Gábor Báthory joined ADVANT Beiten in Brussels in March 2022. Gábor Báthory practises EU and international trade law, EU competition law and EU internal market law. Gábor’s practice focuses on assisting clients in litigation before the EU Courts as well as on representing clients before the European institutions in cases concerning EU internal market rules and the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights. Gábor routinely advises clients seeking remedies under EU Law against various national and European legislative and administrative measures. Gábor also represents clients before the European Court of Human Rights in cases concerning infringements of the EU’s Charter of Fundamental Rights and the European Convention of Human Rights. Gábor has over a decade of experience in EU trade remedies, including anti-dumping, anti-subsidy and anti-circumvention. His expertise includes assisting clients in trade remedy investigations, particularly in relation to the preparation of questionnaire responses, the preparation for and the handling of on-the-spot verifications and representation before the European Commission and the EU Courts, as well as in customs matters involving national customs authorities and OLAF. Gábor handles a wide range of matters including merger control, cartel investigations (both complaints and cartel defence) and State aid. The clients Gábor has assisted in competition law matters include companies in the retail, chemical, steel, aviation and automotive sectors. Prior to joining Van Bael & Bellis, Gábor worked for two years at the Brussels office of a US law firm and gained experience in communications law during an internship with the Information Society Directorate General of the European Commission. He also worked as a trainee lawyer with an Austrian law firm in Vienna and with a Hungarian law firm in Budapest. He is a native Hungarian who obtained his legal education in Austria.
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By decision of 18 December 2020, published on 1 February 2021, the Hungarian Competition Authority (“GVH”) imposed a fine of HUF 1 billion (approximately € 2.8 million) on the Association of Hungarian HR Consulting Agencies (“SZTMSZ”) for a series of anti-competitive practices. The members of (...)
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By decision of 19 October 2020, the Hungarian Competition Authority (“GVH”) imposed a fine of HUF 75 million (approximately € 250,000) on beer maker Heineken for failing to comply with its reporting obligations under its commitments to reduce the amount of beer sold under exclusivity (...)
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On 22 September 2020, the Hungarian Competition Authority (“GVH”) imposed fines totalling HUF 15.4m (approximately € 42,000) on three venture capital funds, two of which are controlled by the state-owned venture capital firm Hiventures Zrt, for failing to notify in a timely manner their (...)
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On 29 June 2020, the Hungarian Competition Authority (“GVH”) published a decision in which it accepted undertakings from a group of companies and private individuals that amended non-compete clauses in the context of an acquisition of a controlling stake in CodeCool, a Hungarian start-up (...)
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On 28 October 2010, the Hungarian Competition Authority (“GVH”) issued a decision fining a number of milling companies a total of HUF 2.3 billion (approximately €8.4 M) for their participation in a hard-core cartel. The companies were found to have committed a complex and continuous (...)
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By decision of 15 October 2008, the Budapest Court of Appeal (the CoA) partially amended a decision issued by the Budapest Metropolitan Court (BMC) with respect to the calculation of cartel fines. The Hungarian Competition Authority (GVH) issued a decision in 2005 in a bid-rigging case (...)
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In two orders of 20 March and 21 May 2008, the Hungarian Competition Authority (the “GVH”) ended its investigation into an alleged price coordination by brokers at the Budapest Stock Exchange (the “BÉT”). The first order ended the investigation, due to the lack of evidence, into an alleged (...)
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On 18 December 2007, the Hungarian Competition Authority (“GVH”) fined Kortex Mérnöki Iroda Kft. (“Kortex”), a company specialised in the construction of hospitals and the distribution of medical equipment, HUF 77m (approximately € 300,000) for concluding an anti-competitive agreement with (...)
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On 22 September 2005, the Hungarian Competition Authority (the GVH) decided to fine fourteen construction companies a total of over HUF 1.3bn (approximately €5.2m) for bid rigging. In dawn raids conducted at the premises of five large construction companies, the GVH found several incriminating (...)
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On 15 June 2005, the Hungarian Competition Authority (the “GVH”) fined ISH Kft. (“ISH”), SAP Magyarország Kft. (“SAP”) and IBM Magyarország Kft. (“IBM”), the three leading informatics companies, a total of HUF 1.51bn (approximately € 6m) for anti-competitive behaviour, including the (...)
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On 29 April 2004, the Hungarian Competition Authority (GVH) granted individual exemption to ÁB-Aegon Általános Biztosító Rt., Allianz Hungária Biztosító Rt., Generali-Providencia Biztosító Rt., OTP-Garancia Biztosító Rt. and Uniqa Biztosító Rt., five of the largest Hungarian insurance (...)
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On 18 March 2004, the Hungarian Competition Authority (GVH) issued a decision in a cartel investigation, fining the construction companies Strabag Rt. (Strabag); Egut Rt. (Egut) ; and Ring Kkt. (Ring) a total of HUF 245m (approximately € 1m). The investigation also concerned the construction (...)
