The American multinational Amazon will have to pay a colossal fine for not having respected the rules of competition in online commerce in Italy.
With our correspondent in Rome, Anne Le Nir
The bill is very salty for the multinational of Jeff Bezos. The Italian authority, which guarantees the proper functioning of competition in the country, imposed a fine of 1.13 billion euros on Amazon for “abuse of a dominant position”.
Discrimination
Clearly, the online distribution giant discriminated against sellers who had not used its logistics service; thus undermining competing operators in electronic commerce.
In a statement, Amazon expressed its deep disagreement with the Italian antitrust and announced that the group will bring an appeal against ” this unjustified sanction “. The statement said that more than 50% of annual sales are generated by small and medium-sized businesses whose success is at the center of Amazon’s business model.
For its part, the European Commission welcomes the decision of the Italian competition officer.
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