On the basis of its decision No. 156/2026 (II. 24.), the Urban Operations Committee of the Council of the Erzsébetváros Local Government, District VII, Budapest announces a call for applications for smoke detectors, in accordance with Local Government Decree 29/2013 (V.31.) on support for residential communities and local government institutions for installing safety devices.
Grantor: Erzsébetváros Local Government, District VII, Budapest
Managing the application procedure:
Erzsébetváros Mayor’s Office, District VII, Budapest,
Urban Development and Operations Division, Urban Operations Department
Submission deadline: Applications can be submitted until the funds are exhausted, but no later than 2026. September 15 at 24:00. Applications submitted after the deadline will be rejected.
Planned deadline for assessing applications:
on a rolling basis, no later than November 15, 2026
Available funds
At the time of this call, the Local Government’s budget provides HUF 2,000,000 (two million forints) in funds for the winning applicants of this call.
Eligible applicants
In the administrative area of District VII:
– natural persons who are tenants or owners of apartments,
– family doctors’ surgeries,
– local government institutions maintained by District VII.
Purpose of the call
The purpose of the call is to protect the health and property of district residents and improve their sense of safety.
Form of support
The support non-repayable in-kind support.
Amount of support:
1 smoke detector per apartment may be requested every 7 years.
The cost of installing the device is borne by the applicant.
Documents required to apply:
– a completed “Application Form” (Annex 1 of the call),
– if relevant, a transparency declaration (Annex 2 of the call),
(for family doctors’ surgeries operating as businesses, the transparency declaration annex must be completed,)
– if the apartment is registered as a company’s registered office, the transparency declaration must be completed for the company,
– if the applicant is not the same as the private owner, a consent declaration (Annex 3 of the call) must be completed and attached.
If the application documents are not submitted electronically, to authenticate them the last page of the Application Form must be signed in two places, and the declarations must also be signed or have them signed.
Method and place of submission:
The call and its annexes can be obtained as follows:
They can be downloaded from the Local Government’s website (www.erzsebetvaros.hu), or collected at the customer service offices of the Erzsébetváros Mayor’s Office, District VII, Budapest (Erzsébet krt. 6. or Garay utca 5., District VII). The customer service offices are open during the Office’s customer service hours: Tuesdays 8:00–12:00, Wednesdays 8:00–12:00 and 13:00–18:00, Thursdays 13:00–16:00 (the application documents are free of charge),
or, following a request by phone (06-1-462-3225) or by email (varosuzemeltetes@erzsebetvaros.hu), they are sent electronically to the applicant.
Applications can be submitted immediately after the call is announced, and decisions are prepared on a rolling basis.
Method of submission:
– by post by registered post to the Local Government’s address (1073 Budapest, Erzsébet krt. 6.), in one copy on paper and one copy on an electronic storage medium in PDF format. Please write on the envelope: “2026. évi füstérzékelő berendezés pályázat” (2026 smoke detector application), or
– electronically, i.e. via Ügyfélkapu/Cégkapu (Hivatali kapu address: short name: BPVIIPH, KRID code:500127390).
– in person: on paper, in one copy, in a sealed envelope at the customer service offices of the Mayor’s Office (in the Mayor’s Office buildings at 1073 Budapest, Erzsébet krt. 6. or Garay u. 5., District VII) on Tuesdays 8:00–12:00, Wednesdays 8:00–12:00 and 13:00–18:00, and Thursdays 13:00–16:00.
Please write on the sealed envelope: 2026. évi füstérzékelő berendezés pályázat (2026 smoke detector application). Please also include your name and address on the envelope.
For postal submission, the date of the postmark on the envelope counts as the submission date. For electronic submission via Ügyfélkapu or Cégkapu (Hivatali kapu address: short name: BPVIIPH, KRID code:500127390), the time of sending counts as the submission date. For submission in person, the date on the customer service receipt counts as the submission date.
Decisions are prepared by the Urban Operations Department of the Mayor’s Office.
Applications are assessed by the Urban Operations Committee of the Local Government’s Council.
No application fee is payable.
Applications received are checked for compliance, form and content on a rolling basis by the Office’s Urban Operations Department. If necessary, it asks the applicant to supply missing items as follows:
– The Office’s Urban Operations Department asks the applicant in writing to supply missing items, setting a deadline of up to 10 working days from receipt of the request (by registered letter with acknowledgment of receipt, via the local councillor or, if relevant, via Hivatali kapu).
– Missing items in the application may be supplied once , for both the application form and the documents to be attached.
Supplying missing items:
– in person or by post:
on paper, in one copy, in a sealed envelope in person at the customer service offices of the Mayor’s Office (Erzsébet krt. 6. or Garay utca 5., District VII) during office hours. The customer service offices are open during the Office’s customer service hours: Tuesdays 8:00–12:00, Wednesdays 8:00–12:00 and 13:00–18:00, Thursdays 13:00–16:00. Please write on the envelope: “2026. évi füstérzékelő berendezés pályázat hiánypótlás” (2026 smoke detector application – missing items). Please also include your name and address.
For submission in person, the date on the customer service receipt counts as the submission date.
