{
  "id": "action:de:bka:2024-amazon-investigation",
  "slug": "bundeskartellamt-amazon-preissteuerung-untersuchung",
  "caseId": "case:de:bka-amazon-price-control",
  "authorityId": "authority:de:bundeskartellamt",
  "subjectId": "subject:amazon",
  "jurisdiction": "DE",
  "regionGroup": "DE",
  "actionType": "investigation",
  "proceduralStatus": "open",
  "actionDate": "2024-09-02",
  "publicationDate": "2024-09-02",
  "effectiveDate": null,
  "amount": null,
  "legalBasis": [
    "GWB"
  ],
  "title": {
    "de": "Laufende Untersuchung zu Amazons Preissteuerung",
    "en": "Ongoing investigation into Amazon's price controls"
  },
  "summary": {
    "de": "Das Bundeskartellamt untersucht, ob Amazons Preissteuerungsmechanismus die Preissetzung von Marktplatzhändlern beeinflusst. Eine Händlerbefragung und eine vorläufige rechtliche Einschätzung sind Verfahrensschritte, keine abschließende Feststellung.",
    "en": "The Federal Cartel Office is investigating whether Amazon's price-control mechanism influences marketplace sellers' pricing. A merchant survey and a preliminary legal assessment are procedural steps, not a final finding."
  },
  "technologyEvidence": {
    "evidenceId": "evidence:de:bka-amazon",
    "language": "de",
    "locator": "Abschnitt „Preissteuerung“",
    "excerpt": "Preissteuerungsmechanismus bzw. -algorithmus"
  },
  "evidenceIds": [
    "evidence:de:bka-amazon"
  ],
  "authority": {
    "id": "authority:de:bundeskartellamt",
    "slug": "bundeskartellamt",
    "jurisdiction": "DE",
    "name": {
      "de": "Bundeskartellamt",
      "en": "German Federal Cartel Office"
    },
    "shortName": "Bundeskartellamt",
    "role": {
      "de": "Deutsche Wettbewerbsbehörde.",
      "en": "Germany's competition authority."
    }
  },
  "subject": {
    "id": "subject:amazon",
    "name": {
      "de": "Amazon",
      "en": "Amazon"
    },
    "system": {
      "de": "Preissteuerungsmechanismus",
      "en": "Price-control mechanism"
    }
  },
  "case": {
    "id": "case:de:bka-amazon-price-control",
    "slug": "bundeskartellamt-amazon-preissteuerung",
    "authorityIds": [
      "authority:de:bundeskartellamt"
    ],
    "subjectIds": [
      "subject:amazon"
    ],
    "title": {
      "de": "Amazons Preissteuerungsmechanismus",
      "en": "Amazon's price-control mechanism"
    }
  },
  "events": [
    {
      "id": "event:de:bka:2024-09-02-survey",
      "actionId": "action:de:bka:2024-amazon-investigation",
      "date": "2024-09-02",
      "kind": "information_request",
      "title": {
        "de": "Händlerbefragung veröffentlicht",
        "en": "Merchant survey published"
      },
      "evidenceId": "evidence:de:bka-amazon"
    },
    {
      "id": "event:de:bka:2025-06-02-preliminary",
      "actionId": "action:de:bka:2024-amazon-investigation",
      "date": "2025-06-02",
      "kind": "preliminary_assessment",
      "title": {
        "de": "Vorläufige rechtliche Einschätzung übermittelt",
        "en": "Preliminary legal assessment sent"
      },
      "evidenceId": "evidence:de:bka-amazon"
    }
  ],
  "evidence": [
    {
      "id": "evidence:de:bka-amazon",
      "authorityId": "authority:de:bundeskartellamt",
      "officialIdentifier": "BKA-Amazon-Preissteuerung",
      "title": {
        "de": "Amazon – Preissteuerung",
        "en": "Amazon — price controls"
      },
      "publishedAt": "2024-09-02",
      "language": "de",
      "kind": "proceeding-page",
      "url": "https://www.bundeskartellamt.de/DE/DigitalWirtschaft/VerfahrenGegenGrosseDigitalkonzerne/Amazon/Amazon_node.html"
    }
  ],
  "dateModified": "2025-06-02"
}