GVH launched a probe of two Slovakian companies last summer and found Bensons Europe had wrongly suggested to consumers that sales of the vaping products from its Hungarian-language webshop were legal. GVH noted that remote sales of vaping products are illegal in Hungary.

Bensons Europe was one of two Slovakian companies scrutinized by GVH for selling Elf Bar vaping products. It fined the other business, Yzer, HUF 68 mln, late last year.

GVH said Elf Bar vaping products are "especially harmful" because of their popularity with young people.