Tag "GVH"
GVH and Nébih strengthen ties
The Hungarian Competition Authority (GVH) and the National Food Chain Safety Office (Nébih) have signed a partnership agreement. These two organisations primarily need to work together in protecting agricultural and...
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The GVH and Nébih have concluded a cooperation agreement
Rigó Csaba Balázs, President of the Hungarian Competition Authority (GVH) and Oravecz Márton, President of the National Food Chain Safety Office (Nébih), signed an agreement on more efficient cooperation, the...
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GVH draws attention to fraudulent websites
The Competition And Markets Authority (GVH) has recently received an increasing number of consumer signals about substandard websites advertising various health products. The websites on the competition authority’s horizons first...
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The competition authority warns consumers to be more vigilant
The Hungarian Competition Authority (GVH) recommends that consumers be more vigilant, as they have recently received a number of complaints alleging objectionable commercial practices that exploit the pandemic. In its...
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GVH: the environmental awareness of European consumers has strengthened, according to a study
European consumers are ordering more from the internet, trying to shop locally as often as possible and making “greener” choices, meaning they are willing to pay more for a product...
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Useful tips from Tesco: pay attention to these when ordering online
As a result of the coronavirus pandemic, much of our daily lives have moved into the online space. Because we are more at home, it is also more convenient and...
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The competition authorities can raid in private homes during “morning raids”
Wider powers during the morning raids. It will be possible to use secret recordings as evidence, the decision approving the commitment can be revoked. Since the beginning of the year,...
Read moreThe joint European inquiry on green advertising has revealed problems
The joint European official investigation revealed problems ongreen advertising, and the Hungarian Competition Authority (GVH) also took part in the coordinated action. According to the agency, the joint investigation reviewed...
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GVH-ÖRT workshop on green marketing
At the ÖRT workshop on the “Green Guide” issued by the GVH, the President of the GVH, Rigó Csaba Balázs emphasized the joint responsibility of the industry, the consumers and...
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GVH: 2020 was about consumer protection and merger control
Last year, the Hungarian Competition Authority (GVH) closed 51 competition supervision proceedings, of which 29 were on consumer protection, 14 on merger control, and 4-4 cases concerned the investigation of...
Read moreITM-GVH-MNB: Enhanced cooperation for consumer protection
The Ministry of Innovation and Technology (ITM), the Hungarian Competition Authority (GVH) and the Magyar Nemzeti Bank (MNB) have renewed their cooperation agreement aimed at eliminating unfair commercial practices against...
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Not everything green that looks like – GVH helps with legitimate advertising
The Hungarian Competition Authority (GVH) has published a so-called A “Green Marketing” brochure to support businesses in developing good advertising practices for environmental friendliness and sustainability. In recent years, there...
Read moreThe role of online commerce data assets is being investigated by the competition authority
The Hungarian Competition Authority (GVH) is launching a market analysis to explore how the data assets of online retailers are created and what role it plays in competition between online...
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Competition Authority: online trade of products advertised as antiviral has once again investigated
Like the spring, the Hungarian Competition Authority (GVH) re-examined the online trade in anti-virus products in early December, which it has already extended to virus testing, the president of the...
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Instead of fines, SPAR could develop: a new option for local smallholders
As a result of the competition supervision procedure of the Hungarian Competition Authority (GVH), SPAR will develop a new regional supplier system from next year. The 1.7 billion program will...
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GVH gives green light to NAGISZ’s ownership change
The Hungarian Competition Authority (GVH) has given its approval to the owners of private equity firm PortfoLion Green Fund (a member of the OTP Group) buying a 97.91-percent share in...
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International Conference on Misleading Advertisings
On 6 November 2020, for the eighth time, an English-language conference will be organized by the Pázmány Péter Catholic University JÁK Competition Law Research Center to present current issues of...
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The GVH examines the beverage purchases of restaurants
The Hungarian Competition Authority (GVH) is subjecting beverage purchases of catering establishments to an investigation based on mandatory data provision, the GVH informed MTI. The control covers both non-alcoholic and...
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Magazine: Stronger competition and a level playing field in the e-payment market
In the summer of 2019 a study by the Hungarian Competition Authority (GVH) found that the costs of bank card payment are too high for small-turnover retailers – so high...
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The Ministry of Justice and the GVH are cooperating for fair competition
A cooperation agreement has been signed between the Ministry of Justice (IM) and the Hungarian Competition Authority (GVH). The cooperation facilitates the professional work of the two organizations in order...
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The competition authority has conditionally approved the expansion of the OTP group in agriculture and the food industry
The Hungarian Competition Authority (GVH) has authorized the OTP Group to acquire the NAGISZ Group, which is active in the agricultural and food markets, but under conditions that are able...
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The number of complaints received by the Hungarian Competition Authority has increased significantly
The number of complaints received by the Hungarian Competition Authority (GVH) has increased significantly, which can be explained by the corona virus pandemic, which is increasing the already expanding online...
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GVH workshop on advertisements for children
Although it is not a new legislation prohibiting the direct solicitation of a child to buy, recent fines imposed by the Office of Economic Competition have drawn attention to this...
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Extreme Digital-eMAG Kft. merged
The new name of Dante International Kft, which manages the eMAG web store will be Extreme Digital-eMAG Kft. from the beginning of September. Back in March 2019, the news broke...
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The Hungarian Competition Authority will contribute 150 million HUF to the relaunch of the Hungarian economy
The Hungarian Competition Authority (GVH) will return HUF 150 million from its own budget to the central budget to contribute to alleviating the economic damage caused by the crisis caused...
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The activities of the GVH in 2019 in a nutshell
On 27 May 2020, the Economic Committee of the Parliament adopted a report on the activities of the Hungarian Competition Authority (GVH) in 2019 and its experiences related to the...
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Coronavirus: millions of misleading advertisements disappear from online space as a result of joint European consumer action
The European Commission and Member States’ consumer protection authorities have monitored websites to identify where EU consumers are targeted by false claims or scams in advertisements for products that may...
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Closely watched online shops
On 4 May Ecommerce Hungary organised a one-hour online discussion about fair market conduct and inspections by the authorities in online retail. The experts invited were Máté Siklósi, who operates...
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Consumer protection in the digital space – webinar with PwC experts
PwC experts will hold a webinar training on Consumer Protection in the Digital Space – Changing Practices and Priority Regulatory Attention at the Time of the Epidemic on Tuesday, May...
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