Tag "GVH"
Dark patterns are spreading in e-commerce – and official action against them is also more frequent
Urging, pressuring, hiding costs or “trickling” them – dark patterns are increasingly being used in commerce, and not only in the online space. The competition authority has also condemned companies...
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Corporate mergers at historic high – GVH works with faster procedures and artificial intelligence
A record number of corporate mergers took place in Hungary in 2024, with the combined revenue of the companies involved exceeding HUF 1,000 billion, announced Csaba Rigó, President of the...
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Blacklisting for painting green?
Greenwashing (Hungarian: greenwashing) is the practice of presenting a business policy or a specific product as more environmentally friendly than it actually is. According to domestic experts, a change in...
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Competition Authority guidance for the fashion and textile industry on sustainability and eco-labelling
The international network of consumer protection authorities around the world has issued an open letter of advice to the fashion and textile industry players to promote the transparency of “sustainability...
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GVH: Leading economists from the world’s competition authorities will meet in Hungary in April
Between April 23-25, the Hungarian Competition Authority (GVH) and the International Competition Network (ICN) will organize a professional meeting of leading economists in Hungary, which will be attended by 59...
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Here is the announcement: the GVH is investigating the dairy products and egg markets as well
The Hungarian Competition Authority (GVH) has launched accelerated sector investigations in the domestic market of milk and dairy products and eggs, announced Csaba Balázs Rigó, President of the GVH, at...
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The Economic Committee of the Parliament has accepted the 2024 report of the Hungarian Competition Authority
The Economic Committee of the Parliament has adopted the report of the Hungarian Competition Authority (GVH) on its activities in 2024 and its experiences in applying the Competition Act without...
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GVH: Answear clothing online store will operate more transparently
The Competition Council of the Hungarian Competition Authority (GVH) concluded its proceedings by accepting the commitments of the Polish company operating the Answear clothing online store, and the store will...
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GVH: supporting the SME sector is a good direction in the new artificial intelligence strategy
The renewal of the artificial intelligence (AI) strategy is in line with the proposals of the Hungarian Competition Authority (GVH) on several points, and supporting the SME sector is a...
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The Hungarian High Court is re-examining Wizz Air’s commitments – the compensation obligation expired five years ago
The Hungarian Competition Authority (GVH) has launched a follow-up investigation into Wizz Air Hungary Zrt., after the commitment period that the airline undertook following a competition supervision procedure in 2019...
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GVH: 100 product categories are now available in the online Price Monitor
The online Price Monitoring system operated by the Hungarian Competition Authority (GVH) has been expanded with 22 new product categories. Thus, the daily updated prices of 100 product categories, a...
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The Hungarian Competition Authority draws attention to fraud related to holiday entitlements
In recent decades, fraud related to the secondary sale of holiday rights has been investigated in numerous proceedings, but despite continuous official action, these scams continue to pose a serious...
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The GVH is preparing investigations into the food trade.
According to the online Price Monitor operated by the Hungarian Competition Authority (GVH), the prices of several basic food products have decreased since Monday due to the introduction of the...
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New competition supervision procedure for products advertised as “whole grain”
The Hungarian Competition Authority (GVH) has launched new competition supervision proceedings against three food retail chains, based on consumer complaints, alleging that Spar, ALDI and Tesco are engaged in misleading...
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GVH welcomes the voluntary price reduction
Voluntary price reductions are good for families and stimulate competition, the Hungarian Competition Authority (GVH) said in a statement on Wednesday. According to the information, the GVH is monitoring the...
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The joint Competition Training Centre of the OECD and the Hungarian Competition Authority plays a key role in the development of competition authorities in the region
The Regional Training Centre for Competition (ROK) of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the Hungarian Competition Authority (GVH) plays a key role in the professional development...
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The GVH promises decisive action in food retail
The Hungarian Competition Authority (GVH) is supporting initiatives aimed at reducing food prices with all available means, the GVH told MTI on Tuesday. Several competition supervision procedures are currently underway...
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Green communication only creates advantage if used the right way
At the end of January Hungarian Product Nonprofit Kft. hosted an educational forum, titled “Credibility in sustainability”, as part of the EduTime programme series. Hungarian Product’s goal is to pass...
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GVH measure: More than a hundred small producers and new jobs at SPAR
The Hungarian Competition Authority (GVH) has helped more than a hundred small-scale domestic producers to sell in SPAR Hungary stores, and has created many new jobs. Although the GVH has...
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Foodora Hungary’s statement on the GVH decision
As a responsible company, we are constantly working to make our service accessible to everyone. Our popular discount promotions or subscription program continuously offer our customers affordable options, whether it...
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The Hungarian Competition Authority (GVH) fined the food ordering portal Foodora more than 35 million forints for deceiving consumers
Foodora deceived consumers, so the Hungarian Competition Authority (GVH) imposed a fine of more than 35 million forints on the operator of the food ordering portal – the authority announced...
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GVH: the competition authority monitors the processes taking place in the food market
The Hungarian Competition Authority (GVH) is monitoring the developments in the food market and will intervene if necessary, the national competition authority told MTI on Tuesday. In a statement, the...
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The GVH is investigating the fulfillment of eMAG’s business support commitments
The Hungarian Competition Authority (GVH) is investigating whether eMAG is supporting Hungarian businesses in line with its commitment, the GVH told MTI on Monday. The Romanian-based e-commerce company undertook a...
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GVH: The expansion of the online Price Monitor is another help for Hungarian families
The online Price Monitoring system operated by the Hungarian Competition Authority (GVH) can help to keep food prices under control by stimulating the market. The GVH cooperates with the Ministry...
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GVH has decided: Wizz Air will refund thousands of passengers
Wizz Air deceived its passengers, and the company must pay a refund due to unfair commercial practices, the Hungarian Competition Authority (GVH) told MTI on Friday. According to the competition...
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The GVH takes action to reduce the prices of basic foodstuff
The Hungarian Competition Authority (GVH) is taking further steps to curb price increases. Csaba Balázs Rigó, the President of the GVH, has sent a letter of formal notice to several...
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GVH-ÖRT workshop: Focus on preliminary compliance!
The Self-Regulatory Advertising Board (ÖRT) held a workshop for its members on the experiences of the 2024 competition authority procedures in cooperation with the Hungarian Competition Authority (GVH). At the...
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Csaba Balázs Rigó: the GVH imposed fines of more than four billion forints this year
The Hungarian Competition Authority (GVH) has imposed fines of more than four billion forints this year, the organization’s president said in an interview published in Magyar Nemzet on Saturday. In...
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Control over online stores is tightening
The consumer protection authority has already been giving priority to online stores in 2024, and based on the latest announcement by the Minister of National Economy, these inspections will only...
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The GVH imposed a fine of 100 million forints on the company distributing GymBeam nutritional supplements
GymBeam communicated deceptively, and therefore a fine of 100 million forints was imposed on the company that distributes nutritional supplements, the Hungarian Competition Authority (GVH) told MTI on Tuesday. The...
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