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Zalando loses bid to avoid EU digital law category with toughest obligations

By Sara Brandstätter ( September 3, 2025, 09:19 GMT | Insight) -- German e-commerce site Zalando has lost its legal bid to remove the European Commission's classification of the company as a very large online platform, the first EU court decision on a platform’s VLOP status under the bloc’s digital services law. The ruling by the EU’s lower-tier General Court today means Europe's leading online fashion and beauty retailer will be subject to the toughest obligations under the EU’s Digital Services Act, including assessing and reducing systemic risks such as illegal content.German e-commerce site Zalando has lost its legal bid to remove the European Commission's classification of the company as a very large online platform, the first EU court decision on a platform’s VLOP status under the bloc’s digital services law....

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