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National e-commerce parcel fees risk fragmentation, key EU lawmaker warns

By Oscar Pandiello ( December 1, 2025, 11:48 GMT | Insight) -- EU lawmakers and consumer groups warned that national parcel-handling fees emerging across several countries risk fragmenting the single market and creating trade diversion between member states. Dutch lawmaker Dirk Gotink, who is representing the European Parliament in the ongoing EU customs overhaul negotiations, said the uncoordinated fees could undermine the reform and fail to address e-commerce non-compliance with the bloc’s laws.The creation of national fees for handling the skyrocketing numbers of e-commerce parcels entering the EU market is “very worrying” because it risks fragmentation, a key lawmaker said Monday....

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