The European Commission opened up an examination right into the Chinese on-line purchasing system Temu on uncertainty the website is doing inadequate to quit the sale of prohibited items.
“We want to ensure that Temu is complying with the Digital Services Act. Particularly in ensuring that products sold on their platform meet EU standards and do not harm consumers,” European Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager stated in a declaration on Thursday.
Temu stated it would certainly accept the EU.
Temu encounters analysis over fake items and ‘ addicting style’
In May, the European Commission categorized Temu as a “very large online platform” under the DSA. It needs the globe’s biggest technology companies to do even more to secure European customers online.
Worried concerning fake things being marketed on Temu, Vestager wishes to know what systems Temu has in area to punish visual “rogue traders” marketing “non-compliant goods” in addition to just how the system limits their “reappearance.”
The Commission is additionally worried concerning the hostile sales techniques and the “potentially addictive design” of Temu, consisting of “game-like” incentive programs.
It can encounter large penalties, as high as 6 percent of its worldwide turn over, if the business is located to be in violation of the act.
Temu thinks about signing up with European anti-counterfeit team
Temu has actually swiftly increased in Europe with hostile advertising, drawing in numerous individuals via its motto “shop like a billionaire” and offering low cost on a vast array of items.
The Commission stated that it had 92 million regular monthly energetic individuals in the EU in September.
“We will cooperate fully with regulators to support our shared goal of a safe, trusted marketplace for consumers,” a Temu agent stated in a declaration.
The business is additionally taking into consideration signing up with a team of shopping systems and brand names that work together to stop the sale of phony items online in Europe.
The “Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the sale of counterfeit goods online” is a volunteer contract helped with by the European Commission, authorized by online merchants like Amazon, Alibaba, and ebay.com, in addition to brand names such as Adidas, Nike, Hermes, and Moncler.
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