Source: European Parliament
14.10.2024
Question for written answer E-002044/2024
to the Commission
Rule 144
Christel Schaldemose (S&D)
Temu is classified as a very large online platform under the Digital Services Act. What checks has the Commission carried out to make sure that Temu is genuinely an online marketplace (such marketplaces being ‘providers of online platforms allowing consumers to conclude distance contracts with producers’) and does not itself buy and resell the products sold on the platform?
It is important to clarify this question, given that Temu, which is established in Ireland, would be regarded as an economic operator (importer or producer) under product and environmental legislation if it actually bought, owned and resold the products ‘intermediated’ via its own website.
Submitted: 14.10.2024