The French government is calling for new powers from the European Commission to remove online sales platforms that violate EU law from the search results. This emerges from a letter that the AFP news agency was available on Wednesday and is particularly directed against Shein. The report was initially published by the Figaro.
In view of the “risk of spreading illegal content”, the French Minister of Commerce Véronique Louwagie considers it “necessary and urgently to equip the European Commission with new powers in order to remove platforms that do not adhere to the rules”. She wrote this in a letter to the EU Justice Commissioner Michael McGrath. She also advocated that “the responsible national authorities” should be able to implement “access restrictions” to these platforms in the event of violations. Companies that are removed from the search results would disappear from the results of search engines such as Google.
Louwagie welcomed the investigations at the European level against the Temu and Aliexpress platforms that sell cheap items, as well as the measures against the fast-fashion giant Shein.
Fakes and dangerous products
The three Asian giants are accused of selling counterfeits and dangerous products and violating consumer rights. Examples of this are wrong discounts and misleading information.
The French Minister of Commerce gives numerous reasons for countermeasures. It emphasizes the “pressure on employment in Europe, increased risks for the protection of economic interests and the security of consumers: inside, non-compliance with European social and environmental standards and the CO2 burden of air traffic”.
Shein sees itself attacked in France from all sides. There is a legislative proposal against the company against Fast Fashion. The French competition authority has already fined 40 million euros. Now a further penalty of 150 million euros is threatened by the French data protection authority (CNIL) due to the use of cookies.
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