United States of America

Hungary

IP Enforcement

Civil and administrative procedures and remedies

17. Article 43.2 provides that, in the event a party refuses to provide information ordered by the judicial or administrative officials, those officials may be authorized to make preliminary and final determinations adverse to that party. Please describe what sanctions may be imposed on a party that refused to provide ordered information and under what circumstances those sanctions are imposed, citing the legal authority for those sanctions.

There are no special provisions under Hungarian law on sanctions to be imposed on a party that refused to provide ordered information. However, under Article 206(1) of the Code of Civil Procedure, the balancing of evidence should be based on the comparison of statements of the parties and proofs coming up in the course of evidence. Results of evidence are to be considered on the whole and judged according to the conviction of the court.