As it was established by Bloomberg, the European Commission announced the initiation of an investigation, the officer against the Temu, for the alleged violation of the Act, the Services and the Digital (the SEA). The decision is based on responses to requests for information, and a report of the risk assessment provided by the company to the chinese by the end of September.
Four of the critical issues to be identified
Temu was appointed as a VLOP (Its too much on the internet on 31 may 2024, when exceed 45 million users active every month (92 million at the end of September). The European commission sent two requests for information, on 28 June, July, and October 11, 2024.
Formal procedures were opened on the basis of the responses received, the contents of the report of the risk assessment, information collected by the third-party, and, for the first time, the data to be provided by the Coordinator, the Irish, the Services and the Digital (the Italy's AGCOM).
According to the European Commission, Temu, has violated the provisions of sections 27, 34, 35, 38, and 40 to the SEA with respect to four critical issues. The system of using the platform of e-commerce is not very effective in blocking the sale of the product to the law of the sellers have been suspended before.
Temu I will be using the design and the services that you can build on, and therefore have a negative impact on physical and mental health of the people. It will be appreciated, also, the systems are used to suggest products for the end users. Under the SEA, it is mandatory to secure an option on the joprofilim.
Finally, the Commission doubts that the researchers may not have access to the information of the public. During the procedure, it will gather more evidence, while Temu going to be in a position to provide legal remedies available. The SEA does not give a deadline for the completion of the investigation.
A spokesperson for the Temu, said:
Temu takes seriously its obligations under the SEA, by investing continuously to strengthen our system of agreement, and to protect the interests of the customers on our platform. We will cooperate fully with the regulators to support our goal of a common market to be safe and reliable for the customers.
BEUC comment on it also the start of the investigation:
There are a lot of problems for the group's customers have been identified, with Temu, by including the very products of the dangerous, dangerous, or illegal sale or use of the common techniques and design at the beginning of this review. It is a decision of the Commission is a step in the promise, but only the first one. Now, it's important for the Committee to continue to exert pressure on the Temu, and to push the company to apply the law to you as soon as possible.
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