Author: Pánszky Gyula

The Parliament brought a decision on 13 June 2016 concerning proposed amendments to Act V on the Civil Code submitted by the Minister of Justice in May 2016.

The unified regulation No. 2016/679 on general data protection of the European Parliament and Council was adopted and on 24 May 2016, which, after years of negotiations, will enter into effect on 25 May 2018 and will replace the data protection directive of 1995. While the former directive-level regulation resulted in a coordination that more

The European Commission published the new guide to Directive 2005/29/EC on unfair commercial practices of business entities against consumers on the internal market on 25 May 2016.

The primary objective of the amendments was to finish the implementation of the relevant EU Directive, as it is an EU objective to ensure that by 2020 every EU citizen can have access to a high-speed internet connection of at least 30 Mbps bandwidth.

The Ministry for National Economy submitted a proposal on 3 May 2016 to amend certain tax acts and other related legislation, including proposed amendments to Act CXXII of 2010 on the National Tax and Customs Administration of Hungary (NAV) – including Act XXII of 2014 on Advertisement Tax (“ATA”), as well as amendments to Act

Also on 3 May 2016, a proposal on the new Excise Act was submitted. According to the reasoning of the proposal it is aimed toward procedural simplification, improved clarification, and better transparency, as well as the reduction of administrative burdens and the minimization of abuse (fraud) within the system.  

In April 2016, the Facebook policy regarding social networking  pages (“Pages”) were modified – as such, it is now possible to publish so-called “Branded Content”, without special permission – be it text posts, photos, videos, or links featuring third-parties (products, brands, sponsors, advertisers, etc.) that are different from the Page owner, but only under certain

Government Decree no. 86/2016 (IV. 25.) entered into force on 26 April 2016, according to which linear transmission audiovisual service providers with significant influence (i.e. TV2 and RTL ), in terms of the most significant audience size shall be eligible for program fees. This shall be available through an agreement with the broadcaster, the content

Regulation (EU) No. 531/2012 of the European Parliament and of the European Council on roaming on public mobile communications networks within the Union was amended on 30 April 2016 by Regulation (EU) No. 2120/2015, resulting in advantages for end-users.

In March, the Parliament promulgated amendments to the Act regarding the transitional rules and empowering provisions of the Act V of 2013 on the Civil Code with regard to Business Associations.