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Monday, 27 April 2009 |
Budapest Court last Wednesday upheld an earlier decision of the National Consumer Protection Office (NFH) regarding a HUF 300 million (EUR 1 million) fine on tobacco manufacturer BAT Hungary. The charge was Hungary’s biggest consumer protection penalty to date. The proceedings were initiated by two private individuals after the cigarette maker gave away promotional products on the premises of numerous Tesco and Spar retail stores in the winter of 2007. For allowing the cigarette company to unlawfully promote its brands Spar and Tesco received fines of HUF 70 million (EUR 234,400) and HUF 40 million (133,800) respectively. BAT declined to comment on the ruling.
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