail. Ceased in May 2004 instead priority separate postal services can be used. In international traffic the items are always delivered by air.
Source: Authority |
| Complaint | A complaint is a notification in which the user alleges that the service provided by the postal service provider does not comply, in whole or in part, with the legal requirements or the general terms and conditions of the service provider. The indication, notification and claim for compensation referred to in Article 51 shall be registered as a complaint.
Source: Article 57 (2) of Act CLIX of 2012 on Postal Services. |
| Consignment of writing for the blind | Mail items containing only embossed writing, engravings, sound recordings, special paper or magnetic discs and other information carriers used by blind or partially sighted persons, and equipment or devices designed or adapted to overcome problems resulting from visual impairment of blind or partially sighted persons, weighing up to 7 kilograms, addressed to or sent by blind or partially sighted persons or by officially recognised institutions for the blind.
Source: Article 2 of Act CLIX of 2012 on Postal Services. |
| Courier mail service | A time-guaranteed postal service, to be provided within 24 hours of the date of collection of the item, whereby the postal service provider undertakes to keep the item under the personal supervision of the person collecting the item until delivery is attempted, without interruption, in such a way that the sender may at any time during that period change the addressee or address of the item and take the necessary measures in the event of unsuccessful personal delivery.
Source: Article 2 of Act CLIX of 2012 on Postal Services. |
| Delivery | The activity whereby a postal item is removed from the network of the postal service provider or from personal supervision by delivery to the person entitled to receive it or by placing it in a letter box or other means of delivery.
Source: Article 2 of Act CLIX of 2012 on Postal Services |
| Delivery point | The premises or place designated by the postal service provider for the delivery of postal items and accessible to users, as well as the means set up by the postal service provider to enable delivery.
Source: Article 2 of Act CLIX of 2012 on Postal Services |
| Direct mail | A postal item containing exclusively advertising, promotional or advertising material, addressed to a large number of addressees defined by specific legislation, which has the same content, except for the name, address and identification number of the addressee do change the nature of the message.
Source: Authority |
| EEA countries | European Economic Area Member States
Source: Authority |
| Employment data | Data on the number of own and subcontracted employees of postal service providers.
Source: Authority |
| Export in postal context | Postal traffic dispatched domestically and addressed abroad and leaving the country in the course of postal transport.
Source: Authority |
| Express service | A time-guaranteed service whereby the postal service provider undertakes to deliver the postal item no later than the working day following the day of collection in the country of collection, or no later than the third working day following the day of collection in the case of items addressed to European Union Member States, or no later than the fifth working day following the day of collection in the case of other international items, and to provide at least one of the additional services set out in points (a) to (f) below:
(a) traceable handling;
(b) COD;
(c) return receipt;
(d) value declaration;
(e) delivery exclusively to the hand of the person indicated as the addressee of the consignment;
(f) collection of the consignment at the consignor's residence, domicile, place of business, place of business or branch or agency.
Source: § 2 of Act CLIX of 2012 on Postal Services. |
| General remarks on closed tables | In the EHMMSA statistical database, there are already closed tables whose concepts have been changed or transformed by legislation during the years of data collection. Some categories have been eliminated and some services have been removed from the scope of postal services.
Prior to 1992, Magyar Posta was the only postal service provider and, as a national postal service provider, estimated the number of items not accounted for by weight. A multiplier was established on the basis of periodic sampling and used for the following period. In many cases, the number of pieces of the different consignments was not closely correlated. The lottery items were shown among the ordinary mail items and were determined by multiplication.
As a consequence of the 2003 Act CI of 2003 on Postal Services, which entered into force in 2004, several tables and indicators in this chapter were no longer filled in 2005, but new tables were created and the indicators in these tables cannot be produced retrospectively.
In addition, Act CLIX of 2012 on Postal Services (hereinafter: Postal Services Act), which entered into force in 2012, reorganised the categories of postal services and types of mail, which means that comparisons with the categories of services and types of mail under the previous legislation are only partially comparable. Therefore, a significant part of the pre-2013 tables based on concepts no longer in use have been closed.
This information may help in interpreting the archive and closed tables.
Source: Authority |
| Growth rate | Calculated data. Compound annual growth rate (CAGR)
Source: Authority |
| Import postal context | Postal traffic entering Hungary from abroad by postal transport, dispatched abroad and addressed for Hungary
Source: Authority |
| Inhabitants per postal premises in a county | Number of population as of January 1st of the year under review divided by the number of total postal premises in a county. |
| Inhabitants per postal premises in the country | Number of population as of January 1st of the year under review divided by the number of total postal premises in the country.
Source: Authority |
| International EMS service | An international postal service provided by the universal postal service provider in accordance with the rules applicable to that service under the law promulgating the Universal Postal Convention.
In the Hungarian regulatory context, EMS, as a time-guaranteed postal service, is a postal service that does not replace the universal postal service.
Source: Article 2 of Act CLIX of 2012 on Postal Services |
| International postal data | Data collection of the Universal Postal Unions (UPU) differs from that of the Hungarian data collectors therefore international data may differ from domestic ones.
