Taxi company fined for misleading ads in Hungary

Hungary’s Competition Office (GVH) has fined taxi company City Taxi HUF 2m for misleading advertising, the watchdog said on Tuesday.

City Taxi fined

City Taxi said it was “Hungarian”, suggesting that it was the only such company in Budapest, and touted a “price guarantee”, when taxi fares in the capital are regulated, GVH said.

GVH noted that City Taxi had ceased the unlawful communication voluntarily when the probe was launched.

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