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PERMANENT OFFICIAL-EVIDENCE DOSSIER
Ongoing investigation into Amazon's price controls
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.
!A published action is evidence of official activity—not automatically a finding of infringement.
- Authority
- German Federal Cartel Office
- Subject
- Amazon
- Technology / system
- Price-control mechanism
- Action type
- investigation
- Procedural status
- open
- Action date
- 02 September 2024
- Publication date
- 02 September 2024
- Effective date
- not published
- Officially stated amount
- not published
- Legal basis
- GWB
Exact technology passage
“Preissteuerungsmechanismus bzw. -algorithmus”
Location in source: Abschnitt „Preissteuerung“
Published chronology
- information request
Merchant survey published
- preliminary assessment
Preliminary legal assessment sent