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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
Test run of the online price monitoring database
The joint working group cooperates with retail chains
6 June 2023, Budapest – The online price monitoring database will be launched on 1 July. On Tuesday, a working group set up by the Hungarian Co...
2023. Jun. 06.
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One of the best-known ticketing sites may use hidden costs to influence consumers
18 May 2023, Budapest - The Hungarian Competition Authority (GVH) has launched an investigation into the Hungarian operator of Eventim, one of the most popular ticketing portals, for allegedly fail...
2023. May. 18.
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The card terminal undertaking pays HUF 8,000 in reparations to all its defrauded customers
11 May 2023, Budapest - Fizetési Pont Kft., an undertaking operating bank card terminal, has misled its business customers, an investigation by the Hungarian Competition Authority (GVH) has reveale...
2023. May. 11.
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Consumers were misled about the effects of Norbi Update products - the company admitted the infri...
6 May 2023, Budapest - An investigation by the Hungarian Competition Authority found that the distributor of Norbi Update products misled consumers in several ways, among others about the effects o...
2023. May. 06.
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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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Fictitious promotions, final sale lasting almost 2 years - carpet retailers fined by GVH
4 May 2023, Budapest - The Hungarian Competition Authority (GVH) has imposed a HUF 25 million fine on an undertaking for advertising its Oriental carpets in a way that misled consumers in a number ...
2023. May. 04.
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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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Here's a useful tip from the GVH: there is no such thing as "extra safe" sports betting
25 April 2023, Budapest - The Hungarian Competition Authority has concluded that the sports betting advisory site Sport & Tip misleadingly advertised its services as a safe money-making option ...
2023. Apr. 25.
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New topics on the agenda of the Family Friendly Working Group
21 April 2023, Budapest – The Family Friendly Working Group set up by the Hungarian Competition Authority (GVH) last year continues to work for Hungarian families. At the Friday's meeting of the in...
2023. Apr. 21.
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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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