Administrative Law & Public Governance
Country Risk Assessment and the Corruption Perception Index in the Context of National Culture
Country risk assessment; corruption perception; national culture; Hofstede dimensions; Central and Eastern Europe; governance indicators
The article examines whether Hofstede’s dimensions of national culture correlate with country-risk and corruption-perception indicators in Central and Eastern Europe. Its empirical comparison finds only limited and inconsistent relationships between cultural similarity, corruption levels, and country risk.
ILOIE, RALUCA ELENA – TRIPON, CIPRIAN RAUL
Paternalism and Public Policy
Legal paternalism; individual autonomy; public policy; libertarian paternalism; behavioural economics; nudging
The article examines the concept and justification of paternalistic public policies. It compares autonomy-based and consequentialist approaches and evaluates libertarian paternalism as a non-coercive method of influencing individual choices through behavioural “nudges.”
SZERLETICS, ANTAL
Financial Correction Applied in Case of Irregularity
EU financial assistance; financial correction; irregularity procedure; structural funds; repayment; judicial review
The article examines financial corrections imposed for the improper use of EU structural and cohesion funds in Hungary. It analyses irregularity procedures, repayment obligations, available remedies, and the complex interaction between public-law authority and civil-law contractual relations.
SZABÓ, KINGA SZANDRA
Regulatory Gaps in Hydrogen Technology in the Shadow of the Green Transition...
Hydrogen economy, regulatory gaps, excise taxation, explosion safety, disaster management protocols
The development of hydrogen-based transport and energy storage depends on a coherent regulatory framework adapted to the technology’s specific characteristics. Based on an analysis of the Hungarian regulatory environment, this study argues that hydrogen-related rules remain fragmented, creating administrative burdens and investment uncertainty for market participants. The paper examines taxation, urban planning, occupational safety, and fire protection rules, with particular attention to deficiencies in excise regulation and the safety-technical gaps of the National Hydrogen Strategy. The analysis shows that the lack of defined excise tax rates, the quality assurance shortcomings of NFM Decree 17/2017, and the strict installation restrictions of the National Telecommunications and Infrastructure Framework hinder both investment and the development of residential hydrogen infrastructure. In the absence of detailed domestic rules, market actors and authorities are often forced to rely on international standards, which only partly compensate for regulatory gaps. The study concludes that technological development has outpaced legislation and that targeted legal intervention is needed. It proposes the adoption of an independent hydrogen-specific disaster management guide, the harmonisation of intervention protocols with domestic legal frameworks, and the supplementation of the Technical Guidelines for Fire Protection with explosion-protection requirements. The findings underline that the objectives of the National Hydrogen Strategy cannot be achieved without integrating safety-technical considerations and resolving permitting anomalies affecting green technologies. The article offers a regulatory roadmap for legislators and technical planners seeking to reduce risks arising from the current regulatory hiatus.
HASULYÓ, GÁBOR
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