Competition Council - 2008

2009. Oct. 18.

Competition Council - 2008

(a)
In one of the cases, which concerned two different case-types at the same time, only one decision was made. In the case Vj-142/2007 the GVH initiated a proceeding for an alleged restrictive agreement and failure to make a notification; and consequently these cases are both included in the table covering agreements and concentrations. As a result the number of decisions made pursuant to the Competition Act is 115, and not the simple amount of case types, which would give 116.
(b)
Depending on the type of the case, GVH (Hungarian Competition Authority) interventions might result in different types of decisions:
- establishment of the infringement: applied in all types of cases (The category of -failure to make a notification- is not included. Although this is also considered an infringement, it is not a GVH intervention in this context. This fact influences the overall number of infringements and the amount of fines imposed);
- termination of proceedings after commitment decisions: applied in all case types (except for the concentrations);
- refusal of authorisation or imposition of conditions: applied in the case of concentrations;
- voluntary acceptance of the obligations of the GVH: applied in the case of concentrations and restrictive agreements
(c)
The resolution made and the fine imposed on Magyar Hipermarket Kereskedelmi Kft. (Cora) in the case Vj-64/2007 for failure to comply with the commitments is neither included in the table for decisions terminating the cases nor in the column concerning the amount of the fines imposed.