Hungarian Govt “Ready To Face” EC Probes
- 17 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
The government is ready to face European Commission probes into Hungary’s supermarket oversight fee and health-care contribution payable by tobacco companies, government office chief János Lázár said. He insisted that the Spar supermarket chain and tobacco maker Philip Morris had filed complaints against Hungary in Brussels, and the government is ready to “argue its case”.
He accused the commission of openly supporting the interests of these two companies after their “open lobbying”.
The government’s goal is to equitably hand over rights earlier held by foreigners to Hungarians, he said.
The commission said on Wednesday it would further examine whether the two recent Hungarian measures “with steeply progressive rate structures” are in line with EU rules on state aid, and it prohibited Hungary from applying the progressive rates until it concludes the assessment.
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