European Union: Case concerning classification of Amazon's delivery and logistics activities as postal services requiring authorisation (joined cases C-535/25, C-536/25, C-537/25)
Progress
Current status
under deliberation
09 Jul 2026 under deliberation
06 Aug 2025 under investigation
Scope
Implementers
Austria
Belgium
Bulgaria
Croatia
Cyprus
Czechia
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Ireland
Italy
Latvia
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Malta
Netherlands
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
Policy Area
Authorisation, registration and licensing
Policy Instrument
Operational license requirement
Regulated Economic Activity
platform intermediary: e-commerce
Government Branch
judiciary
Government Body
supreme court
Implementation Level
supranational
Timeline of events
Advocate General delivered opinion on classification of Amazon's delivery and logistics activities as postal services requiring authorisation (joined cases C-535/25, C-536/25, C-537/25)
On 9 July 2026, the Advocate General (AG) delivered his Opinion concerning whether the Postal Services Directive (Directive 97/67/EC) precludes Italy from subjecting Amazon's delivery activities to the authorisation regime applicable to postal servi…
Event type
investigation
Action type
opinion
Government branch
judiciary
Government body
supreme court
Council of State submitted request for preliminary ruling to Court of Justice of the European Union on classification of Amazon's delivery and logistics activities as postal services requiring authorisation (joined cases C-535/25, C-536/25, C-537/25)
On 6 August 2025, the Council of State lodged a request for a preliminary ruling with the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), seeking a determination on the classification of Amazon's delivery and logistics activities as postal services r…
Event type
investigation
Action type
interim ruling
Government branch
judiciary
Government body
supreme court