14 July 2020
Loosening restrictions on non-compete for start-ups
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2020/hungary/loosening-restrictions-on-non-compete-for-start-ups

The Hungarian Competition Authority (GVH) allowed non-compete undertakings beyond its past practice in a scale-up investment round into the Hungarian software developer training start-up, CodeCool.

12 June 2020
Relentless crackdown on unfair trading practices against consumers in Hungary
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2020/hungary/relentless-crackdown-on-unfair-trading-practices-against-consumers-in-hungary

In the last eight months, the Hungarian Competition Office (“GVH”) initiated a host of inspections and imposed unprecedented fines on online service operators for misleading consumers. A trend seems to unfold of the GVH ...

15 September 2020
Consumers subjected to unfair B2C commercial practices due to COVID-19
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2020/hungary/consumers-subjected-to-unfair-b2c-commercial-practices-due-to-covid-19

The Hungarian Competition Authority (GVH) keeps a watchful eye over advertisement claims regarding alleged COVID-19 treatments that exploit the vulnerability of consumers in the current pandemic. The GVH initiated an ...

13 October 2020
Big data in verticals - the next big investigation in Hungary?
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2020/hungary/big-data-in-verticals-the-next-big-investigation-in-hungary

Issues around Big Data and access to data as an essential input are rapidly gaining importance in vertical relationships. This was made clear in the Commission’s recently published evaluation of stakeholder input in the ...

16 February 2021
Make sure it's fresh and clear – The HCA’s guidelines on environmental claims
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2021/hungary/make-sure-its-fresh-and-clear-the-hcas-guidelines-on-environmental-claims

The growing expectation of consumers towards manufacturers in offering environmental-friendly products and the impact of this expectation to commercial practises did not go unnoticed in Hungary either. At the end of ...

19 September 2019
Competitive Edge: Competition & EU law news - September 2019
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2019/global/competitive-edge-sept-2019

Keeping you up to date on Competition & EU Law developments in Europe and beyond

16 July 2020
Competitive Edge: Competition & EU law news - July 2020
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2020/global/competitive-edge-july-2020

Keeping you up to date on Competition & EU Law developments in Europe and beyond.

27 May 2016
EU Commission calls time on geo-blocking in new regulation proposal
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2016/global/commission-calls-time-on-geo-blocking-in-new-regulation-proposal

18 July 2018
New best practice rules for internal documents under the EU Merger Regulation
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2018/global/new-best-practice-rules-for-internal-documents-under-the--eu-merger-regulation

In January 2018 , Commissioner for Competition Margrethe Vestager, announced that the Commission were preparing a set of best practices on requests for internal documents in merger cases, on the strength of internal ...

07 May 2019
The EC puts an end to decades of competition law enforcement against interchange fees: What's next for interchange fees?
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2019/global/ec-puts-an-end-to-decades-of-competition-law-enforcement-against-interchange-fees

We provide below a brief recap on the many-many years of competition law enforcement by the European Commission (EC) against interchange fees, a summary of the EC decision of 29 April 2019 related to Visa's and ...