– by post by registered post to the Local Government’s address (1073 Budapest, Erzsébet krt. 6.). Please write on the envelope: “2026. füstérzékelő berendezés pályázat hiánypótlás” (2026 smoke detector application – missing items). For postal submission, the time of the postmark on the envelope counts as the submission date.
– electronically:
the https://epapir.gov.hu (official address short name: BPVIIPH, KRID code:500127390)
Please attach the documents required for the application to the message – preferably in PDF format – authenticated with the AVDH (identity-linked document authentication) service.
For electronic submission via Ügyfélkapu or Cégkapu, the time of sending counts as the submission date.
If a request to supply missing items is not collected, the presumption of delivery applies under the general rules of delivery.
How the call is managed:
Applications are prepared and assessed on a rolling basis in the order received.
– Decisions are prepared by the Office’s Urban Operations Department.
– Applications are assessed by the Urban Operations Committee of the Council of the Erzsébetváros Local Government, District VII, Budapest.
Notification of the decision
– The Office notifies applicants of the result in writing (by registered letter with acknowledgment of receipt, electronically via Hivatali kapu, or by delivery via the local councillor).
– Decisions on the call are also published on the www.erzsebetvaros.hu website.
Handover of the devices
– As stated in the notification of success, applicants can collect the number of devices set in the decision, after proving their identity and against a receipt, from their local councillor or from a member of staff of the Urban Operations Department in the Office building at Erzsébet krt. 6., District VII.
– If the applicant does not collect the device in person, the person collecting it must present the applicant’s authorization signed by two witnesses.
– If, for reasons attributable to the applicant, the device is not collected within 30 days of receiving the notification of success, the applicant loses the right to collect it. If the notification is not collected, the presumption of delivery applies under the general rules of delivery.
The application is considered closed once the device(s) have been handed over.
Assessment criteria:
The order in which applications are received.
The application is rejected if
– it was not submitted within the deadline,
– the applicant does not belong to the group of eligible applicants defined in the call,
– it was not submitted in the prescribed manner, e.g. by email,
– for family doctors’ surgeries operating as businesses, it is not proven that the applicant qualifies as a transparent organization under Section 1, point 4 and Section 50 (1) c) of Act CXCV of 2011 on public finances.
– if a business operates in the apartment,
– if the apartment is registered as a company’s registered office and it is not proven that the company qualifies as a transparent organization under Section 1, point 4 and Section 50 (1) c) of Act CXCV of 2011 on public finances.
Legal remedy
The applicant may appeal against the decision within 10 working days of receiving it.
How to submit an appeal:
– by post by registered post to the Local Government’s address (1073 Budapest, Erzsébet krt. 6.) in one copy. Please write on the envelope: “2026. évi füstérzékelő berendezés pályázat jogorvoslati kérelem” (2026 smoke detector application – appeal).
· For postal submission, the time of the postmark on the envelope counts as the submission date. Or
– electronically:
· the https://epapir.gov.hu (official address short name: BPVIIPH, KRID code:500127390)
· Please attach the documents required for the application to the message – preferably in PDF format – authenticated with the AVDH (identity-linked document authentication) service.
· For electronic submission via Ügyfélkapu or Cégkapu, the time of sending counts as the submission date. Or
– in person:
· At the customer service offices of the Mayor’s Office (Erzsébet krt. 6. or Garay utca 5., District VII) during office hours. The customer service offices are open during the Office’s customer service hours: Tuesdays 8:00–12:00, Wednesdays 8:00–12:00 and 13:00–18:00, Thursdays 13:00–16:00. Please write on the envelope: “2026. évi füstérzékelő berendezés pályázat (2026 smoke detector application)”.
For submission in person, the date on the customer service receipt counts as the submission date.
The decision on the appeal is prepared by the Office’s Urban Operations Department.
The Urban Operations Committee decides on the appeal.
Transparency
By submitting an application, participants also consent to the data recorded during the procedure being processed in connection with the application, the procedure and the support decision by the Erzsébetváros Local Government, District VII, Budapest as grantor and by the bodies preparing and making the support decision, in compliance with Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council (GDPR) and Act CXII of 2011 on the right to informational self-determination and freedom of information (hereinafter: Info Act).
The applicant is responsible for ensuring that the data of natural persons in the materials it submits during the procedure have been processed lawfully and that the data subjects have received the necessary information.
The applicant acknowledges that, under Annex 1 of the Info Act, applicants’ data and the results of the call are published on the Local Government’s official website (www.erzsebetvaros.hu) are made public.
The winning applicant acknowledges the provision of the Info Act under which any natural person, legal person or organization without legal personality that enters into a financial or business relationship with a person belonging to a subsystem of public finances must, on request, provide anyone with information on public interest data related to that relationship.
For matters not regulated in this call, the relevant provisions of Act V of 2013 on the Civil Code, Local Government Decree 29/2013 (V.31.) on support for local residential communities and local government institutions for installing safety devices, and other related legislation apply.
Further information on the call is available during office hours from Noémi Rutkai of the Office’s Urban Operations Department at +36-1-462-3222, or you can send your questions to the varosuzemeltetes@erzsebetvaros.hu email address.
Budapest, 2026
Kertész Tamás
Committee Chair