Ádám Remetei-Filep

The Gazdasági Versenyhivatal (GVH – Hungarian Competition Authority) imposed a fine of HUF 2.3 billion (Approx. EUR 8.4 million) on 16 Hungarian undertakings active in the milling industry due to their participation in a hard-core cartel fixing prices and sharing markets. The undertakings that (...)

On 9 June 2010, the Hungarian Competition Authority (Gazdasági Versenyhivatal, GVH) adopted an infringement decision establishing that Colas Zrt., MÁVÉPCELL Kft., MÁV MTM Zrt., Szentesi Vasútépítő Kft. and Vasútépítők Kft. colluded and agreed to share the market, on the principles to be followed and in (...)

On 24 September 2009, the Gazdasági Versenyhivatal (GVH, competition authority of Hungary) adopted an infringement decision establishing that card companies Visa Europe, Mastercard and several Hungarian banks infringed Hungarian competition law and Article 81 EC with their agreement on (...)

Until the latest amendment of the Competition Act - which came into effect on 1 June 2009 - the GVH’s leniency policy was based on the Leniency Notice of the GVH (Hungarian Competition Authority). But the need to increase legal certainty for undertakings required the leniency rules to be (...)

In November 2007, the municipality of Heves County (Hungary) announced a public tender for the operation of Markhot Ferenc Hospital (hereinafter Hospital) for 20 years from the date of concluding the contract. Based on the contract, the winning bidder would be obliged to operate the Hospital (...)

Hoya Lens Hungary, the subsidiary of the Hoya Lens group, created a grouping (a cooperative society under Hungarian company law) with Hungarian retail opticians called Opticnet for the distribution of Hoya Lens products and for the cooperation in purchasing and selling of optical products. The (...)