Overview
- France asked for a three-month suspension of Shein in response to illicit items found on its site, or failing that to keep the marketplace offline until specific measures are validated by Arcom.
- The public prosecutor opposed a full site block as disproportionate given the removal of the listings and Shein’s ongoing marketplace shutdown in France.
- Shein argued the request is outdated and unlawful, saying it removed the offending products, halted third‑party and non-clothing sales in France, and banned the implicated sellers.
- Internet providers Bouygues, Free, Orange and SFR were summoned to enable a possible block, with carriers noting uncertainty over domains to target and that they cannot disable the mobile app.
- Parallel scrutiny includes a Paris criminal investigation and a European Commission request for information that could lead to an EU-level probe.