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Hungarian Meteorological Service

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The OMSz - Hungarian Meteorological Service is an independent central institution under the supervision of the Minister for Environment and Water financed by the state budget. The credit of the Service is contained in the budget of the Ministry for Environment and Water under separate title. The service is headed by the President. As state duties of exclusive jurisdiction – contributing to the accomplishment of the Minister’s duties in the field of atmospheric environmental protection – in accordance with the national requirements and in compliance with the international obligations, the Service: a) operates the official national basic system of observation, telecommunication and data processing in connection with the examination of the atmospheric environment including the observation of the atmospheric radio-activity; b) informs the governmental organs on the past, present and expectable future state of the atmospheric environment, thus - provides the Criminal Investigation Office and the judiciary with information on the past state of the atmosphere, - by continuous tracking of the atmospheric processes issues information for taking measures for safety of life and property as well as for agriculture with special emphasis on events of emergency caused by extreme weather phenomena and on environmental disasters, - provides the public with basic information on the atmospheric environment through the media, c) performs the duties of aeronautical meteorology following from official regulations and supervises the meteorological activities serving the security of flights, d) carries out the research and development activities required for the performance of the above mentioned duties e/ publishes the results of the activities carried out in the frame of the state duties in its regularly and periodically issued publications.

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