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MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION (2025/2971(RSP))

On protecting EU consumers against the practices of certain e-commerce platforms: the case of child-like sex dolls, weapons and other illegal products and material

B-10-2025-0507

on behalf of the ECR Group · Rapporteur: Marion Maréchal, Nicolas Bay, Laurence Trochu, Guillaume Peltier

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This resolution addresses illegal products on e-commerce platforms, focusing on child-like sex dolls, weapons, and other banned items. It calls for stronger enforcement, higher fines, and EU-China cooperation. Parliament demands that platforms remove listings linked to child sexual exploitation, imposes bans for repeated non-compliance, and urges action against addictive design mechanisms.

Key points

  1. Calls on the Commission and Member States to fully enforce the Digital Services Act and General Product Safety Regulation, including binding removal orders and maximum fines for systemic non-compliance.
  2. Stresses that platforms with repeated or systemic non-compliance should be banned until full compliance is restored.
  3. States that child-like sex dolls are not harmless but condition predators, and must be treated as illegal.
  4. Calls on the Commission and Council to mandate Europol to intensify monitoring and investigations, including on darknet marketplaces, and provide confidential briefings.
  5. Asks for strengthened cooperation between customs, Europol, and platforms, with rapid-warning mechanisms and traceability to manufacturers.
  6. Demands adequate financing and technological tools for enforcement authorities, and calls for EU-China cooperation to intercept illegal products at source.
  7. Calls for enhanced monitoring of supply chains from China-based platforms and intensified inspections of fulfilment centres.
  8. Urges full operationalisation of the Safety Gate and Safety Business Gateway for real-time detection of illegal products.
  9. Demands that platforms disclose seller and buyer identities for illegal products, and stresses that infringements endangering minors are particularly serious.
  10. Invites the Commission to propose amending Article 52 of the DSA to increase penalties for infringements seriously endangering minors.
  11. Calls on Member States to enforce Article 52 rigorously, imposing highest fines for failures to mitigate systemic risks affecting minors.
  12. Expresses concern about dopamine-driven design mechanisms and suggests disclosure and elimination as a precondition for market access.

Who is affected

  • E-commerce platforms, especially very large online platforms like Shein, must remove illegal listings and face penalties.
  • EU customs and market surveillance authorities gain reinforced capacity and financing for enforcement.
  • Chinese authorities are engaged to prevent export of illegal products.
  • Europol is tasked with intensified monitoring and cooperation.

Figures and deadlines

  • Fines up to 6% of total worldwide annual turnover for serious infringements under Article 52 DSA.
  • Over 75% of EU consumers shop online.
  • Nearly 70% of tested products do not comply with European standards.
  • EUR 40 million fine imposed on Shein by DGCCRF in July 2025.

Legal basis: Articles 3, 114 and 207 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union