Fine reduction cancelled
The GVH expects continuous cooperation, companies may have to pay for changing their minds The Hungarian Competition Authority (GVH) increased the fines imposed on companies that were involved in the Danube shipping cartel and challenged the GVH’s decision in court...
CERHA HEMPEL’s Competition Group Goes from Strength to Strength
2020 was a year of continued growth and expansion for CERHA HEMPEL’s Competition Group. After leading the compliance department of the MOL Group for a year, Márton Kocsis re-joined our team in the spring and took over the management of the Competition Group, and now...
Takeaways from the Alza Black Friday HCA decision
The Hungarian Competition Authority (“HCA”) states in its latest decision that the “Black Friday” campaign’s commercial communications by Alza.hu Kft. and Alza.cz a.s. mislead consumers by giving the impression that consumers could get a significant discount of up to...
Beer Wars – Competition, regulation and consumer welfare, or who pays the last round in the pub?
A fair bit of storm has been kicked up by a recent piece of draft legislation that would add a new rule to the Act on Commerce, prohibiting places of hospitality and large beer and soft drink producers from entering into exclusive contracts and thereby limiting...
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