Policy
We take our role as a business operating in Europe seriously and engage constructively with policymakers and other organizations on issues affecting our customers, selling partners, and wider society.
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European selling partners share their stories about how Amazon has helped them sell right across Europe.
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Amazon supports and promotes the continuous enhancement of collaboration between public and private sectors through initiatives that accelerate the process of digital transformation and internationalization of Italian SMEs.
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Consumers should have confidence in the services they use and in the products they buy, both offline and online, whatever the type or size of the business they buy from.
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At the 2022 Paris Peace Forum, a global governance summit focusing on tech and digital policy, Amazon joined two initiatives - one regarding child online safety and the other regarding safe space operations - and hosted a high-level panel on multi-stakeholder relief efforts in Ukraine.
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Remarks by Amazon Senior Vice President of International Consumer Russell Grandinetti at the Paris Peace Forum on 11 November 2021.
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Earning the trust of customers and sellers is at the heart of everything we do at Amazon. We are pleased to have resolved these matters with the European Commission, and are confident that Amazon will continue to be a great place for sellers who choose the Amazon Store.
Acting against counterfeit
We believe we have a responsibility to protect consumers, brands, and our store from counterfeit products and we work hard to do that. Read more about what we do to stop fraud, counterfeit, and abuse.
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The following are remarks from Amazon’s EU Director of Public Policy, James Waterworth, who spoke at the Renew Europe Seminar on ‘New developments in e-commerce: how to protect consumers and foster IPR protection online’ at the European Parliament.
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How Amazon is fighting counterfeits and working with law enforcement to hold bad actors accountable: the Italian "FATA" example.
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The following remarks about protecting customers, brands, sellers and our store from counterfeits were shared by Amazon’s Vice President for Brand Protection, Mary Beth Westmoreland, at a roundtable with European Commissioner for the Internal Market Thierry Breton on June 15, 2022, as part of a dialogue on the upcoming EU Toolbox Against Counterfeiting.
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Bad actors sought to evade Amazon’s detection by listing generic products in Amazon’s store while purposefully promoting counterfeits on social media.
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Amazon and World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. (WWE) have filed joint lawsuits to protect customers and the authenticity of WWE-branded championship title belts.
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Following an investigation by the MSA and Amazon’s CCU, officials raided the criminal’s warehouse, seizing hundreds of counterfeit belts and buckle accessories that may otherwise have been sold through retail channels around the world.