France: Announced investigation on Wish regarding breaches of the Consumer Code

In September 2020, the General Directorate for Competition, Consumer Affairs and Fraud Prevention (DGCCRF) opened an investigation on Wish due to breaches of the security of products sold on the online platform. If the investigation shows that the Consumer Code has been breached, the DGCCRF may issue an order to Wish to display a message of warning on the platform to warn the consumers. If the observed offence is punishable by at least two years imprisonment and is likely to seriously undermine the fairness of transactions or the interests of consumers, the DGCCRF inter alia may block the domain for a maximum period of three months, renewable once, followed, if the observed violation persists, by a measure of deletion or transfer of the domain name to the competent authority.