Mild Confinement in Hungary Pursuant to Government Decree no. 71/2020 (III. 27.) (hereinafter: the “Decree”) published on 27 March 2020, certain restrictions will apply to people’s movement in Hungary from 28 March 2020 until 11 April 2020. As a general rule, except among the persons living in the same household, everyone has to limit their […]

Rules of Enforcement Changed for the Duration of the State of Emergency The Hungarian Government has adopted a second set of measures to mitigate the socio-economic impact of the COVID-19 epidemic in Hungary. In this article, we outline certain provisional rules concerning enforcement procedure which are applicable during the time of the state of emergency.

Hungary’s Government declared a state of emergency on 11 March 2020 and established the Operational Group assisting the Prime Minister in order to deal with the COVID-19 epidemic. On 14 March 2020, the Government created the Task Force Responsible for the Security of Vital Hungarian Companies (the “Task Force”) led by the Minister of Defence.

The first set of financial and economic measures taken to mitigate the socio-economic impact of the COVID-19 epidemic in Hungary was set out in the Government Decree No. 47/2020. (III.18.) (hereinafter: the “Government Decree”) published on 18 March 2020 in the Official Journal. Here are the various measures that we detail in our legal bulletin:COVID-19

1. State of Emergency On 13 March 2020 the Bulgarian Parliament declared a state of emergency for one month empowering the government to impose swift measures in response to the COVID-19 crisis in the country bypassing certain standard coordination procedures. The measures are to be revised and expanded further upon discretion of the government. The

The COVID-19 pandemic has made Europe to protect itself with each of the EU countries taking specific measures on a day-to-day basis to stop the spread of the virus. In Hungary, the first case was detected on 4 March and the number of infected patients is increasing with 58 cases confirmed by the health authorities

Corporate/M&A France François d’Ornano of D’ORNANO PARTNERS acts for French clients and their Hungarian subsidiaries on M&A transactions. One impressed client says that he is “always available and he produces high-quality work”, before adding: “We trust his judgement and opinions on matters, he has a very good knowledge of the local laws and situations”. Corporate/M&A

In a long-awaited ruling, the European Court of Justice has ruled that France cannot require Airbnb to have a professional real estate agent’s card. The case concerned the merits of a request for a preliminary ruling, under Article 267 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, submitted in the context of criminal

The law on the orientation of transport provides that from 1st June 2020 the purchaser or lessee of a real property will have the right to know whether or not the real property is located in a noise zone defined by a noise exposure plan for aerodromes (hereinafter: NEP). When buildings built for residential use

D’Ornano Partners advised the Groupama Group, the French leader of the insurance market, on the acquisition of Express Life Bulgaria IJSC, a member of the Hungarian OTP Group. We assisted Groupama Zhivotozastrahovane EAD, the Bulgarian subsidiary of the Groupama Group, in the acquisition of 100% of the capital of Express Life Bulgaria IJSC from DSK