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Actualities
The OECD winter "competition week" has begun
The winter session of the OECD Competition Division has begun with the participation of the Hungarian Competition Authority (GVH). The GVH and the OECD have been cooperating very actively for almos...
2022. Nov. 29.
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Successful year for the OECD-GVH Competition Law Training Centre
Over the past years, the Hungarian Competition Authority has succeeded in becoming a regional key player in the exchange of experience in competition law, said the Chair of the OECD National Counci...
2022. Nov. 16.
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Key role of competition authorities in times of crisis: team training held by the GVH and the OEC...
The Hungarian Competition Authority and the OECD Regional Centre for Competition are holding a two-day training course to prepare Hungarian competition professionals to deal with the crisis-hit and...
2022. Nov. 08.
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Csaba Balázs Rigó: Getting green issues right
We have to protect the Hungarian people and increase their consumer awareness regarding the so-called ‘greenwashing’ phenomenon. As to merchants, we still have to offer guidance and information abo...
2022. Nov. 08.
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Csaba Balázs Rigó: the GVH protects children as a priority
The President of the Hungarian Competition Authority presented the practice of the competition authority's protection of children at a professional conference of the Pest County Government Office i...
2022. Oct. 19.
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GVH’s experts protect the interests of Hungarian consumers
The Hungarian Competition Authority and the OECD Regional Centre for Competition in Budapest are holding a two-day training course to prepare Hungarian competition professionals to deal with the un...
2022. Oct. 21.
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V4 Competiton Law and Fundamental Rights Challenge
The Hungarian Competition Authority in cooperation with the Office of the Commissioner for Fundamental Rights of Hungary launches competition open to law students and PhD students of the countries ...
2022. Sep. 30.
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Competition Lab for Judges: A Seminar on European Competition Law for National Judges
Stepping up with the economics of competition law: from core principles to advanced competition law enforcement
The Hungarian Competition Authority (GVH) in the framework of the OECD-GVH Regional C...
2022. Jul. 25.
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Call for proposals for the provision of English-Russian and Russian-English interpretation and tr...
The Hungarian Competition Authority (1054 Budapest, Alkotmány utca 5., hereinafter: “GVH” or “the contracting authority”) calls for proposals for the following services:
The subject and quantity of...
2022. May. 10.
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Press releases
GVH opens investigation into Wizz Air's ticketing practices
7 February 2023, Budapest – The Hungarian Competition Authority has opened an investigation into Wizz Air for allegedly misleading consumers into buying tickets for its premium (extra charge) servi...
2023. Feb. 07.
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Action by the GVH! Competition Authority investigates food retail chains
Aiming to protect Hungarian consumers
18 January 2023, Budapest – The Hungarian Competition Authority (GVH) is investigating the food retail market sector in an official procedure and assessing mar...
2023. Jan. 18.
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The GVH protects the customers with utmost rigour from Elf-Bar
12 January 2023, Budapest - The Hungarian Competition Authority (GVH) imposed the maximum level of fine, almost HUF 70 million on a Slovakian webstore, for illegally advertising e-cigarettes to Hun...
2023. Jan. 12.
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Changes in Competition Law: expanding GVH toolbox and less administrative burden for undertakings
1 January 2023, Budapest – Several changes to the Hungarian Competition Act as of 1 January. The Hungarian Competition Authority (GVH) has been given new tools to help undertakings in voluntary com...
2023. Jan. 01.
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The GVH’s work paid off - Two billion forints for consumers and an additional 3.7 billion forints...
Balázs Csaba Rigó: ‘The Hungarian people can count on us in 2023 as well.’
The Hungarian Competition Authority (GVH) collected a total of HUF 2 billion in consumer redress, and imposed fines of app...
2022. Dec. 29.
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Advertising of dietary supplements on gymbeam.hu could be unlawful
22 December 2022, Budapest – The Hungarian Competition Authority (GVH) has launched proceedings against the Slovak undertaking operating the fitness store gymbeam.hu and its Hungarian subsidiary. T...
2022. Dec. 22.
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Communication of anti-viral bed linen was not unlawful
21 December 2022, Budapest – The Hungarian Competition Authority (GVH) has terminated its proceedings regarding bed linen advertised with anti-virus technology as the manufacturer was able to prove...
2022. Dec. 21.
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Euronics cooperates to mitigate consequences of misleading promotions
Shopping rush: why correct price labelling is important
19 December 2022, Budapest – The Hungarian Competition Authority (GVH) has found that the Euronics retail chain advertised certain products o...
2022. Dec. 19.
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Inappropriate choice of drinks at Burger King and KFC restaurants, says the GVH
14 December 2022, Budapest – Burger King and KFC violated the Act CLXIV of 2005 on Trade by not offering consumers alternative choices in certain beverage categories, an investigation by the Hungar...
2022. Dec. 14.
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Distributors of “lung vitamins” deceived consumers during the COVID-19 pandemic
The Hungarian Competition Authority has imposed a fine of more than HUF 60 million
2 December 2022, Budapest – The Hungarian Competition Authority has imposed a fine of over HUF 60 million on the ...
2022. Dec. 02.
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Productive GVH engagement at the OECD Competition Week
2 December 2022, Budapest – The meeting of the OECD's Competition Committee in Paris has come to a close, with the Hungarian Competition Authority as a highly active and contributing member country...
2022. Dec. 02.
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Public Procurement and Competition Law: the launch of the GVH's new reference book series
1 December 2022, Budapest – A radical „whitening” of public procurement procedures and the fight against corruption is underway, the Hungarian Competition Authority said at a conference in Budapest...
2022. Dec. 01.
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