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GVH: the online Price Monitor also contributed to another decrease in food inflation
Food inflation, measured on an annual basis, fell by more than 3 percentage points to 7.1 percent in November, the Central Statistical Office (KSH) announced on Friday. The effectiveness of...
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Bence Tuzson: consumer protection can be one of the priority areas of the Hungarian EU presidency
Consumer protection is one of the most significant challenges for Europe, so it can be one of the priority areas during the Hungarian EU presidency as well – the Minister...
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Árfigyelő expects high traffic during the Advent season
Families can save money and time during Christmas bulk shopping by using the online Price Monitor – warns the Economic Competition Authority (GVH) in its announcement on Friday. From the...
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TikTok is regulated by the Economic Competition Authority in order to protect children
The commitment imposed by the Economic Competition Authority (GVH) for TikTok may also have a global impact. As a result of an investigation by the Hungarian national competition authority, the...
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Lidl has reduced prices again – meat products will be cheaper
This time, Lidl Hungary is reducing the consumer price of meat products starting tomorrow, so the favorites of Hungarian customers, such as Parisian, ham, winter salami, lecsó sausage, and sizzling...
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GVH: the competition office procedure reached its goal, Kometa fulfilled its commitments
Kometa fulfilled its commitments, thus the previous procedure of the Economic Competition Authority (GVH), in which the communication campaigns of the meat company were investigated, was effective – the competition...
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IBUSZ fulfills the requirements according to the GVH’s follow-up inspection
IBUSZ successfully complied with the commitments it undertook based on a recent follow-up inspection by the Economic Competition Office (GVH). In the previous procedure of the GVH, it investigated the...
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Black Friday is upon us – GVH helps businesses learn the right pricing practices
With a new podcast episode, the Economic Competition Authority helps businesses apply appropriate pricing practices. The podcast episode is part of the information campaign of the national competition authority, in...
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According to the GVH, there is single-digit inflation
In addition to the government measures, the online price monitoring system operated by the Economic Competition Authority (GVH) contributed significantly to the achievement of single-digit inflation in October. The annual...
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Black Friday is coming – GVH is helping Hungarian consumers again this year
The practice is becoming more and more common that customers can find Black Friday discounts and Christmas sales not only at the end of November, but throughout November. The Economic...
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GVH president: The Price Monitor protects families
Csaba Balázs Rigó, president of the Economic Competition Authority (GVH), gave a presentation on vulnerable consumer groups at the professional conference of the Consumer Protection Research Group of the Budapest...
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GVH: the competition office’s recommendations can be quickly used in the online accommodation reservation market
The proposals of the Economic Competition Authority (GVH) can be quickly used in the online accommodation reservation market – the competition authority said in connection with the fact that the...
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GVH would initiate price competition and protect accommodation providers and consumers in the online accommodation booking market
The Economic Competition Authority (GVH) has concluded its accelerated sector investigation on the domestic online accommodation agency and accommodation market. In its draft report, the national competition authority formulated several...
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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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GVH: 1,000 customers can receive a refund of HUF 15,000 to HUF 50,000 from Media Mark
Media Markt Magyarország Kft. advertised four types of television sets with unrealistic price discounts – this was revealed by the Economic Competition Office (GVH). The Competition Council of GVH imposed...
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The government is extending the mandatory promotion until the end of December
The cabinet first postponed this deadline until June 30, then until September 30, and with its current decision until December 31. In addition, the price of the previously price-stopped product...
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HelloPay’s tipping practice is fine according to GVH
The Economic Competition Authority (GVH) has completed the investigation against the operator of HelloPay payment terminals. The original investigation was launched in November 2022 because HelloPay was suspected of engaging...
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This is how you can use the Price Monitor shopping list function – GVH also helps with a video
Many people use the shopping list of the online Price Monitoring system operated by the Economic Competition Authority (GVH). GVH is now presenting the operation and benefits of the new...
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GVH President: Peace would best serve price stability and low inflation
An interview with Balázs Csaba Rigó, President of the Economic Competition Authority, was published in POLITICO’s Pro Fair Play Newsletter. The president of the GVH stated: the national competition authorities...
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The new digital market regulation is in its latest phase: the European Commission has named the gatekeepers
The European Commission has designated the “gatekeepers” of the digital world, i.e. the giant companies that, due to their size and market power, must meet the strict requirements of the...
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GVH appeared at Booking’s Budapest office
The Economic Competition Authority (GVH) carried out a surprise on-site inspection at the Budapest office of Booking.com, which became necessary due to the oddities related to the Hungarian online hotel...
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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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GVH satisfied with the launch of the price monitoring system
Since 1 July the price of monitored food products has decreased by nearly 7% on average, thanks to the online price monitor, which could have a 1.8 percentage point mitigating...
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The competition authority imposed a fine of more than one hundred million for deceptive telemarketing
The Economic Competition Authority (GVH) imposed a fine of almost 117 million on a Czech company for deceptively selling dietary supplements to Hungarian consumers over the phone, omitting even the...
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The competition office fined Tesco HUF 7 million for minor deficiencies
Tesco basically fulfilled its commitments to help consumers, but the follow-up investigation revealed minor shortcomings; the Economic Competition Authority (GVH) therefore imposed a HUF 7 million fine on the supermarket...
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Here is the latest broadcast of the GVH Podcast
What rules do influencers, or opinion leaders in Hungarian, have to comply with? Who is responsible if the influencer does not display the ad clearly? Those who listen to the...
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GVH initiates an accelerated procedure against Booking.com
The Economic Competition Authority (GVH) is launching an accelerated sectoral investigation against the Dutch accommodation broker Booking.com, because the company did not pay its debts to the Hungarian accommodation providers....
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The President of the Republic appointed two members to the GVH Competition Council for another six-year term
President Katalin Novák has appointed Nóra Váczi and Dávid Kuritár as members of the Competition Council of the Economic Competition Office (GVH) for another six years, the GVH told MTI...
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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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