The patron safety authority in France introduced that three quarters of imported merchandise from main on-line platforms failed to satisfy requirements of the European Union. And 46 % had been non-complaint and harmful. The regulator examined seven platforms, however didn’t identify which of them.
The French Directorate Basic for Competitors, Shopper Affairs and Fraud Management (DGCCRF) has introduced that it has analyzed greater than 600 merchandise that had been purchased from seven overseas on-line marketplaces, in 2025. The quantity of analyzed merchandise is triple the quantity that was examined in earlier years.
In 2024, European market authorities additionally analyzed imported merchandise from Shein, AliExpress and Temu. Of their report, between 85 to 95 % of merchandise didn’t adjust to product rules from the European Union.
Fines as much as 6% of turnover doable
The French regulator now says that 75 % of analyzed merchandise failed to satisfy EU guidelines. And 46 % had been each non-complaint and harmful. It is going to share its findings with the European Fee, which might impose fines of as much as 6 % of worldwide turnover on these platforms, below the EU’s Digital Providers Act. The Fee is presently already investigating Shein, Temu and AliExpress.
All electrical home equipment had been non-compliant
All electrical home equipment that had been examined, like hair-care gadgets, had been non-compliant. And nearly three quarters of them had been thought of harmful, due to the dangers {of electrical} shock or fireplace. Youngsters’s merchandise, jewellery and garments confirmed widespread breaches, together with choking dangers and extreme ranges of chemical substances, in keeping with the DGCCRF.
‘We’re not coping with an exception, it’s a part of the enterprise mannequin’
Due to ongoing investigations, the French regulator didn’t share which platforms had been analyzed and what their particular person outcomes had been. Nevertheless, the dimensions of failures do level in direction of structural issues reasonably than remoted points, stated representatives. “If you find yourself at 70 to 75 % non‑compliance, you’re now not coping with an exception, it’s a part of the enterprise mannequin”, an official stated throughout a DGCCRF press briefing. “This isn’t a judgement, only a assertion of reality.”
