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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12599

11 November 2020
ECONOMY - FINANCE / Competition
European Commission criticises Amazon for distorting competition in online retail markets
Brussels, 10/11/2020 (Agence Europe)

The European Commission on Tuesday 10 November sent the Amazon group a ‘Statement of Objections’ (see EUROPE B12298A9) accusing them of distorting competition in online retail markets.

Amazon routinely uses non-public business data from independent sellers active in its marketplace for the benefit of its own retail business, which competes directly with those third-party sellers.

Margrethe Vestager, Executive Vice-President, Competition Policy, stated that data relating to the activity...

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