European Union: 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)

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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…

Scope

Policy Area
Authorisation, registration and licensing
Policy Instrument
Operational license requirement
Regulated Economic Activity
platform intermediary: e-commerce
Implementation Level
supranational
Government Branch
judiciary
Government Body
supreme court

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2025-08-06
under investigation

On 6 August 2025, the Council of State lodged a request for a preliminary ruling with the Court of …

2026-07-09
under deliberation

On 9 July 2026, the Advocate General (AG) delivered his Opinion concerning whether the Postal Servi…