Italian courtroom suspends determination on Amazon’s report advantageous attraction By Reuters

ROME (Reuters) – An Italian courtroom has suspended a choice on a request by e-commerce large Amazon (NASDAQ:) to annul a report 1.13 billion euro ($1.12 billion) advantageous imposed by Italy’s antitrust watchdog for alleged abuse of market dominance, a courtroom ruling confirmed on Friday.

Italian administrative courtroom TAR del Lazio stated it had suspended judgment pending a ruling by the European Union Courtroom of Justice over the case.

A authorized supply stated the EU courtroom would possibly rule on the continued case earlier than the following summer time.

Final 12 months Italy’s competitors watchdog dominated that Amazon had used its dominant place within the Italian marketplace for intermediation companies on marketplaces to favour the adoption of its personal logistics service by sellers energetic on Amazon.it.

It subsequently imposed one of many highest penalties on a U.S. tech large in Europe.

An Amazon spokesperson reiterated that the corporate strongly disagreed with the choice of the Italian Competitors Authority (ICA) and would proceed to emphasize its place all through the authorized proceedings.

“Greater than half of all annual gross sales on Amazon in Italy come from SMBs. We’ve 20,000 Italian SMBs that promote on Amazon, together with sellers that handle cargo themselves, and we continually make investments to assist their progress”, the spokesperson stated in an announcement.

The watchdog declined to remark.($1 = 1.0054 euros)