Euro Benefit fined on charge of misleading clients

Hungary's Competition Office (GVH) fined Euro Benefit HUF 18 mln on a charge of providing customers with false information about price reductions as well as the sale of timeshare rights, while claiming offers were good for a limited time only GVH reported yesterday.
The fine is based on the amount of the fine on the net sales revenue of the company which was HUF 407 mln in 2013, and GVH said it considered it an aggravating factor that the misleading practices had continued for a long period of time.
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