Brussels, 17/07/2012 (Agence Europe) - Experts from the European Commission, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the European Central Bank (ECB) have arrived in the Hungarian capital, Budapest, to examine conditions for an international loan requested by the country at the end of last year, revealed Simon O'Connor, a spokesman for Economic and Monetary Affairs Commissioner Olli Rehn, on Tuesday 17 July 2012. The fact-finding mission was able to get under way, explained O'Connor, because of resolution of the controversy about the Hungarian Central Bank, in which the European Commission opened the first stage of infringement proceedings against Viktor Orban's government over the central bank law that international lenders said would jeopardise the independence of the central bank. Upon request from Brussels and after an exchange of letters, the government amended the law to meet the lenders' concerns and a new version of the law was passed by the Hungarian parliament on 6 July, paving the way for talks between Budapest and its partners on a €15 billion loan. (SP/transl.fl)