Serge Papin is cleaning. The Minister of SMEs stated, in the column Paris This Friday, November 14, the inspection carried out by the Directorate for Suppression of Fraud (DGCCRF) was successful. In line with the scandal that began with the sale of child pornographic dolls and weapons on the Shein website, France has launched a fight against abuse of the largest e-commerce platform.
The result: China’s Temu and AliExpress, America’s Wish and eBay, and Latvia’s Joom were all taken to court for offering the same types of banned products on their sites. “We report to the public prosecutor all platforms that offer illegal content”announced by the Minister of Trade.
In detail, on about thirty controlled platforms: AliExpress and Joom also sell child pornography sex dolls while Wish, Temu, eBay, and again AliExpress offer category 1 weapons for purchase, such as “brass knuckles or machete”, chose Serge Papin.
Furthermore, Amazon is also reported to be with Wish and Temu because of the three “did not comply with their obligations to filter minors with pornographic images”, he added.
“Regarding Shein, we have also asked the court for its suspension. Any platform that markets illicit goods will receive the same treatment. assured the minister. As a reminder, the state’s summons against the Chinese giant will be heard by the court on November 26.
Therefore, the pressure exerted by the French government within two weeks on the Chinese giant site Shein was quite convincing, according to the estimates of Serge Papin, who recalled that the site had “suspended its market and removed all its products from sale except clothing” and other platforms “start cleaning”. “The market, if it wants to continue trading in France, must control its offer, he insisted on Paris. Otherwise, they will face the risk of being suspended.”
At the European level too, Member States have woken up in recent days: Finance Ministers on Thursday agreed to eliminate the exemption from customs duties on small packages imported from Europe, with a value of less than 150 euros. The aim of this reform is to fight against platforms that do not respect European standards, in the face of the social, environmental and ethical problems they represent.
Regarding the large-scale control operation carried out last week, Serge Papin stated this “work still in progress” but in general, in targeted control, “Customs records an average of eight out of ten non-compliant packages”.
