Rights and obligations
Act CXXI of 1999 on economic chambers lays down a set of rights and obligations for both enterprises and economic chambers.*
Enterprises (both individual and corporate enterprises) must:
- apply for chamber registration.
- pay an annual contribution to the public duties of chambers for the benefit of the regional
chamber keeping the register (until 31 March in the given year).
Chambers must:
- issue a certificate as proof of contribution payment.
- provide enterprises with their statutory services for free (giving economic, financial, tax, and borrowing advice; seeking business partners and tender monitoring).
*The Act does not apply to agriculture. Likewise, private veterinaries, lawyers, individual patent administrators, notaries public and individual court bailiffs need not apply for registration.
