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Austria: Regulator launches probe into Amazon

By  |  February 14, 2019

Austria’s competition authority has initiated an investigation against Amazon on suspicion that it had violated Austrian and European antitrust law, it said on Thursday.

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    The regulator said it would examine terms and conditions under which the US firm grants Austrian retailers access to its marketplace.

    “There is a suspicion that Amazon puts other retailers on a disadvantage on its marketplace, thereby trying to favor its own offerings,” it said in a statement.

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