30 years for fair competition at the service of consumers
Actualities
Call for proposals for the provision of interpretation and translation services of the OECD-GVH R...
The Hungarian Competition Authority calls for proposals for the provision of interpretation and translation services for a competition law seminar set to take place between 18-19 May 2021 organized...
2021. Apr. 19.
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The GVH warns about scam websites
16 April 2021, Budapest – The Hungarian Competition Authority (GVH) has recently been receiving more and more consumer signals about objectionable websites advertising various healthcare products. ...
2021. Apr. 16.
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The GVH cooperates with the Corvinus University for the advancement of economics in Hungary
14 April 2021, Budapest – The Hungarian Competition Authority (GVH) and the Corvinus University of Budapest (BCE) entered into a cooperation agreement for the advancement and support of economic ex...
2021. Apr. 14.
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Fourth Hungarian Competition Law Forum – the start of a new era for the GVH
13 April 2021, Budapest – The topics of this year’s Hungarian Competition Law Forum were the competition law issues of today and the sweeping changes that occurred in the operation of the Hungarian...
2021. Apr. 13.
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The GVH recalculated the cartel fine imposed on newspaper publishers due to a court order
31 March 2021, Budapest – The Hungarian Competition Authority (GVH) – in accordance with court decisions adopted in appeal proceedings – has reduced the competition supervision fine imposed on regi...
2021. Mar. 31.
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The GVH has eliminated a cartel on the electricity market
30 March 2021, Budapest – The Hungarian Competition Authority (GVH) imposed a fine of approximately HUF 130 million in total on the 13 undertakings which shared tenders among each other in...
2021. Mar. 30.
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The GVH is initiating a proceeding in regard to the advertising of a product range that promises ...
26 March 2021, Budapest – The Hungarian Competition Authority (GVH) launched an investigation into the practices of the suppliers distributing the Virostop oral and nasal sprays, due to them allege...
2021. Mar. 26.
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‘Careful shopping is even more important during the pandemic’ warns the GVH
25 March 2021, Budapest – The Hungarian Competition Authority (GVH) continues to recommend consumers to exercise increased caution since the Authority has received several informal complaints in th...
2021. Mar. 25.
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The OECD-GVH Regional Education Center hosted a virtual seminar for participants from 22 countries
The OECD-GVH Regional Centre for Competition (“RCC”) has successfully hosted the first virtual seminar of 2021 on “Tackling Bid Rigging in Public Procurement” between 2-4 of March 2021. During this...
2021. Mar. 22.
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Press releases
The President of the GVH is calling for a transparent rating system in the food delivery sector
27 October 2021, Budapest – The Hungarian Competition Authority (GVH) has conducted a comprehensive sweep in order to assess the options provided by Hungarian online takeaway and food delivery plat...
2021. Oct. 27.
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The GVH is investigating the timber market as well
25 October 2021, Budapest – The Hungarian Competition Authority (GVH) has launched an accelerated sector inquiry on the market of wooden construction materials as well in order to appropriately unc...
2021. Oct. 25.
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The GVH has uncovered a cartel that affected the entire Hungarian artificial fertiliser market, r...
22 October 2021, Budapest – An investigation of the Hungarian Competition Authority (GVH) has established that Nitrogénművek Vegyipari Zrt. and its group of undertakings infringed the law by restri...
2021. Oct. 25.
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World competition conference hosted by Hungary attracted significant interest
Budapest, 19 October 2021 – Hosted by the Hungarian Competition Authority the online Annual Conference of the International Competition Network (ICN), which brings together the competition authorit...
2021. Oct. 19.
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Successful ICN2021 Annual Conference, which was hosted by the Hungarian Competition Authority
15 October 2021, Budapest – Today the annual conference of the International Competition Network (ICN), which brings together competition authorities from around the world, has ended. The online co...
2021. Oct. 15.
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The GVH imposed a fine on a public procurement cartel yet again
12 October 2021, Budapest – The Hungarian Competition Authority (GVH) imposed a fine of approximately HUF 135 million on three undertakings, which are active in the retail trade of agricultural mac...
2021. Oct. 12.
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Hungary is at the centre of the attention of the competition law community
13 October 2021, Budapest – Today starts the annual conference of the International Competition Network (ICN), which brings together competition authorities from around the world. The conference is...
2021. Oct. 13.
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A reduction in competition law-related bureaucracy will support the Hungarian economy
4 October 2021, Budapest – The Hungarian Competition Authority (GVH) issues an official certificate within 4 days on average in the case of mergers, which are easy to assess and which do not raise ...
2021. Oct. 04.
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The host, the Hungarian Competition Authority, prepared for the world conference of competition a...
30 September 2021, Budapest – The Hungarian Competition Authority (GVH) has surveyed the interactions of sustainability and competition law globally for the first time as the host of the conference...
2021. Sep. 30.
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Significant competition authority fine for an undertaking taking unfair advantage of the pandemic
28 September 2021, Budapest – The competition authority proceeding found that the television programmes of Ékszer TV selling protective equipment against the pandemic (masks, hand sanitiser, vitami...
2021. Sep. 28.
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The sector inquiry on the brick market of the Hungarian Competition Authority has been concluded
23 September 2021, Budapest – The Hungarian Competition Authority (GVH) launched an accelerated sector inquiry at the end of July in order to reveal the processes of the domestic market of ceramic ...
2021. Sep. 23.
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The new EU Directive brought more effective competition supervision, praise to Hungary
14 September 2021, Budapest – The ECN+ Directive, which aimed to empower the competition authorities of the Member States, had positive impacts on competition enforcement in Hungary as well.
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2021. Sep. 14.
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