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The list of online platforms for which they are suspected of violating the EU rules is constantly increasing. The latter is added to the list: TEMU.
The European Commission claims that, according to the EU digital services law (DSA), the E -Commerce platform does not evaluate the risks that arise as a result of illegal products sold on its web, including children’s toys and small electronics.
“The commission made a preliminary decision in accordance with the legislation of the TMU Digital Services, where we announced the online market that it is violated by DSA regarding market risks associated with the sale and distribution of illegal products,” Tomas Regny, representative of Thomas Regny, told EURONEWS.
“DSA is one of our consumer protection tools throughout Europe. To protect them from the fact that when it comes to online buying? From illegal products sold on the Internet. Platforms.
This is not just a topic
The study is carried out against the background of wider concerns that some online markets allow the sale of goods that would not meet security standards or regulatory standards of the EU if they were sold in physical stores.
Until now, including TEMU, the commission has initiated 14 procedures on 10 online platforms. Each case is focused on various aspects of conformity, from the safety of products to moderation of content and protecting minors.
The ongoing procedures include X, which have issued preliminary conclusions about their compliance with obligations related to the “distribution and improvement of illegal content.”
Tik tok procedures also continue, including, in particular, the risk management and its harmful content. Protection of minors to which preliminary results were issued, and the integrity of the elections is also purposefully. The Tiktok Lite case ended after Tiktok proposed obligations.
The commission found that AliExpress (AliExpress) does not take sufficient measures to combat illegal products. The Chinese company finally took on obligations, and the commission issued preliminary conclusions for other complaints.
And in accordance with the permanent file, the META Instagram and Facebook of the service are also controlled in cases related to the protection of minors, as well as the integrity of the elections.
Finally, the web sites associated with the protection of minors are awaiting the stripchart building, Pornhub, XNXX, XVIDEOS related to the protection of minors.
Consumer groups turn to action
A wave of polls arises against the background of an increase in pressure from consumer protection groups, which claims that the DSA should be supported by the actual performance in order to have a significant impact.
“The preliminary conclusions of the European Commission for TEMU are the first positive step for European consumers. Last year, the European consumer organization (BEUC) began a complaint about Temu, since it does not make enough to protect consumers from illegal and unsafe products that can be purchased through its website, ”said Agustin Rei,” said the European organization of consumers.
“Consumer safety has been put on the card. Because when consumers buy something on the Internet, they expect them to be safe. They are not surprised whether illegal chemicals are used in the production of these goods, or whether a specific product or home device can explode, or that the child can drown with the help of the play. What we found from our members of all national consumers organizations – which will not be a secret. Products
According to the consumer organization, now the task is to try to force the law to work in practice. The legislation has been valid for almost a year and a half, but so far none of the investigations of the committee have been completed, and no sanctions have been imposed.
But since these platforms become very popular among Europeans, the problem is urgent. “To give you an idea, every year the number of parcels entering the EU through Temu doubling. Therefore, we are talking about a significant number of products included in the EU and are not compatible. And consumers do not know this, ”concluded the manager of BEUC.
France continues to regulate fashionable fashion
Temu Research is also held at a time when the EU member states strengthen their efforts to limit supernatural fashion -business models that many experts say that it supplies compared to consumption, damage to the environment and the operation of legal gray zones.
In May 2024, France proposed innovative legislation aimed at more fashionable platforms. The French government clearly called companies such as TEMU and Shein as examples of platforms that violate viability efforts using aggressive marketing on social networks and played in the markets to stimulate the impulsive market and its refusal culture.
Although the French proposal is still in negotiations, it reflects a growing consensus that supernatural fashion, especially when they are provided with the help of unregulated online platforms, represents not only risks for consumer safety, but also serious environmental and social problems.
It seems that the European answer is required for a global problem. The convergence of problems – from illegal sales of products to the destruction of the environment – caused calls for more than one EU answer. Experts say that support for fragmented national security is no longer viable before global platforms that work to a large extent.
As the general director of BEUC said, “Europe cannot win this battle of one country at a time.” The law on digital services is a principle. But for many it is only the beginning.