European Union: Zalando lawsuit challenging European Commission's designation as very large online platform under Digital Services Act (Zalando v Commission)

Progress

Current status
under appeal
13 Nov 2025 under appeal
03 Sep 2025 in force
27 Jun 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 regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
platform intermediary: e-commerce
Government Branch
judiciary
Government Body
court
Implementation Level
supranational

Timeline of events

13 Nov 2025
under appeal

Zalando filed appeal before Court of Justice of the European Union against General Court judgment concerning designation as very large online platform under Digital Services Act (C-724/25 P)

On 13 November 2025, Zalando filed an appeal with the Court of Justice of the European Union against the 3 September 2025 judgment of the General Court in Case T-348/23, which upheld the European Commission’s decision to designate Zalando as a very …

Event type public lawsuit
Action type appeal
Government branch judiciary
Government body court
03 Sep 2025
in force

General Court of European Union dismissed Zalando’s appeal against designation as very large online platform (T-348/23)

On 3 September 2025, the General Court of the European Union dismissed Zalando’s appeal against the European Commission’s April 2023 decision designating it as a very large online platform under the Digital Services Regulation. The designation appli…

Event type public lawsuit
Action type ruling
Government branch judiciary
Government body court
27 Jun 2023
under deliberation

Filed lawsuit against the European Commission's designation of Zalando as a "Very Large Online Platform" under the Digital Services Act (Zalando v Commission)

On 27 June 2023, Zalando, a German e-commerce platform, filed a claim before the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) against the European Commission, seeking the annulment of the Commission's decision of 25 April 2023 designating the compa…

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