According to a report by BEUC (European Consumer Organisation) dated Monday 3 February, several types of products sold on Temu, the Chinese online sales platform, present serious safety problems.
Tests carried out exposed “major” risks: detachable or faulty parts on baby articles, errors in cosmetic ingredient lists, electrical appliances without safety standards, etc.
Of more than 200 products tested, 81.3% were found to be non-compliant, a figure that rises to 100% in the case of connected objects.
According to BEUC, these tested products should not have been put on sale. Its Director General, Agustín Reyna, denounces a “widespread problem”, which makes the platform “an entry point for illegal products”.
The organisation is calling on the Commission to “conclude its various investigations” into Temu under the DSA (see EUROPE 13516/9) and to put forward “an ambitious (...) e-commerce action plan”.
On Wednesday 5 February, the European Commission is due to present its communication on the “challenges linked to e-commerce platforms”.
See the press release: https://aeur.eu/f/fc0 (Original version in French by Isalia Stieffatre)