Shein avoids France site ban after removing illegal goods
French court rejects Shein site ban, citing sporadic offences, as platform removes illicit items, but must enforce age checks for adult products
A French court on Friday rejected the state’s request to suspend Shein’s site in France as “disproportionate” after the e-commerce giant removed illicit products sold on its platform.
French authorities had requested the ultra-fast-fashion giant’s site be blocked for three months after weapons, banned medications and childlike sex dolls were found on the platform.
The authorities asked that the Chinese online platform only be reopened if it applied strict new measures to prevent a repeat of the offences.
The Paris judicial court acknowledged a “serious harm to public order”, but found their sale of the items in question had been “sporadic” and noted that Shein had removed the products.
The court nevertheless issued an “injunction” to Shein not to resume selling “sexual products that could constitute pornographic content, without implementing age-verification measures”.
The state’s request that Shein “at a minimum” maintain the suspension of its marketplace, which hosts products sold by third-party vendors, was not granted.
