| ▲ | EU fines Temu €200M for allowing sale of illegal products(bbc.co.uk) |
| 32 points by jjp 44 minutes ago | 14 comments |
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| ▲ | jordiburgos 13 minutes ago | parent | next [-] |
| Why there is a difference between selling and allowing to sell? If the product is sold in your site, you must be responsible of it. |
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| ▲ | hydrogen7800 a minute ago | parent | next [-] | | > If the product is sold in your site, you must be responsible of it.
But this is an internet store. | |
| ▲ | madeofpalk 8 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | Isn't this being held responsible for it? | |
| ▲ | another-dave 2 minutes ago | parent | prev [-] | | they are responsible for it, but it's useful in reporting to differentiate between "fulfilled by" and "bought through" |
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| ▲ | esnard 32 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| Also discussed here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48307237 |
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| ▲ | manoDev 19 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| Isn't there some kind of law to disallow imports without a CE / RoHS / etc label? Why allow it to enter the EU, and then fine the seller afterwards? |
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| ▲ | lefra 2 minutes ago | parent | next [-] | | For electronics without wireless functionality, it is allowed to self-certify. Anyone could also print whatever label they want on their products illegally (i.e. without doing the required paperwork to self-certify). The policemen controlling imports don't have the competency to check for faults, so we get this situation where specialists regularly sample the products, and heavy fines are issued to the importer. | |
| ▲ | MobiusHorizons 14 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | Are you suggesting opening every package to check for a CE? I think fining after the fact is how those laws are enforced. | |
| ▲ | dwroberts 11 minutes ago | parent | prev [-] | | They add fake labels, this has been happening for a long time |
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| ▲ | kvgr 20 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| I am very pro free market, but Temu with data harvesting and selling illegal projects should be banned together with tiktok... |
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| ▲ | holistio a minute ago | parent [-] | | If you're "pro free market, but", you're not pro free market. That's fine, but you might want to reevaluate whether you're actually for it. |
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| ▲ | debarshri 16 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| There goes my panda shaped coffeeblower. |
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| ▲ | schnitzelstoat 29 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| It seems like quite a light punishment for selling such dangerous products that could literally kill people. The dodgy e-bike batteries have already been linked to several fires. bigclivedotcom takes apart some of the Temu stuff on YouTube and some of the electronics is atrocious. |
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| ▲ | Bolin-Weng_666 8 minutes ago | parent | prev [-] |
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