This page contains information on statutory alcohol
marketing regulations in Hungary (table 1); a description of the restrictions per medium (table 2); labelling information (table 3); information on non-statutory alcohol marketing regulations (table 4); the complaints procedure; a summary about the Hungarian regulations on alcohol marketing and an exhaustive, downloadable document from the ELSA research project.
The Hungarian legal system fosters the establishment of self- and co-regulatory bodies. There is one co-regulatory body in Hungary which is responsible for the regulation of advertising the Advertising Self–Regulatory Board http://www.ort.hu
The Board is responsible for setting out detailed rules for advertising, including the regulation of the advertisements of alcoholic beverages. The Board adopted the Hungarian Code of Advertising Ethics, which has a whole chapter on the advertisements of alcoholic beverages.
Updated April 2019
Table 3 Labelling information | Description | Legally binding or self-regulation | |
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Health warnings: | No | ![]() |
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Ingredients/nutritional information | No |
Table 4 Non-statutory Alcohol marketing regulations in Hungary | Coverage |
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There is one co-regulatory body in Hungary which is responsible for the regulation of advertising the Advertising Self-Regulatory Board http://www.ort.hu The Board is responsible for setting out detailed rules for advertising, including the regulation of the advertisements of alcoholic beverages. The Board adopted the Hungarian Code of Advertising Ethics, which has a whole chapter on the advertisements of alcoholic beverages. |
For more (but older) information on alcohol marketing regulations in Hungary, please take a look at Hungary’s appendix to the 2007 ELSA (Enforcement of national Laws and Self-regulation on advertising and marketing of Alcohol) report.