County chief prosecution office shall have the competence and jurisdiction to execute an EIO aiming at control of regular mail. If the competent chief prosecution office could not be identified, the Metropolitan Chief Prosecution Office of Budapest is competent for the execution of the EIO. In compliance with the rules of the HU CCP, the chief prosecution office concerned shall file a motion to obtain judicial permission to the execution of the required assistance.
Control of regular mail, like any other covert means subject to judicial permission, is admissible in the extent that are available to the national authorities in their domestic cases. See measure A.50 for the offences, for which the measure may be performed. Judicial permission may be granted for a period of up to ninety days; this period may be extended repeatedly by up to ninety days each time.
The prosecution service, before the indictment, or a court, after the indictment, may order the seizure of a postal item or other sealed consignment yet to be delivered to the addressee.