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Germany: Federal Cartel Office investigation expands proceedings in antitrust investigation against Amazon

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Federal Cartel Office investigation expands proceedings in antitrust investigation against Amazon

On 14 November 2022, the German Federal Cartel Office (Bundeskartellamt) announced that it will make use of the amendment of Section19(a) of the German Competition Act (GWB) in the two ongoing proceedings against Amazon. Section19(a) gives Bundesk…

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

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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…