“High risk of illegal products on Temu”

Baby toys and electronics

Temu is violating the European Digital Services Act (DSA), the European Commission said in a press release today: “There is a high risk for consumers in the EU to encounter illegal products on the platform.” Analysis of a mystery shopping survey shows that the risk of non-compliant products is particularly high for baby toys and small electronic devices, among other things.

Last October, the European Commission launched a formal procedure to investigate whether Temu complies with the strict rules that very large online platforms must meet. The preliminary conclusions are not reassuring: “In our preliminary view, Temu is far from assessing risks for its users at the standards required by the Digital Services Act.”

The European Commission can impose a fine equivalent to 6 % of global annual turnover, but the Chinese company will still have the opportunity to respond to the allegations and address the alleged infringements. In a reply to RetailDetail, the company stated that “We will continue to cooperate fully with the European Commission.”