European Union: Amazon Lawsuit against European Commission regarding designation as Very Large Online Platform (Case T-367/23 / C-639/23)

Progress

Current status
in force
19 Nov 2025 in force
27 Mar 2024 in force
27 Sep 2023 under investigation
05 Jul 2023 under deliberation

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
Content moderation
Policy Instrument
Content moderation authority governance
Regulated Economic Activity
platform intermediary: e-commerce
Government Branch
judiciary
Government Body
court
Implementation Level
subnational

Timeline of events

19 Nov 2025
in force

General Court of the European Union issued ruling designating Amazon Store as very large online platform under Digital Services Act (T-367/23)

On 19 November 2025, the General Court of the European Union issued its judgment in Case T-367/23, Amazon EU v Commission, dismissing Amazon's action seeking annulment of the Commission's designation of the Amazon Store platform as a very large onli…

Source
Event type public lawsuit
Action type ruling
Government branch judiciary
Government body court
27 Mar 2024
in force

Issued CJEU ruling rejecting Amazon's request to suspend obligation for public advertisement repository under Digital Service Act (Case C-639/23)

On 27 March 2024, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) rejected Amazon's request to suspend the obligation to provide a public advertising repository, as required for very large online platforms under the Digital Services Act (DSA). The…

Source
Event type public lawsuit
Action type ruling
Government branch judiciary
Government body court
27 Sep 2023
under investigation

Issued General Court interim ruling in Amazon lawsuit against European Commission regarding designation as Very Large Online Platform (Case T-367/23)

On 27 September 2023, the European General Court delivered an interim decision in the legal dispute between Amazon and the European Commission concerning the classification as a Very Large Online Platform (Case T-367/23). Amazon requested a provisio…

Source
Event type public lawsuit
Action type interim ruling
Government branch judiciary
Government body court
05 Jul 2023
under deliberation

Announced Amazon lawsuit against European Commission regarding designation as Very Large Online Platform (Case T-367/23)

On 5 July 2023, Amazon filed a lawsuit against against the European Commission's (EC) decision to designate Amazon as a Very Large Online Platform (VLOP) from 25 April 2023. Amazon asked the Court to annul this decision, or alternatively annul it r…

Source
Event type public lawsuit
Action type announcement
Government branch judiciary
Government body court