Amazon Takes Fight Over €3 Book Delivery Fee to Top French Court
- Firm calls rule an ‘abuse of power’ that could harm customers
- Measure is aimed at boosting sales of independent book stores
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Amazon.com Inc. has taken its fight over France’s €3 ($3.28) minimum delivery-fee regime for online books to the nation’s highest administrative court, claiming the curbs aimed at reining in its market power are a violation of European Union rules.
The appeal at the Conseil d’État, announced on Tuesday, targets legislation from December 2021 that forces Amazon to levy the fee for each new book they deliver as part of a government plan to help independent “bricks and mortar” bookshops to compete head-on with the online retailer.