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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
The Hungarian Competition Authority takes action in the interest for domestic consumers and artists
The Hungarian Competition Authority (GVH) fined the domestic collective management organisations (CMOs) for more than 210 million HUF for not complying with their commitments on private copying lev...
2023. May. 05.
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The GVH consulted with players on the domestic dairy market on their proposals to reduce inflation
26 April 2023, Budapest – The Hungarian Competition Authority has consulted with five national professional organisations representing the sector and the Ministry of Agriculture on their draft prop...
2023. Apr. 26.
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The GVH’s report on the dairy market: the following factors are contributing to strong inflation
GVH contributes to reducing inflation by providing competition advocacy proposals and expert consultations.
20 April 2023, Budapest – The Hungarian Competition Authority (GVH) has published for pu...
2023. Apr. 20.
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Competition authorities of the region strengthen their cooperation
18 April 2023, Budapest – The Hungarian Competition Authority and nine further competition authorities from the region signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in Warsaw to strengthen their partn...
2023. Apr. 18.
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Judit Varga, Minister of Justice, and Csaba Balázs Rigó, President of the GVH, discussed coordina...
The common objective is to break down inflation
Budapest, 14 April 2023 -, Judit Varga, Minister of Justice and Csaba Balázs Rigó, President of the Hungarian Competition Authority (GVH), agreed at ...
2023. Apr. 14.
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Parliament adopts the 2022 Annual Report of the Hungarian Competition Authority
4 April 2023, Budapest – Parliament's Committee on Economic Affairs adopted the report of the Hungarian Competition Authority on its activities in 2022 and its experience in applying the Hungarian ...
2023. Apr. 04.
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JOINT COMMUNICATION OF THE HUNGARIAN COMPETITION AUTHORITY AND THE MINISTRY OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
The Ministry supports the proposal of the Hungarian Competition Authority to create an online price monitoring database
A common goal is to fight inflation
23 March 2023, Budapest - Based on the ex...
2023. Mar. 23.
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GVH uncovers public procurement cartel among Danube shipping undertakings
16 March 2023, Budapest – The Hungarian Competition Authority (GVH) revealed that four undertakings organised a cartel to win the operation of BKV's scheduled boat services. All participants admitt...
2023. Mar. 16.
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The Presidents of the Hungarian and the Montenegrin competition authorities negotiated in Budapest
6 March 2023, Budapest – The Hungarian Competition Authority (GVH) hosted the delegation of the Montenegrin competition authority in Budapest. Csaba Balázs Rigó, President of the GVH and Dragan Dam...
2023. Mar. 06.
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US WhatsApp improves its consumer information practices under European pressure
6 March 2023, Budapest –The Consumer Protection Cooperation Network (CPC), which brings together the consumer authorities of the European Union, including the Hungarian Competition Authority (GVH),...
2023. Mar. 06.
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GVH procedure against tobacco wholesale company not justified
The competition authority contacted the consumer protection authority, which found no infringement
2 March 2023, Budapest – The Hungarian Competition Authority (GVH) has terminated its procedure ag...
2023. Mar. 02.
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One of the largest domestic soft drink’s producers may have restricted competition
28 February 2023, Budapest – The Hungarian Competition Authority (GVH) has opened an investigation against Maspex Olympos, because the company has probably set a minimum price for its partners to s...
2023. Feb. 28.
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