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EU regulatory actions against Temu

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In July 2026 Hungary’s Competition Authority ordered the Chinese‑owned marketplace Temu to reimburse roughly about 500,000 shoppers a 2,000‑forint rebate each, citing misleading discount tactics each and imposing imposed a fine of 437 million forints. The compensation scheme coincided with a temporary drop in Temu parcel volumes after new EU customs rules removed low‑value‑package tax exemptions, temporarily easing pressure on domestic couriers. A few days later, exemptions. Earlier in the year the European Commission announced warned that Temu had obstructed an antitrust and subsidy probe into its Irish subsidiary, subsidiary WhaleCo, refusing to provide requested records during a planned inspection. The Commission warned that regulator said a confirmed breach could trigger a fine of up to 1 % one percent of Temu’s revenue and said it was also reviewing possible state‑aid violations. This action builds on noted a May 2025 EU fine of prior €200 million fine in May 2025 for illegal products, underscoring a broader pattern of increasing regulatory scrutiny of Temu across products. On 31 July 2026 the EU. The Commission later detailed sent a formal notice to PDD Holdings and WhaleCo, alleging that Temu hindered a obstructed the surprise Dublin inspection carried out between 2 and 5 December 2025 on‑site inspection in Dublin by withholding business under the EU Foreign Subsidies Regulation. The notice says Temu failed to supply information on its EU‑wide organisation, IT systems and specific books and other documents, as part of a subsidy investigation aimed at determining whether records. If the platform received foreign state aid that could distort competition. The regulator reiterated that a breach could lead to is confirmed, a fine of up to one percent of total revenue. It also noted that revenue may be imposed. Temu operates in denies the EU through its subsidiary WhaleCo, serving about 130 million customers accusations, asserting full cooperation and ranking among the largest online retailers in Germany. no receipt of unfair foreign subsidies.

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