Tag "Gazdasági Versenyhivatal"
GM: since the launch of the online price monitor, the average price of the monitored food products has decreased by an average of 6.5 percent
The price monitoring system created as a result of the professional cooperation of the Ministry of Economic Development and the Economic Competition Authority has been supporting the fight against inflation...
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This is how you can use the map store filter function of Price Monitor – GVH also helps with video
Customers can set their favorite stores in advance on the Price Watch page, and they can also do this visually with a map filter. In this way, they can even...
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GVH: the system is continuously developed based on customer suggestions
Less than a month after the popular shopping list function, the online price monitoring system got another important function, in which customers can pre-set their favorite stores on the site,...
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New digital market regulation reaches next phase
The European Union has taken another big step towards implementing the Digital Markets Act (DMA), which entered into force last November. This article is available for reading in Trade magazin...
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They closed a loophole in the Price Monitor
he Economic Competition Office (GVH) and the working group that created the system are constantly developing the online Price Monitor. Thanks to this, retailers who have reduced the price of...
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Here is the shopping list! The new function is now available in the Price Monitor
The online Price Monitor operated by the Economic Competition Authority (GVH) has been expanded with a multi-functional, freely compiled and shareable shopping list – this was announced by Balázs Csaba...
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Sustainability with reservations
This article is available for reading in Trade magazin 2023/8-9. The Hungarian Food Bank Association has been helping people in need for 18 years “For the first time, this year...
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NAK: The ratio of domestic products in stores must be maintained
The National Chamber of Agrarian Economy initiated a wide-ranging professional consultation with the food retail players operating in our country. The purpose of the meeting was to ensure that, despite cheap...
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Márton Nagy: the government has halved food inflation compared to its peak
According to the latest data from the Central Statistical Office (KSH), the government is increasingly reducing inflation, and in July 2023 the rate of inflation has already dropped to 17.6...
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The GVH is investigating the excessive pricing practices of importers
Within the framework of a complaint procedure, the Economic Competition Authority (GVH) is investigating the excessive pricing of certain foods produced abroad. The competition authority’s experts analyze market behavior related...
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GVH president: since its launch, more than 650,000 people have visited the online price monitoring site
Since its launch on the first of July, more than 650,000 visitors have visited the website of the online price monitor – said the president of the Economic Competition Authority...
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After the approval of the GVH, Mol took over the Szarvasi Biogas Plant
After the approval of the Economic Competition Authority (GVH), the Mol group took over the Szarvasi Biogázüzem. In May, the company concluded an agreement with BayWa AG on the purchase of...
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Shops adrift at the sea of costs
2022 was a difficult year for stores. Amidst the depressing inflation, families kept cutting back their spending month by month in the second half of the year, in terms of...
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GVH: the court approved the competition authority fine imposed on the distributors of Brightwhite tooth whitening
The Metropolitan Court confirmed last year’s decision of the Economic Competition Authority (GVH), in which it imposed a HUF 22 million fine on two companies in the case of Brighwhite,...
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The online price monitoring database is in test mode
The online price monitoring database will be launched on the first of July. On Tuesday, the working group established by the Economic Competition Authority, the Ministry of Economic Development and...
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Márton Nagy: the online price monitoring system and the mandatory promotion will help to reduce inflation to single digits by the end of the year
International examples show that the online price monitoring system – as well as the mandatory sales – contributes to increasing market competition in the retail sector, and overall helps to...
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The Milk Product Council is revising the basic price forecast for raw milk based on the recommendations of the GVH
The Milk Trade Union and Product Council will revise the price forecast methodology that determines the price of raw milk – this was agreed upon by the leaders of the...
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The GVH negotiated with the food industry and trade professional organizations on the reduction of inflation
The Economic Competition Authority (GVH) held a consultation with seven food industry and trade professional organizations and representatives of the Ministry of Agriculture regarding its proposals aimed at reducing inflation...
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The GVH formulated six proposals in order to reduce the price of durable foods
The Economic Competition Authority (GVH) concluded its accelerated sectoral investigation on the durable food market, and on the basis of this, it formulated six proposals that can contribute to more...
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The trade asks for the modification of the beer law
The Guild of Hungarian Restaurateurs (MVI) has recently sent the recommendations of the trade to Péter Horváth, CEO of the Hungarian Tourism Agency (MTÜ), concerning the practical effects of the...
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Government backs the creation of online price monitoring system
Csaba Balázs Rigó, president of the Hungarian Competition Authority (GVH) has initiated the creation of a price watch system in the food sector. Minister for Economic Development Márton Nagy expressed...
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Here is the GVH’s report on the milk market: we show which factors fuel inflation
The Economic Competition Authority (GVH) released its draft report summarizing the results of the accelerated sectoral investigation on the market of milk and milk products for social consultation. GVH experts...
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The competition authorities of the region are strengthening their cooperation
The Economic Competition Authority and the nine other competition authorities of the region signed a cooperation agreement in Warsaw in order to strengthen their partnership in the field of competition...
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Márton Nagy consulted with the heads of the product councils
Today, Minister of Economic Development Márton Nagy received in his office the heads of major product councils representing the producers, processors and traders who produce the most important consumer products...
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The Economic Competition Office continues to monitor food prices
The Economic Committee of the Parliament accepted the Economic Competition Office’s (GVH) report on its activities in 2022 and its experiences related to the application of the Competition Act, the...
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GVH says “green” advertising messages are often confusing
As part of a comprehensive rapid check (a so-called sweep) in February 2023, the Hungarian Competition Authority (GVH) analysed the communication of 60 Hungarian websites, from the perspective of “green”...
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GVH introduces the online price monitoring system, which makes different pricing practices transparent
By setting up an online price monitoring system accessible to consumers, the government and the Economic Competition Authority would moderate the record high inflation in European comparison. The system, which...
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GFM supports the proposal of the Economic Competition Authority to create an online price monitoring database
The President of the Economic Competition Authority initiated the creation of an online price monitoring database based on the experiences of the ongoing accelerated sectoral investigations in the food sector....
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The domestic food chain must be further strengthened
It is an important objective that the interests of all actors in the food chain can prevail, be it the agricultural producer, food processor, wholesaler and retailer, or the final...
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The American WhatsApp is developing its consumer information practices under European pressure
The Consumer Protection Cooperation Network (CPC), which brings together the European Union’s consumer protection authorities, including the Economic Competition Authority (GVH), has achieved that WhatsApp informs its users more transparently...
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