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Consumer products is one of the fastest growing sectors in CEE. For many years we have helped leading international and domestic brands establish a presence in the region and to grow and protect their business successfully.

Our advice is informed by an in-depth understanding of the sector and covers all critical opportunities and challenges for your business, including globalisation, online marketplaces, supply chain management, growing retail buyer power and increasing consumer pressure and media scrutiny. All place new demands on your management and business strategy, but also drive the need for commercially astute legal advice. Whether you are a supplier, investor or other stakeholder, we have sector specific experience in transactional, regulatory and contentious matters.

Our international team is structured around the key sectors of consumer products including cosmetics, clothing, electronics, health & beauty, food & drink, retail, household equipment and manufacturing.

We provide a comprehensive legal and regulatory service from the financing and acquisition of companies, through antitrust and unfair competition law, media management, nutritional and health claims, advertising and marketing, strategies for the protection of intellectual property rights, data protection, outsourcing, distribution agreements, real estate transactions, product recalls and more. Our experts will keep you informed of the latest sector insight and developments, giving you a commercial as well as a legal edge.

"The lawyers at CMS always give very fast responses and they are extremely helpful."

Chambers, 2023

"Wealth of experience and a deep technical expertise."

Chambers 2019
24/04/2018
Highlights of experience in Consumer Products in Hungary
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24/05/2024
EU anti-dumping investigations for Chinese lysine and vanillin imports
On 23 May 2024, the EU opened an anti-dumping in­vest­ig­a­tion con­cern­ing EU imports of lysine originating in the People’s Republic of China, which could lead to substantial anti-dumping duties on future...
14/05/2024
EU introduces criminal offences and penalties for sanctions violations
Criminal offencesUnder the Directive, the following conduct constitutes a criminal offence when committed intentionally and in violation of restrictive measures or a national provision implementing restrictive...
13/05/2024
UK's Accession to the 2019 Hague Convention to ensure enforcement of UK...
In January 2024, the UK acceded to the 2019 Hague Convention, which unequivocally permits the enforcement of UK court judgments, regardless of whether a jurisdiction clause is ex­clus­ive/sym­met­ric­al.The...
06/05/2024
Hungary passes legislation to expand scope of consumer protection provisions
The following article summarises the main obligations contained in these legislative up­dates.Amend­ment of statutory warranty periods in case of certain non-perishable consumer goodsGovernment Decree No...
02/05/2024
Hungary expands scope of child protection measures
Limitations and bans on the sale of specific products designed for childrenWith effect from 5 September 2021, the amendment to Government Decree No. 210/2009. (IX. 29.) on the Conditions for Performing...
01/05/2024
Flushed and failed: General Court shuts the lid on invalidity attack against...
In­tro­duc­tion­Earli­er this year, we reported on a Belgian court ruling relating to the validity and infringement of designs for cat litter trays (read about it here). This time, in a decision which will...
29/04/2024
Design decision on ‘Sole technical function’ packs a punch – The CJEU breaks...
SummaryIn a case which has been recognised as among the most impactful European design cases of the past year, the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) has clarified the principles of ‘sole...
25/04/2024
Cheers! New EU rules to strengthen GI protection for wine, spirit drinks...
On 23 April 2024, a new EU regulation aimed at enhancing the protection of geographical indications (GIs) for wine, spirit drinks and agricultural products, and other quality schemes for agricultural...
25/04/2024
Hungary’s amended ESG Act to enter into force on 25 April 2024
The following is a summary of the key changes made to Hungary’s ESG Act.Standardised ESG ques­tion­nair­e­Com­pan­ies may find it difficult to collect and analyse ESG data in light of the numerous ques­tion­naires...
09/04/2024
Designs practice update: EU Court of Justice upholds Advocate General’s...
BackgroundIn our previous article (here), we discussed the opinion of Advocate General Capeta in EUIPO v The KaiKai Company Jaeger Wichmann. That opinion was provided following an appeal against the General...
09/04/2024
The sum of parts: Registered design for segments of towers found valid...
BackgroundTA Towers ApS (“TA Towers”), a company based in Denmark, is the holder of the below registered Community design relating to goods for building materials, specifically, ‘building materials...
09/04/2024
Plastics and packaging laws in Hungary
1. What is the general legislative framework regulating packaging and plastic waste in your jurisdiction? Packaging and plastics waste are primarily regulated by the following texts:i. Act CLXXXV of...
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