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Announced retailer survey in Amazon price control investigation

On 2 September 2024, the German Federal Cartel Office (Bundeskartellamt) announced that it launched an online survey of 2'000 representatively selected third-party retailers to investigate the effects of Amazon's price checks on the behaviour of thi…

Scope

Policy Area
Competition
Policy Instrument
Unilateral conduct regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
platform intermediary: e-commerce
Implementation Level
national
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
competition authority

Complete timeline of this policy change

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2022-11-14
under deliberation

On 14 November 2022, the German Federal Cartel Office (Bundeskartellamt) announced that it will ma…

2024-09-02
under deliberation

On 2 September 2024, the German Federal Cartel Office (Bundeskartellamt) announced that it launched…

2025-06-02
under investigation

On 2 June 2025, the Federal Cartel Office (FCO) issued a preliminary legal opinion to Amazon concer…

2026-02-05
in force

On 5 February 2026, the Federal Cartel Office prohibited Amazon from influencing the prices charged…