Source: Authority |
| Issue of stamps | The universal postal service provider shall have the exclusive right to use the Postal Horn and its stylised version within the scope of this Act, to use the postage stamp with the inscription "Hungary" or its equivalent in a foreign language, and to issue, put into circulation and withdraw from circulation postage stamps and other postal valuables with the inscription "Hungary" or its equivalent in a foreign language.
Source: Section 24 (1) of Act CLIX of 2012 on Postal Services |
| Letter | A postal item that contains a communication, data or information of an individual or personal nature, either in written form or recorded on a physical medium. Weight limit_0-2 kg.
Source: Article 2 of Act CLIX of 2012 on Postal Services. |
| Letter boxes | An enclosed container for the collection of pre-paid postal items and postcards, placed on the street, owned by the universal postal service provider and emptied at fixed intervals.
Source: Authority |
| Letter-post Mail (discontinued category, for statistical purposes) | Ordinary mail, registered mail, insured mail, insured value-added mail, service mail, hybrid mail, unaddressed mail, international small parcels and lottery tickets, the number of which is published by the operator in aggregate. The Postal Act, which entered into force in 2004, defines letters, addressed advertising mail, printed matter and parcels as a separate category of postal items. As of 1 January 2013, letters, certified letters, writing for the blind and official documents are considered as letter mail, but the category "letter post" is no longer used.
Source: Authority |
| Liability for postal damages | The provisions of this Section and Sections 45-52 shall apply to the liability of the postal service provider for damages against the sender, the addressee or third party as defined in Section 50(2), and the addressee in the event of non-performance of the postal service in accordance with the contract, in the event of destruction, partial or total loss of or damage to the postal item, and in the event of delay in the performance of time-guaranteed services. The postal service provider may, in its general terms and conditions, assume liability in accordance with rules which are stricter than those laid down in this Act (and more favourable to the user).
Source: Act CLIX of 2012 on Postal Services, § 44 (1) |
| Mail taken over | Consignment taken over directly or indirectly from the sender for delivery.
Source: Authority |
| Market concentration | Calculated data. In economics, the Herfindahl-Hirschman index (also commonly known as the HHI or Herfindahl index) is a measure of market concentration. The Herfindahl-Hirschman index for a given economic sector is the square sum of the market shares of the firms in the market.
Source: Authority |
| Mobile post | Provides postal services for those settlements, where postal service location is not available, or operates only partially.
Source: Authority |
| Mobile Post service | A means of road transport operated by the universal postal service provider to ensure the availability of the universal postal service as a mobile service in more than 1 municipality.
Source: Authority |
| Net revenue from the sale of postal services | Net receipts from postal services should be recorded as the net value of supplies sold, purchased and own-account produced, and services rendered, plus subsidies and mark-ups, less discounts, excluding value added tax, in the period.
Source: Authority |
| Non-universal other postal service until 31 December 2012 | Non-universal postal service which are different from the definitions of express, courier and international EMS services in the Hungarian Postal Low. From 1. January 2013. this cathegory is cancelled. |
| Notified service provider | An economic organisation providing non universal postal services based on notification. Postal services which might be provided pursuant notification are: courier post service, express mail, integrated postal services. Definition valid until 30 June 2013.
Source: Act 101 of 2003 on post |
| Number of inhabitants served by a postal service point | An indicator showing the number of inhabitants served by a postal service point.
Source: Authority |
| Number of items handled by postal service providers | It shows the overall volume of postal items handled by postal operators (including the pick-up and delivery of mail, any transit mail).
Source: Authority |
| Number of municipalities with mobile post | Number of municipalities where the universal postal service is provided exclusively or partially by mobile post.
Source: Authority |
| Number of postal service points of universal postal service providers | An indicator showing the number of postal service points available in a certain area.
Source: Authotity |
| Official document |
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A registered postal item which is dispatched or delivered by a State or local government body or by any other body or person specified by law, on paper or on an electronic medium or by means of an electronic communications network, the dispatch or delivery of which (or an attempt to effect delivery) or the date thereof is subject by law to a legal consequence or is used as a basis for calculating a time limit specified by law, and which is classified by law as an official document. Source: § 2 of Act CLIX of 2012 on Postal Services.
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Source: § 2 of Act CLIX of 2012 on Postal Services |
| Parcel regulation | REGULATION (EU) 2018/644 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 18 April 2018 on cross-border parcel delivery services
Source: European Union |
| Permanent postal service point | A postal service point open for two hours a day on working days at least.
Source: Article 2(2) of Act CLIX of 2012 on Postal Services. |
| Postal intermediary service provider valid until 31 December 2012. | Performs postal activity based on contractual relationship. Delivers the postal items of the customer to the nearest access point of the postal service provider, or delivers them from there to the customer. It is cancelled on Act 159 of 2012. |
| Postal intermediary service until 31 December 2012 | Postal activities carried out under a contractual relationship. It delivers the customer's mail to the nearest access point of the postal service provider and from there to the customer. Deleted by Act CLIX of 2012 on postal services.
