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The Hungarian law #CXLV, "On Sport", adopted on 19
December 2000, has some provisiosn regarding the use of the
national symbols and the ban of totalitarian symbols.
Chapter VII. The sport federations
Article 25. The legal status of the federations [...]
(5) A federation shall be entitled to use the word
"Hungarian" in its name; as well as using the shield
and the flag of the Republic of Hungary.
Chapter IX. The Hungarian Olympic Committee
Article 37. The legal status of the Hungarian Olympic Committee
[...]
(3) The Hungarian Olympic Committee shall be entitled to use the
Hungarian blazon and flag.
Article 38. The aims and the duties of the Hungarian Olympic
Committee [...]
(2) The Hungarian Olympic Committee shall have the exclusive
right, in agreement with the prescriptions of the International
Olympic Committee: [...]
(b) to use the [Olympic] flag, emblem and motto, and the
expressions "Olympic Games" and "Olympic" for
commercial or other purposes, and to allow their use [by third
parties].
Chapter X. The National Sport Association
Article 40. The legal status of the National Sport Association
[...]
(2) The National Sport Association shall be entitled to use the
emblem and the flag of the Republic of Hungary.
Chapter XI. The National Leasure Sport Association
Article 42. The legal status of the National Leasure Sport
Association [...]
(2) The National Leisure Sport Association shall be entitled to
use the emblem and the flag of the Republic of Hungary.
Chapter XII. The National Sport Association for the Disabled
Article 44. The legal status of the National Sport Association
for the Disabled [...]
(3) The National Sport Association for the Disabled shall be
entitled to use the emblem and the flag of the Republic of
Hungary.
Chapter XXII. The Organization of Sport Events [...]
Article 84. The Admission of the Spectators
(1) A spectator shall be allowed to enter the place where a sport
event is organized, provided he/she: [...]
d) does not hold placards, flags or other forbidden totalitarian
symbols able ot trigger hate against third parties. [...]
I guess those banned symbols are those refered to in Banned flags of nazi inspiration in
Hungary: "the swastika, SS symbol, arrow cross,
hammer-and-sickle, five-armed red star".
Source: Full text of the law, in French (sic), PDF file
available at <
