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Mandatory nutrition labeling of pre-packaged food from mid-December 2016

The provisions of Regulation No. 1169/2011/EU on the provision of food information , implying mandatory nutrition labeling of pre-packaged food, will enter into force on 13 December 2016.

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Misleading timeshare vacation offers

The Hungarian Competition Authority (HCA) has issued a resolution in which it is stated that SWF HOLDER Kft. has been misleading customers with its timeshare vacation offers since May 2014.

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More employers need to elect an occupational safety representative

A recent amendment to Act No. XCIII of 1993 on Occupational Safety (Mvt.), effective as of 8 July 2016, imposes the mandatory election of occupational safety representatives (OSR) on a larger group of employers.

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New modifications in the EKAER system from 1 August

Amendments are made to some of the provisions of Act No. XCII of 2003 on the Procedural rules of taxation (Art.) governing the Electronic Public Road Trade Control System (EKAER) as of 1 August 2016.

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Amendments to the Labour Code

A new set of laws issued in June 2016 governing the 2017 Central Budget made amendments to Act No. I of 2012 on the Labour Code (Mt.).

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Parliament Adopts Draft Bill for Amending Certain Tax Laws

As mentioned in our former newsletter, the Minister for National Economy submitted a proposal in March 2016 to amend certain tax laws, including proposed amendments to Act XXII of 2014 on Advertisement Tax, as well as Act CIII of 2011 on Public Health Product Tax.

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Parliament Adopts Proposed Amendment to Excise Duty Law

Also on 7 June 2016, the Parliament approved the proposed amendment to the excise duty law, which was introduced in our former newsletter. The proposed draft bill concerns a new regulation of tax and customs duty, which shall establish a new law. The new law shall enter into effect on 1 November 2016; however, this

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Further Civil Code Amendments

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.

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European Union Regulation on General Data Protection adopted

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

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Guide to the Unfair Commercial Practices Directive

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.

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