Source: Authority |
| Postal item | A consignment weighing not more than 40 kg, which bears at least an address on the consignment, its packaging or the list attached thereto, or a consignment which is classified by law as postal consignment. Such postal consignment may be letters, official documents, consignments containing writing for the blind, postal packages, consignments containing books, catalogues and press products, and any consignment the contents of which are not excluded from postal service under a Government decree issued pursuant to this Act.
Source: Article 2 of Act CLIX of 2012 on Postal Services |
| Postal parcel | Number of postal parcels posted with or without indication of its value and small parcels. In May 2004. the small packet category ceased.
Source: Authority |
| Postal parcel | Registered item containing goods or articles with or without commercial value. The weight limit for domestic items is 0-40 kg.
Source: Article 2 of Act CLIX of 2012 on Postal Services. |
| Postal premises | Formerly referred to as post office. Premises arranged by the service provider according to public demands basically for posting and taking over consignments and providing other related services. Since 2004 the same as the denomination of permanent postal premise.
Source: Authority |
| Postal service | Postal service means a service provided in the course of an economic activity involving the acceptance, collection, processing, delivery and delivery of postal items, in whole or in part, as appropriate. Postal services may be provided only by an economic operator registered with the National Media and Infocommunications Authority (hereinafter 'the Authority') as a postal service provider.
Source: Article 3(1) of Act CLIX of 2012 on Postal Services |
| Postal service point | A pick-up or delivery point ensuring access to postal services at a specific geographical point and time, not including a letter box or other means of safe and secure pick-up or delivery of postal items placed by the postal service provider.
Source: Article 2 of Act CLIX of 2012 on Postal Services |
| Postal service provider | An entity providing postal services.
Source: Article 2 of Act CLIX of 2012 on Postal Services |
| Postal service replacing universal postal service from 1 July 2013 | A postal service which is a substitute for the universal postal service and which is not provided by the universal postal service provider on the basis of the universal postal service obligation. Subject to licensing.
Source: Article 7(1) of Act CLIX of 2012 on Postal Services. |
| Postal service separated from universal postal service | Postal services which do not constitute a substitute for the universal postal service are the following postal services which represent added value compared to the universal postal service or the postal service which constitutes a substitute for the universal postal service:
(a) courier mail services,
(b) express postal services,
(c) international EMS service
(d) a postal service including at least one of the specific value-added services defined in paragraph 3.
Source: Article 8(1) of Act CLIX of 2012 on Postal Services |
| Postal stamp | A stamp issued by the universal postal service provider which may be used for the payment of postage for postal items, bearing a mark indicating its face value and bearing the inscription "Hungary" or its foreign language equivalent.
Source: Article 2 of Act CLIX of 2012 on Postal Services |
| Priority service | The service category with the fastest transit time in the universal postal service.
Source: Act CLIX of 2012 on Postal Services, § 2, point 7. |
| Registered service | An additional postal service, which classifies an unaccounted-for item as an accounted-for item and for which the postal service provider is liable for compensation in the form of a flat-rate charge in the event of incorrect performance.
Source: Article 2(1) of Act CLIX of 2012 on Postal Services |
| Telegram delivered | Number of telegrams delivered by the Post.
Source: Authority |
| Telegram taken over | Aggregate number of telegrams taken over by postal or telecommunication service providers.
Source: Authority |
| Time-guaranteed service | An obligation by the postal service provider to deliver a postal item within a specified period or at a specified time.
Source: Article 2 of Act CLIX of 2012 on Postal Services. |
| Track and trace treatment | The technology used by a postal service provider to provide, on the basis of the unique identifier of a postal item, information per item, transmitted as information retrievable from the Internet or by means of an electronic communications network, in a documented text message, at least the location and date of receipt of the item, the date of delivery, the basis for the right to receive the item or, in the case of an unsuccessful delivery attempt, the further handling of the item.
Source: Article 2 of Act CLIX of 2012 on Postal Services. |
| Transit time | It provides information on the average time from pick-up to arrival at the address, only for the national, subsequently designated universal postal service provider, Magyar Posta Zrt. The time determined by measurement and calculation using an independent measuring body commissioned by the postal service provider, on the basis of a test method approved by the Authority.
Source: Authority |
| Turnover per 100 inhabitants | Annual turnover divided by the number of population as of January 1st.
Source: Authority |
| Union (European Union) | The European Union is a unique association between European countries called Member States.
Source: Authority |
| Universal postal service | Universal postal service is defined as a set of postal services of general economic interest which meet the basic needs of users and the technical, economic and social conditions of society and which are intended to meet a social need and which the universal postal service provider is obliged to provide to all users throughout the country, irrespective of geographical location, at a specified quality and at an affordable price.
Source: Article 6(1) of Act CLIX of 2012 on Postal Services. |
| Value-added service | An additional postal service considered as a premium service, under which the postal service provider is liable for compensation for the contractual performance of the service in relation to the item booked, up to the amount determined by the sender at the time of dispatch as the value of the contents of the item.
Source: Authority |
