- European Commission urges Hungary to abolish its retail tax regime
- Aim is to comply with the freedom of establishment
- Hungary should ensure equal treatment for economic operators of food and non-food products
- Infringement procedures initiated with two formal notices to Hungary
- Restrictions on price margins for non-Hungarian companies are a concern
- First procedure targets food product sales restrictions by retailers
- Second procedure targets non-food product sales restrictions by drugstores
- Article 49 TFEU requires equal treatment and non-discrimination of economic operators
- Hungary’s price margin limits force non-Hungarian retailers to sell at a loss
- Hungary has two months to respond to the Commission’s concerns
- Failure to respond may lead to the issuance of reasoned opinions by the Commission
Source: ec.europa.eu
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