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European Union: Adopted Amazon commitments addressing allegation of non-public data usage by EU Commission

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Adopted Amazon commitments addressing allegation of non-public data usage by EU Commission

On 20 December 2022, the European Commission announced that it has accepted Amazon's commitments regarding the use of non-public data and is closing its competition investigation into the company’s conduct. In its preliminary findings, the Commissio…

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…