Hungary: Economic Competition Office investigation into Google for allegedly favoring its own service in violation of Competition Law
Progress
Current status
concluded
10 Jan 2025 concluded
08 Jun 2021 under deliberation
Scope
Implementers
Hungary
Policy Area
Competition
Policy Instrument
Unilateral conduct regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
search service provider
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
competition authority
Implementation Level
national
Timeline of events
Closed Economic Competition Office investigation into Google for allegedly favoring its own service finding no evidence of anti-competitive behaviour
On 10 January 2025, the Hungarian Competition Authority (GVH) closed its investigation into Google's song lyrics card service, finding no evidence of anti-competitive behaviour. The investigation, started on 8 June 2021, examined whether Google unfa…
Event type
investigation
Action type
closure
Government branch
executive
Government body
competition authority
Announced Economic Competition Office investigation into Google for allegedly favoring its own service
On 8 June 2021, the Hungarian Competition Authority (GVH) opened an investigation into Google's potential abuse of its dominant position by usingthe so-called 'lyric cards' in its search engine, which display song lyrics directly in search results. …
Event type
investigation
Action type
announcement
Government branch
executive
Government body
competition authority