The main task of the Environmental Safety Work-team, which is supervised by the Slovakian-Hungarian Environmental and Conservationist Bilateral Committee, is the prevention and management of environmental catastrophies.

To fulfil its mission, the parties have cooperated in estimating potential sources of danger and exchanging relating information. Special attention has been given to a) exchanging information in case of nuclear accidents; b) the creation of technological-technical and organizational conditions; c) ensuring mutual professional aid in case of environmental catastrophies in bordering regions.

I. Hungarian members of the Environmental Safety Work-team:

One of the main achievements of the Work-team is the Hungarian-Slovakian Agreement about mutual exchange of data provided by radiation monitoring and detection systems.

Both countries have gamma-dose rate measuring networks, and, according to the agreement, the data are continually shared, free of charge.

There is now direct connection between Budapest and Bratislava, thanks to the RMDCN system established by European Meteorological services. Information flows at a present sequence, both in peaceful times and in case of nuclear danger.

Both the data providing measuring stations and the appointed authorities were chosen with regard to reciprocity. The data system was developed by a professional committee.

Further major points of the agreement are: a) ensuring the operation of data supply; b) instant notification about out of turn gamma-dose rates; c) agreement about method of payment for operational expenses.

The direct data transmission system functions continuously and the data provided by Hungarian and Slovakian measuring systems are compared. The two parties agreed on attending international measuring trainings together.

Map of locations of monitoring stations in both countries