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The maximum fine that can be imposed by the GVH has been seriously increased
Date: 2024-09-16 12:03:16
The maximum fine that can be imposed by the GVH has been seriously increased – it was announced at the joint conference of the Hegymegi-Barakonyi and Fehérváry Baker & McKenzie...
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The amount of fines that can be imposed by the GVH has increased
Date: 2024-09-12 11:58:51
From August 1, 2024, the Economic Competition Office (GVH) may impose even higher fines on businesses that violate the law. On September 1, 2023, the maximum amount of the fine...
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Nébih imposed a fine of more than HUF 3 million on beach buffets and street food vendors
Date: 2024-07-25 12:02:07
During the summer seasonal inspection of beach buffets and places selling street food, the National Food Chain Safety Office (Nébih) imposed HUF 3.3 million fines in 48 procedures, and 205...
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Fake producers were screened out by Nébih during the summer seasonal inspection
Date: 2024-07-16 10:30:39
The employees of the National Food Chain Safety Office (Nébih) also conducted administrative, market and place of production inspections during the target inspection of primary producers in the summer. During the...
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The GVH fined Booking almost HUF 400 million with a record fine
Date: 2024-07-15 11:59:58
Booking did not fully fulfill its obligations requiring the termination of previous infringements, it continued to use its illegal communication practices and psychological influence on consumers. The national competition authority...
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The GVH imposed a fine of more than HUF 2 billion in 2023
Date: 2024-06-12 12:45:51
As every year, the Economic Competition Authority published its report on the previous year’s activities. In the report prepared for the Parliament, the GVH provides a detailed account of the...
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The State Fisheries Service prevented the introduction of dangerous invasive fish species
Date: 2024-05-08 09:00:40
The State Fisheries Service of the National Food Chain Safety Office (Nébih ÁHSZ) has prohibited the establishment of invasive silverfish in two cases this year so far this year, and...
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The authority extracted enough pesticides for 100 hectares
Date: 2024-04-03 10:30:53
In March, the inspectors of the National Food Chain Safety Office (Nébih) “obtained” 3.5 kg of a plant protection agent with Cyrillic letters and without a valid marketing and use...
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NAV cannot pass through the territory of agrarian Hungary without inspection this year either
Date: 2024-01-19 09:00:17
This year, too, agricultural goods cannot pass through Hungary without inspection, and vehicles transporting grain on road, water and rail traffic are being closely monitored – the National Tax and...
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The Competition Authority imposed a fine of more than HUF 2.2 billion this year
Date: 2023-12-30 09:57:31
The amount of fines imposed by the Economic Competition Authority (GVH) this year exceeds HUF 2.2 billion, the authority told MTI on Saturday. According to the announcement, among other things,...
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Novelties and maximum fines in the practice of the GVH
Date: 2023-12-14 11:34:59
As of September 1, 2023, the maximum amount of the fine that can be imposed by the GVH has increased – it was said, among other things, at the business...
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Extreme Digital-eMAG Kft. received a serious fine
Date: 2023-12-04 11:51:07
The customer information activities of Extreme Digital-eMAG Kft. were unlawful on many points, in addition, some of its records were incomplete and it did not verify the analysis of a...
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Food businesses are also affected by the new cyber security law
Date: 2023-08-08 11:00:43
Some food businesses are also subject to the cyber security rules that come into force on 01.01.2024. Nébih hereby draws the attention of those concerned to inform themselves in time about...
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The balance of the spring 2023 seasonal food chain inspection has been completed
Date: 2023-04-26 10:00:16
The spring 2023 seasonal food chain inspection ended with mixed results: compared to last year, the number of hygiene deficiencies decreased, but at the same time, in order to protect...
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In order not to pay fine to NÉBIH
Date: 2022-01-28 11:07:55
All businesses operating within the scope of the NÉBIH in the field of Hungary must pay the second instalment of the supervisory fee by 31 January 2022 if they do...
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EMAG’s agreement with GVH
Date: 2021-05-12 11:29:17
eMAG Hungary has entered into a forward-looking agreement with the Competition Authority for the domestic e-commerce market: the company will pay the fine imposed in connection with Black Friday 2018,...
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Nébih’s last year in 40 pages
Date: 2021-03-16 16:33:45
On 15 March the National Food Chain Safety Office (Nébih) celebrated its 9th birthday. A 40-page book was published for the anniversary, which collects the most important events of 2020 in...
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Google and Amazon paid a huge price for cookies
Date: 2021-02-17 11:03:45
Last December, the French Data Protection Authority (CNIL) fined Google and Amazon a record amount of 135 million euros, or about 48 billion forints, for placing cookies without proper information...
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Customized Feelings of Deficiency – Consumer Protection Challenges in Online Marketplaces
Date: 2020-07-27 11:13:25
The pencil of the Office of Economic Competition will be thick when it comes to online marketplaces. Recently, the GVH has imposed several heavy fines, amounting to billions, for conduct...
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Fine instead of profit for online shops caught with irregular operations
Date: 2020-03-15 17:08:42
EY has organised a programme where experts spoke about the regulations Hungarian online shops must comply with. Companies are risking a lot with irregular operations, as the Hungarian Competition Authority...
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GDPR: more fines, but there are still few well-prepared organizations
Date: 2020-02-04 11:06:38
The total amount of GDPR fines imposed on companies operating in Hungary exceeded 140 million forints. Most companies violate the principle of personal data processing, which has been penalized 58...
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Tips and how things work in real life
Date: 2019-11-18 21:00:50
A recent court decision ruled that if tip money is placed in the till, it must be handled separately and the actual sum in the till can only differ from...
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Nébih imposed a fine of over 25 million forints during the summer seasonal food chain control
Date: 2018-09-06 11:30:32
During the summer seasonal food chain check, between 1 July and 20 August, the National Food Chain Security Office (Nébih) imposed more than 25 million forints in 303 cases –...
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This year, Nébih imposed more than 8 million HUF fish protection fines
Date: 2017-12-01 11:03:37
This year, as compared to last year, the amount of fishery fines imposed by the State Fishery Service (ÁHSZ) on illegal fishing increased by 8 percent. The number of fines...
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Increasing attention and increasingly tight controls in e-commerce
Date: 2017-08-16 11:23:02
Fraudulent webshops can receive up to 2 billion HUF fines. Which are the main mistakes, what the companies should pay attention to? According to the Consumer Conditions Scoreboard 2017 issued...
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Advertising tax reloaded – tax refund or billion HUF fines
Date: 2017-07-26 11:30:04
In May 2017, the rules of advertising tax changed again, which makes it possible to make a tax refund, but due to the amendments that are in force since January...
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The indication of the availability of consumer protection authority is not mandatory in the stores
Date: 2017-02-06 11:42:35
The indication of the availability of consumer protection authority is still not mandatory in the stores, due to the lack of this, the authority shall not fine the traders, as...
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So far, 6.4 million HUF fines were imposed during the winter seasonal inspections
Date: 2016-12-19 11:22:11
So far, 6.4 million HUF fines were imposed during the winter seasonal inspections in 62 cases, and more than 15 tons of food products were withdrawn from circulation – Zsigó...
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NAV’s summer inspections
Date: 2016-10-21 10:58:30
In the summer the National Tax and Customs Administration (NAV) imposed fines as a result of 7,600 check-ups, one third of which revealed some kind of irregularity. NAV’s nationwide summer...
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FM: one and a half million hectares of ragweed infected area was detected
Date: 2016-08-24 11:00:26
According to Monday's data one and a half million hectares of ragweed infected area was detected so far, and the authority had to take action on 1,500 hectares. The amount...
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