Tax rulings: EU Commission closes state aid investigations into Fiat, Amazon, and Starbucks
The EU Commission has closed three in-depth State aid investigations into transfer pricing tax rulings granted by Luxembourg to Fiat and Amazon, and…
Digital Services Act: EU Commission requests information to Amazon
The EU Commission is requesting Amazon to provide more information on the measures the platform has taken to comply with…
EU Internet Forum: New members to fight harmful and illegal online content
Amazon, SoundCloud, Mistral AI, DailyMotion, and the Strategic Dialogue Institute - a civil society organization - have become members of…
Verkauf apothekenpflichtiger Medikamente über Amazon: Schlussanträge des Generalanwalts am EU-Gerichtshof in der Rechtssache C‑21/23 Lindenapotheke
Donnerstag, 25. April 2024 Schlussanträge des Generalanwalts am Gerichtshof in der Rechtssache C‑21/23 Lindenapotheke Verkauf apothekenpflichtiger Medikamente...
Digital Markets Act: EU Commission investigates non-compliance by Alphabet, Apple, Meta, and Amazon
Today, the Commission has opened non-compliance investigations under the Digital Markets Act (DMA) into Alphabet's rules on steering in Google Play and self-preferencing on…
DMA: Designated gatekeepers must now comply with all obligations
As of today, Apple, Alphabet, Meta, Amazon, Microsoft and ByteDance, the six gatekeepers designated by the Commission in September 2023, have to fully comply…
EU Parliament revokes 14 access badges for Amazon representatives
Dragoș Pîslaru (Renew, RO), Chair of the Social Affairs and Employment Committee, said: "Ensuring fair working conditions is a key component…
Amazon and iRobot agree to terminate pending acquisition: EU Commission statement
The Commission takes note of Amazon's and iRobot's decision to terminate their agreement according to which Amazon intended to acquire…
Verkauf apothekenpflichtiger Medikamente über Amazon: Mündliche Verhandlung vor dem Gerichtshof in der Rechtssache C‑21/23 Lindenapotheke
Dienstag, 9. Januar 2024 Mündliche Verhandlung vor dem Gerichtshof (Große Kammer) in der Rechtssache C‑21/23 Lindenapotheke Verkauf apothekenpflichtiger...
EU Court of Justice: Judgment in Case C-457/21 P (Commission v Amazon.com and Others)
The Court considers that the General Court wrongly recognised the arm’s length principle, which seeks to assess whether intra-group transactions…
Bolivia: France participates in the fight against forest fires
France expresses its full solidarity with the Bolivian people and authorities in the face of the ongoing forest fires that…
iRobot acquisition: EU Commission sends statement of objections to Amazon
The European Commission has informed Amazon of its preliminary view that its proposed acquisition of iRobot may restrict competition in…
EU Commission sends request for information to Amazon under the DSA
Today, the European Commission formally sent Amazon a request for information under the Digital Services Act (DSA). The Commission is requesting…
VLOPs and Search Engines to publish first transparency reports under the DSA
As part of their transparency obligations under the Digital Services Act (DSA), designated Very Large Online Platforms and Very Large…
U.S. FTC sues Amazon for illegally maintaining monopoly power
The Federal Trade Commission and 17 state attorneys general today sued Amazon.com, Inc. alleging that the online retail and technology…
Amazon: EU Commission opens investigation into proposed acquisition of iRobot
The European Commission has opened an in-depth investigation to assess, under the EU Merger Regulation, the proposed acquisition of iRobot…
EU Court of Justice: Advocate General’s Opinion in Case C-457/21 P | Commission v Amazon.com and Others
Tax rulings: Advocate General Kokott is of the view that the Commission erred in deciding that Luxembourg had granted unauthorised…
EU Opinion in Case C-457/21 Commission v Amazon and others
Thursday 8th June 2023 EU Opinion in Case C-457/21 Commission v Amazon and others (State aid)...
Antitrust: EU Commission accepts commitments by Amazon
Brussels, 20 December 2022 EU Commission accepts commitments by Amazon barring it from using marketplace...
Amazon: EU Commission seeks feedback on Buy Box and Prime commitments
Brussels, 14 July 2022 The European Commission invites comments on commitments offered by Amazon to address competition...
Italy: Amazon fined over € 1,128 billion for abusing its dominant position
Rome, December 9, 2021 The Italian Competition Authority (Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato,...
S&Ds lead the offensive against Amazon’s illegal and unethical labour practices: “Stop modern slavery!”
The socialists and democrats voiced serious concerns about the way Amazon treats its workers, during...
Public Hearing on Amazon and fundamental workers’ rights and freedoms – EP Committee on Employment and Social Affairs
On 27 May (13.45 – 15.45), the EMPL Committee will hold the Hearing “Amazon attacks...
EP Public Hearing on Amazon and fundamental workers’ rights and freedoms – Committee on Employment and Social Affairs
Hearings – Public Hearing on Amazon and fundamental workers’ rights and freedoms – 27-05-2021 – Committee...
Judgment of the EU General Court in Cases T-816/17 (Luxembourg v Commission) and T-318/18 (Amazon EU Sàrl and Amazon.com, Inc. v Commission)
Luxembourg v Commission State aid – No selective advantage in favour of a Luxembourg subsidiary...
EP Thinktank study: Online platforms: Economic and societal effects
Online platforms such as Google, Amazon, and Facebook play an increasingly central role in the...