What changed

L. whereas the EU recommerce market was valued at EUR 94 billion in 2022–2023, representing 12.312,3 % of total e-commerce, and is projected to grow to EUR 120 billion, accounting for 14 % of e-commerce by 2025; underlines that its rapid growth is driven by multiple factors, including rising consumer awareness of sustainability and environmental concerns, increased demand for affordable alternatives, and growing interest in unique items, as recommerce facilitates access to vintage and out-of-production goods;

3. Calls for the revision to ensure consistency across EU product legislation, including with the GPSR, the PLD, the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR), the Artificial Intelligence Act, and the DSA and with a view to ensuring the free movement of safe and compliant products within the internal market; calls on the Commission to revise and, where applicable, update the roles and responsibilities of economic operators and their corresponding obligations under Decision No 768/2008,768/2008/EC, in order to enhance legal certainty, strengthen consumer protection and ensure that EU economic operators can operate on an equal footing within the internal market and vis-à-vis non-EU companies;

2525. Is concerned by the environmental, social and economic impact of fast fashion and ultra-fast fashion, and their actual and potential consumer protection implications; underlines that such practices pose important compliance challenges to Union product legislation and may also raise issues of fair competition; notes with concern that many products placed on the market fail to meet EU chemical and safety requirements, while economic operators often face limited accountability; calls on the Commission to assess the feasibility of developing clear and harmonised definitions of ‘fast-fashion’ and ‘ultra-fast fashion’ to address the specific risks associated with these business models, ensuring a level playing field for all market participants and preventing regulatory fragmentation within the internal market; further calls on the Commission to assess provisions that would ensure the availability of fully effective tools to address the challenges posed by the proliferation of ‘ultra-fast’ and low-quality products, including more robust conformity assessment procedures and enhanced enforcement tools, to secure an internal market which guarantees the highest levels of consumer protection, while allowing the growth of innovative products and ideas and reducing any unnecessary administrative burden on responsible businesses and compliant products;