By Oscar Pandiello ( May 12, 2026, 15:32 GMT | Insight) -- Centralized EU powers may be needed to tackle unsafe and noncompliant products sold online, a senior European Commission official said, as the bloc struggles to police growing volumes of low-value e-commerce parcels. The commission aims to intervene in urgent cross-border consumer cases, carry out investigations and impose deterrent fines at EU level, Isabelle Pérignon said.Centralized enforcement powers at EU level may be the only way to tackle the scale of product-safety risks created by cross-border e-commerce, a senior European Commission official said on Monday....
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