The European Union is planning to make e-commerce platforms resembling Temu, Shein and Amazon Market answerable for harmful or unlawful merchandise offered on-line, the Monetary Instances reported on Saturday.
Customs reforms would oblige on-line platforms to offer knowledge earlier than items arrive within the EU, permitting officers to higher management and examine packages, in line with a draft proposal seen by FT.
Presently anybody who purchases items on-line within the EU is handled because the importer for customs functions, however the brand new reform will maintain the platforms accountable, the newspaper reported.
On-line retailers must gather the related responsibility and VAT and make sure the items adjust to different EU necessities, the report stated.
Customs knowledge from the 27 nationwide authorities might be pooled and a brand new central EU customs authority (EUCA) arrange, in line with the FT.
“The EUCA would be capable of display the products based mostly on this data and to determine potential dangers, even previous to the loading of the products for transport or their bodily arrival within the EU,” the FT stated, citing the draft.
Amazon, Shein, and the EU didn’t instantly reply to a Reuters request for remark outdoors enterprise hours. Temu couldn’t be instantly reached.
Reporting by Shivani Tanna in Bengaluru; Enhancing by Kevin Liffey and Jan Harvey
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