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France files more than a third of the EU alerts that name an online marketplace
Numbers frozen on 1 October 2026.</p>
Counts of alerts that name Amazon, Temu or Shein depend on who is looking. Each EU Safety Gate alert is filed by one national authority, and the authorities differ widely in where they look.
The numbers, 12 months to 1 October 2026
| Notifying country | All alerts | Alerts naming a marketplace | Share of its alerts |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 615 | 349 | 57% |
| Germany | 516 | 166 | 32% |
| Italy | 449 | 5 | 1% |
| Northern Ireland (UK) | 437 | 130 | 30% |
| Czechia | 323 | 1 | 0% |
| Hungary | 274 | 3 | 1% |
| Sweden | 228 | 49 | 21% |
| Ireland | 98 | 51 | 52% |
Of the 939 alerts that named a marketplace in this period, France filed 349 (37%), Germany 166 (18%) and Northern Ireland 130 (14%). Together these three filed seven in ten. Seven of the 29 notifying countries filed none.
Platform by platform
- AliExpress: France filed 105 of 175.
- eBay: France filed 67 of 111.
- TikTok Shop: France filed 27 of 35; the rest came from Northern Ireland.
- Amazon: France 201, Northern Ireland 98 and Germany 83 of 465.
- Temu: France 27 and Ireland 17 of 86. Ireland files an unusually large share for Temu and Shein (14 of 135); both companies have their EU base in Ireland.
Why it matters
A platform's count of alerts says as much about which authorities test-buy online as about the platform. When France steps up online checks, every marketplace's count rises; where Italy, Czechia or Hungary act, a marketplace is almost never recorded. Their alerts name a marketplace in 0–1% of cases, while France's do in 57%. Some of that difference is what the authorities record rather than where the products were sold.
What this does not show
- It does not rank countries by diligence. Authorities specialise: Italy files most cosmetics alerts (see lilial), and France and Germany run online sweeps.
- Northern Ireland files under EU product rules (the Windsor Framework), which is why a UK authority appears in EU Safety Gate.
- See how a platform is identified.