Tag "Európai Bizottság"

The European Commission urges the creation of a council to support innovative initiatives

The European Commission intends to speed up the establishment of the European Innovation Council (EIC), helping to bridge the innovation gap in Europe. Under the program, four Hungarian small and...

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Dark pages in the forecasts

Economic forecasts by the major research institutes predict that the trade war between the USA and China will continue in 2019. At the same time the European Commission (EC) expects...

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European Commission: Hungary has reached the peak of growth

Hungary is approaching the peak of a cyclical growth period, according to an analysis published in the European Winter Package of the European Semester, in which the European Commission considers...

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The European economy will grow this year

The European economy is expected to grow for the seventh consecutive year in 2019, but appropriate and decisive political action is needed to promote investment and to help implement responsible...

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European Commission: consumers are often not given clear information when shopping online

Consumers are often not given clear information about prices and discounts during online purchases, and irregularities were found in case of 60 percent of the webshops examined – the European...

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The European Commission raises the maximum amount of national support for farmers to 25,000 euros

The European Commission is raising the current ceiling for national support to farmers from 15,000 to 25,000 euros. According to a Brussels panel’s announcement published on Friday, the new EU...

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EU forecast: moderate growth is expected in the European economy

According to the European Commission’s (EC) Winter Economic Forecast, the European economy will continue to grow in 2019, as expected in the last seven years, and performance is expected to...

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The European Commission has improved its growth forecast for Hungary

The European Commission has improved its forecast for the growth of Hungarian gross domestic product (GDP), expecting 3.4 percent growth for this year, compared to the 3.2 percent previous expectations....

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Wrangling about the profit

At the end of January the European Commission (EC) decided to go to court about the Hungarian rules for the retail sales of agricultural and food products – the EC’s...

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AM: Hungary is opposed to make wine of inferior quality grape varieties

The European Commission would authorize wine production from decades forbidden vines, but Hungary opposes the proposal; a further 12 EU member states supported the Hungarian initiative to maintain the ban...

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European Commission: 99 percent of intervention stocks of skimmed milk powder are sold out

In the latest tender-based sales, 18,514 tonnes of skimmed-milk powder was sold by the European Commission through public intervention which is 99 percent of the stocks – Phil Hogan, Commissioner...

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The European Commission has published a report on the prospects for EU plant protein production development

The European Commission has published a report the on prospects for the development of EU plant protein production, which describes a number of existing policy instruments and new proposals that...

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Europe imports more eggs

Data from the Agricultural Economics Research Institute (AKI) and KSH’s market price information system (PÁIR) informs that in addition to the current 18, five more Hungarian meat companies have been...

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The European Commission has improved its GDP growth forecast for this year and for the next year

The European Commission has improved the Hungarian economy’s growth forecast for this year and for the next year – in its autumn prognosis published by the European Commission. The analysts...

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Internet discrimination ends in December

According to the European Commission’s survey, 63 percent of the webshops in the EU do not allow online purchases from other Member States, which seriously hampers the completion of the...

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AM: Hungary initiated the support opportunity for kiwi and fruit growing

Hungary initiated the extension of production support for the production of kiwi and figs at the European Commission (EB) – the Minister of State of the Ministry of Agriculture (AM)...

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EC: there is a danger that Hungary will not achieve the 50 percent waste recycling by 2020

In the 14 EU Member States, including Hungary, there is a risk that the 50 percent waste recycling rate will not be achieved by 2020 for household waste – the...

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The European Commission has registered a Citizens’ Initiative to Ensure a Quality of Food

The European Commission has decided to register a European Citizens’ Initiative urging the prevention of fraud in food products, the EU Commission said. According to the information, the Eat original!...

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Weak consumer sentiment in the euro area

Consumer confidence in the euro area declined in August, reaching the lowest level of more than a year earlier, according to preliminary figures released by DG ECFIN (Directorate General for...

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European Commission: record in the number of employees

Favorable trends can be observed in the labor markets. The number of employees reached new record levels and social status improves as well according to the European Commission’s 2018 report...

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The European Commission expects a 4 percent growth in Hungary for 2018 and 3.2 percent for 2019

The European Commission improved its prognosis for the growth in Hungarian gross domestic product (GDP), which is expected to grow by 4 percent in 2018 and by 3.2 percent in...

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The European Commission proposes a new program to protect consumers and to strengthen SMEs

The European Commission proposes a new 4 billion euros targeted program for consumer protection and for the strengthening of the position of the European Union. The European Commission proposes a...

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The European Commission has proposed to protect pollinator insects

The European Commission has put forward a proposal to halt and reduce the decline in the occurrence and diversity of wild pollinator insects. According to the EU Commission’s report on...

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The EC would reduce the agricultural subsidies granted to Hungary by 5 percent between 2021-2027

For the EU, the European Commission (EC) foresees agricultural subsidies of 5,775 billion euros (3700 billion forints) in the proposal for the EU budget for the period 2021-2027, which was...

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The chamber’s opinion has reached the European Commission

The European Union has been dealing with the problem of Unfair Trade Practices (UTP) in the supply chain for years. Last year the European Commission (EC) started a consultation, and based...

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The European Commission has proposed amending the VAT rules and alcohol tax

The European Commission has proposed a modification of the rules on value added tax (VAT) and the reform of EU rules on excise duties on alcohol – the EU commission...

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The price of pálinkas may increase by 10 to 20 percent because of the NETA

If the public health product tax (NETA) should also be extended to these products it would increase the consumer prices of pálinka and herbal sparkling liquors by ten to twenty...

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The European Commission called on Hungary to discontinue the discriminatory taxation of spirit drinks

The European Commission sent a reasoned opinion to Hungary because, in its view, tax rules on certain distillates favor local products, in which Hungary violates the relevant EU directive. According...

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European Commission: the growth of the Hungarian economy will remain strong in 2018

The growth of the Hungarian economy will remain strong in 2018, but it is expected to slow down in 2019, as the construction industry’s opportunities will be more limited and...

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