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European Union: Closed consultation on Amazon's commitments addressing EU Commission statement of objections regarding non-public data use

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Closed consultation on Amazon's commitments addressing EU Commission statement of objections regarding non-public data use

On 9 September 2022, the consultation on Amazon's commitments regarding the use of non-public data closes. The Commission in its preliminary view alleged that Amazon is using non-public data collected from competing sellers to favour its products an…

Scope

Policy Area
Competition
Policy Instrument
Unilateral conduct regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
platform intermediary: e-commerce
Implementation Level
supranational
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
central government

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2019-07-17
under deliberation

On 17 July 2019, the European Commission opened an in-depth investigation into Amazon for allegedly…

2020-11-10
under deliberation

On 10 November 2020, the European Union (EU) Commission releases a statement of objections as part …

2022-07-14
in consultation

On 14 July 2022, the European Commission opened a public consultation on the commitments it has rec…

2022-09-09
processing consultation

On 9 September 2022, the consultation on Amazon's commitments regarding the use of non-public data …

2022-12-20
concluded

On 20 December 2022, the European Commission announced that it has accepted Amazon's commitments re…