Commission fines Temu € 200 million for breaching the Digital Services Act

Today, the European Commission issued a fine of € 200 million to Temu under the Digital Services Act (DSA). The company failed to diligently identify, analyse, and assess the systemic risks of illegal products being offered on its platform and the resulting harm to consumers in the European Union.

The evidence at the disposal of the Commission indicates that consumers in the EU are very likely to encounter illegal items on Temu. 

Under the DSA, designated Very Large Online Platforms are required to diligently assess systemic risks linked to their services and adopt corresponding mitigation measures.

Henna Virkkunen, Executive Vice-President for Tech Sovereignty, Security and Democracy, said: “Risk assessments are not box‐ticking exercises - they are the backbone of the DSA. Temu’s risk assessment underestimates concrete risks, lacks specificity, is not grounded in solid evidence, and is not comprehensive. It leaves regulators, users, and the public in the dark about the true scale of potential harm posed by illegal products sold on Temu. Now it is time for Temu to comply with the law.”

Find more information in our press release.