AliExpress gets record €550m fine from EU for allowing sale of illegal products

It is the highest penalty imposed under the Digital Services Act and follows a two-year investigation.

EU fines AliExpress €550mn for failing to prevent sale of illegal goods

Record penalty under bloc’s Digital Services Act comes amid broader crackdown on Chinese ecommerce platforms

European Commission imposes record €550 million fine on AliExpress

The Chinese e-commerce platform failed to meet its obligations to stop the sale of illegal products. After sanctions against the social media platform X and the online marketplace Temu, this is the third penalty the EU has imposed in under a year.

AliExpress fined record €550m by EU for failing to stop sale of illegal and fake goods

Chinese retail platform handed penalty over listings for items such as counterfeit products and unsafe toys Business live – latest updates AliExpress, the Chinese online retail platform, has been fined a record €550m (£470m) by the EU over its failure to stop illegal goods including harmful clothing, cosmetics and kitchen gadgets being sold through its site. The European Commission fine is the biggest yet exacted by the bloc under the Digital Services Act (DSA), legislation that came into f...

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AliExpress hit with record EU fine

The Chinese retailer has become the latest major online marketplace to face penalties under the EU’s Digital Services Act.

EU fines AliExpress US$630 million over illegal products

The EU on Monday slapped a €550 million (US$630 million) fine on online retailer AliExpress for allowing the sale of illegal products, including unsafe toys and cosmetics. The European Union said AliExpress also did not do enough to stop the sale of counterfeit products and that when the platform detected illegal goods were on sale, many remained online for several weeks. The EU found some of the products sold on the platform did not meet the bloc’s strict environmental and safety standards...

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EU fines AliExpress €550 million over DSA breaches

The European Commission on Monday fined e-commerce platform AliExpress €550 million after finding that it failed to properly assess and reduce risks linked to illegal, unsafe and counterfeit products sold through its marketplace. The European Commission said AliExpress breached obligations under the Digital Services Act (DSA) by failing to carry out adequate risk assessments and […]

EU hits AliExpress with €550m fine over illegal products

AliExpress has been hit with a record €550 million fine from the EU for failing to tackle sales of illegal, unsafe and counterfeit products on its platform.

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Europe fines AliExpress €550 million for illegal, unsafe, counterfeit products

The European Commission has fined the Chinese online retailer AliExpress €550 million for doing too little t

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AliExpress fined record €550m by EU for allowing sale of illegal goods

Chinese online retail giant AliExpress has been fined a record €550m (£467m) by the EU for allowing the sale of illegal products such as unsafe toys and fake clothes.

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